Pre-requisites

Skills

• You need to be comfortable with object oriented as well as functional programming.
• A basic grasp of C# is helpful, but we feel the code will be legible to Java and other C-based languages.
• No mathematic knowledge is required. We will not cover cryptography beyond the bare minimum that you need to know to make a secure service.
• You don’t need to have deep knowledge of Bitcoin.

Tools

• Visual Studio Community Edition on Windows or Xamarin Studio on Mac and Linux. (Both free)
• Bitcoin Core - Ideally you have it, but you can just proceed without it.

Tip: If disk-space is an issue, consider running Bitcoin Core in pruning mode. It is practically the same as a full node (including security), except it throws away some of the old history.