To get the most out of this book

In order to get the most out of this book, some familiarity with computer science and basic knowledge of a programming language is desirable.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example: “Tapscript also enables easier future soft fork upgrades by using the new OP_SUCCESS opcode.”

A block of code is set as follows:

function ()
{
    throw;
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

"Please send 0.00033324 BTC to address 1JzouJCVmMQBmTcd8K4Y5BP36gEFNn1ZJ3".

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “ACCOUNTS & KEYS provides options to configure balance and the number of accounts to generate.”

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.