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Re: Tying into the bitcoin network programmatically
by
drawoc
on 20/02/2012, 22:15:59 UTC
The typical (and most well-tested) route would be to run bitcoind, like DeathAndTaxes said.

Bitcoind is just the normal client, but without the gui, and with an interface for programmatic access. (It's in the same download as the GUI client)
Then, you talk to bitcoind with the JSON-RPC interface.

These links on the wiki should help:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/PHP_developer_intro
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_%28JSON-RPC%29
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list