Exclusive: NewsBTC Interviews BlockTrail's Boaz Bechar

Exclusive: NewsBTC Interviews BlockTrail's Boaz Bechar

BlockTrail is one of the leading Bitcoin API developers. We at NewsBTC spoke to Boaz Bechar, the CEO of BlockTrail. We threw a few questions at him and guess what, he threw back some responses (pretty good ones too). Read further to know how the interview went. NewsBTC: Let's start with BlockTrail, Can you tell us more about it? Boaz: BlockTrail is known for developers API. It is an interface structure which comes with wallet functionality, advanced bitcoin features, multisignature security and HD wallet. It is one of the most advanced APIs out there. Another popular product of ours is the....


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