Touch up bitcoind docs (#2514)

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@ -3,18 +3,27 @@ id: rpc-bitcoind
title: bitcoind/Bitcoin Core
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> Note: `bitcoin-s-bitcoind-rpc` requires you to have `bitcoind` (Bitcoin Core daemon) installed. Grab this at [bitcoincore.org](https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/)
## Downloading bitcoind
The Bitcoin Core RPC client in Bitcoin-S currently supports the Bitcoin Core
- 0.16
- 0.17
- 0.18
- 0.19
- 0.20
- 0.21
The Bitcoin Core RPC client in Bitcoin-S currently supports the Bitcoin Core 0.16, 0.17, 0.18, and 0.19
version lines. It can be set up to work with both local and remote Bitcoin Core servers.
You can fetch them using bitcoin-s by running the following sbt command
You can fetch them using bitcoin-s by running the following sbt command. If you already have bitcoind installed on your machine, you can skip this step.
```bash
sbt downloadBitcoind
```
The binaries will be stored in `$HOME/.bitcoin-s/binaries/bitcoind/`
The binaries will be stored in `~/.bitcoin-s/binaries/bitcoind/`
## Connecting to a local `bitcoind` instance
@ -75,8 +84,7 @@ First, we create a secure connection to our `bitcoind` instance by setting
up a SSH tunnel:
```bash
$ ssh -L 8332:localhost:8332 \
my-cool-user@my-cool-website.com
ssh -L 8332:localhost:8332 my-cool-user@my-cool-website.com
```
> Note: the port number '8332' is the default for mainnet. If you want to