After some hard work and a lot of fun, I’ve finally completed this book, “Programming Bitcoin” by
@jimmysong
It’s been an amazing journey, and as with learning any new piece of knowledge, the gems 💎 you pick up on the way help reshape your understanding of what’s going on under the hood.
Why did I do it? Well, as with everyone who does something like this, I had a passion to build someone on Bitcoin, or at least contribute to something. But also I wanted to add to my already existing credentials regarding Bitcoin. For years I’ve been delivering lectures, seminars, classes and making videos about Bitcoin, and even issued a detailed fatwaa on the permissibility of it, but I wanted to cover any potential blind spots that one may miss by not understanding how it works down to the code level. And I’m glad I did. I’m even more confident on my position on Bitcoin not only being halal money, but also our only real alternative to our current ribaa-fiat system. It’s elegance, simplicity, and straightforwardness is truly amazing, and I hope you all have the chance to build something amazing on this decentralised system.
Just like I’m fascinated with Nostr and building an amazing community here, I’m equally enthusiastic about what we can build on Bitcoin.
My one proud moment in this book was when I send my first ever Bitcoin transaction formed 100% using python, while also tweaking the code to allow me to automatically broadcast it via mempool.space.
The journey continues, and I hope more can join me on what will be an epic saga!!! In shaa Allaah.
