I need to create an application that can accept BitCoin donations. I will have clients sending the data and a server to collect the results. Now, I have my own BitCoin account (on http://ww.MyBitCoin.com) but how would I transfer coins automatically from the client to my server where it will then be added to my account?
I'm not certain what you're asking here.
You want your application to send coins from a remote machine to your server? Due to the nature of bitcoins, this isn't possible. What you can do, however, is ask for donations, and give out your receiving address, which is almost like an account number at a bank. There is a page at http://www.weusecoins.com/ that will tell you how to get a receiving address, I highly recommend reading that site.
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is there chance that Coinbase or any wallet can be used as a proxy wallet i.e a smaller exchange stores its retail clients assets on Coinbase custody but when withdrawals are made by a retail client it is processed by an api and sent from custody directly to the clients wallet
can this be achieved?
Complex, but anything is possible. You can program a login system, and depending on who logs in, a different function in the code is executed, and the books of each client's amounts would also have to be kept and integrated into the code, and the client must not have access to alter the core coding. Maybe use python?
You can already use Coinbase's API to make withdrawals to a wallet. Withdrawals via API exist for most exchanges.
https://developers.coinbase.com/api/v2#withdrawals
https://docs.pro.coinbase.com/?python#list-withdrawals
I need to accept bitcoins on my website (PHP). I'm using blockchain and i have read the api: https://blockchain.info/api/api_receive Is quite simple but i have some questions, but first i will try to explain what i need.
Client send bitcoins to my wallet (Any amount they want)
Server will be notified with confirmations until gets OK.
Gets the sent amount and client wallet from callback and store in DB.
Now my questions:
"You provide a bitcoin address we generate unique addresses that forwards payments to that address instantly notifying a callback URL."
Q: Can we reuse that address and all clients use same address to send bitcoins? Or address will be deleted? The address have a lifetime?
Instead create address to pay is possible clients pay directly to my wallet and server got notified? I don't need extra params like tokens.
I end up in a website that use always the same wallet/address for each odd: http://bitzillions.com/satoshibones
I will like to have a pay system like that, one address per game.
Also should i use blockchain/blockchain (https://github.com/blockchain/api-v1-client-php) library or the simple library (https://github.com/blockchain/receive_payment_php_demo)?
Also if you have any suggestion or alternative i will like to hear.
I think I can help. Disclaimer that I work for BlockTrail.
It would not be good to use the same address because people can view the historical transactions associated with that address. It is recommended to use a new address for every transaction. These can be under the same wallet or different wallets. That may sound complicated but with the possibilities as long as the universe is old you can make a new address per transactions. Some wallets will do this for you automatically. This is called HD Wallets or Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets. You can also use this to have your clients always pay into the same wallet.
You can also use an API to create these wallets. If you are interested in using BlockTrail's here is the link: https://www.blocktrail.com/
We also have webhooks that will send you notifications for confirmations etc... If you want to learn more about our platform, here is a blog that describes it. BTW it is free! https://blog.blocktrail.com/2015/06/blocktrails-developer-platform/
I was looking for official web API to operating with Bitcoin system, but found nothing.
Thank you in advance!
If you're fine with securing and running your own Bitcoin server and interacting with that, there's a guide at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_(JSON-RPC). But if you're not comfortable securing your own instance of bitcoind, then you could always use a third-party service like Blockchain.info's API.
Please be aware that hackers are particularly targeting servers and websites that they think probably hold bitcoin. If you're thinking of launching a Bitcoin service, take a lot of time to educate yourself about the services that have lost their users' funds and what they did wrong. Take a look at Blockchain.info if you want to see a Bitcoin web service implemented well. Their servers never hold private keys "in the clear", so bitcoin cannot be stolen from their users if their servers are ever compromised.
Update: If you are building a Bitcoin service that holds bitcoin for users, the current "best practice" (circa June 2014) is to generate a hierarchical deterministic wallet using a random string of words as a seed and encrypt it client side with the user's username and password. At that point it's safe to send to the server for storage. The user should be shown the seed used to generate their HD wallet and prompted to write it down and store it somewhere safe. Without this string, it will be impossible for them to retrieve their wallet in the event they forget their username or password. When the user logs in later, the client-side code should grab the encrypted wallet and decrypt it again client-side. All operations requiring a decrypted wallet, such as signing transactions, should be done client-side. The server should never be exposed to the wallet "in the clear."
I want to retrieve real time stock market data from a server with an IP address and port.
What information is out there for acquiring this data?
It depends upon what kind of service is provided on the server which gives you the tick by tick data. It can have an API which you can consume like the one Yahoo has.
You do not need client server programming. From what I know is you can create a web application and use Yahoo! Finance API for getting stock ticker.
Check this for more information
http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_FIN&locale=en_US&id=SLN2340&impressions=true
My Bad : do you have a server where you can get the ticks????
I'd like to develop a tracking system using an API of course (like the famous Orange API).
the idea is simple:
I send a SMS (from my Web interface) to the person i want to track
The person's mobile terminal (GPS like this) send me back automatically
the coordinates by SMS.
The sent information are displayed on the user's web interface.
The questions are simple:
How the terminal can send automatically the response?
How to indicate in the message that the information is for "user4655"?
How to make connection between the information and the database?
Thanks,
Regards.
* How the terminal can send automatically the response?
Ans: You set the gateway and the time intervals you want the device to send the sms to on the device itself.
* How to indicate in the message that the information is for "user4655"?
Ans: The gateway you use will have the API to determine that the number it is sent from. The device will use a registered phone number from either a sim or enabled by one of those cell providers.
* How to make connection between the information and the database?
Ans: I dont understand this. But I'm guessing you will have a database to keep track of the user data. You'll just probably need another table that is a child of the user, which has a list of the data and the time they came in.