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In previous articles, we looked at the general principles of organizing a bitcoin payment gateway, figured out the tools and necessary software, and even assembled our own pocket bitcoin network.
In the last article, I told you how to install bitcoind (at least on Ubuntu Linux) and how to connect to testnet. But testnet is a good solution when you conduct tests on a ready-made website that has already been deployed on a server on the Internet. But for local development this is far from the most convenient solution.
Perhaps I failed to scare you enough to make you give up this crazy idea of accepting payment in bitcoin. Well then, I have another portion of a headache for you.
According to TechCrunch, a number of Apple developers recently joined forces to create the “Developers Union.” The union asked Apple to provide Apple Store users with the opportunity to download free trials of their applications. This is one of the first times that independent iOS developers are trying to fight back against Apple Store policies.
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