bitcoin/doc
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27483: Bump python minimum version to 3.8
fac395e5eb ci: Bump ci/lint/Dockerfile (MarcoFalke)
fa6eb65167 test: Use python3.8 pow() (MarcoFalke)
88881cf7ac Bump python minimum version to 3.8 (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  There is no pressing reason to drop support for 3.7, however there are several maintenance issues:

  * There is no supported operating system that ships 3.7 by default. (debian:buster is EOL and unmaintained to the extent that it doesn't run in the CI environment. See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27340#issuecomment-1484988445)
  * Compiling python 3.7 from source is also unsupported on at least macos, according to https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24017#issuecomment-1107820790
  * Recent versions of lief require 3.8, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27507#issuecomment-1517561645

  Fix all maintenance issues by bumping the minimum.

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design docs: update assumeutxo.md 2023-03-07 16:06:20 -05:00
man scripted-diff: Fix typo in stub manual pages 2021-01-12 16:46:55 +01:00
policy [policy] disallow transactions under min relay fee, even in packages 2023-04-17 09:53:59 +01:00
release-notes doc: add 23.1 release notes 2022-12-16 09:43:56 +00:00
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assets-attribution.md
benchmarking.md doc: update doc/benchmarking.md 2021-06-24 11:15:29 +02:00
bips.md doc: mention BIP86 in doc/bips.md 2022-11-01 20:50:51 +01:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png
bitcoin-conf.md Security config warning 2022-08-19 23:18:13 -04:00
build-android.md build, qt: Use Android NDK r23 LTS 2021-12-05 03:00:02 +02:00
build-freebsd.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26773: doc: FreeBSD build doc updates to reflect removal of install_db4.sh 2023-02-16 14:50:00 +00:00
build-netbsd.md doc: update for NetBSD 9.2, add GUI Build Instructions 2022-07-06 21:27:05 -04:00
build-openbsd.md doc: update OpenBSD build docs for 7.3 (external signer support available) 2023-04-11 22:59:08 +02:00
build-osx.md Revert "doc: note that brew installed qt is not supported" 2022-09-14 13:51:17 +01:00
build-unix.md build: remove --enable-upnp-default from configure 2023-01-28 15:27:23 +00:00
build-windows.md doc: Correct linked Microsoft URLs 2022-12-31 16:54:13 +01:00
cjdns.md Add and improve informational links in doc/cjdns.md 2022-04-01 16:11:14 +02:00
dependencies.md Bump python minimum version to 3.8 2023-04-21 10:18:19 +02:00
descriptors.md doc: correct deriveaddresses RPC name 2022-10-30 18:11:45 +00:00
developer-notes.md Update developer-notes.md 2023-04-14 20:11:51 +03:30
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Doxyfile.in Generate doxygen documentation for test sources 2021-05-19 22:08:18 -07:00
external-signer.md Move external signer out of wallet module 2021-04-08 17:56:00 +02:00
files.md Ignore banlist.dat 2021-07-30 11:21:51 +02:00
fuzzing.md doc: use arch agnostic clang path in fuzzing doc (macOS) 2023-02-08 09:45:04 +00:00
guix.md docs: Point to contrib/guix/README.md in doc/guix.md 2021-01-08 11:40:01 -05:00
i2p.md doc: remove recommended I2P router versions 2023-01-09 08:18:58 -08:00
init.md Remove -sysperms option 2023-02-05 08:09:16 +00:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md rpc: Allow named and positional arguments to be used together 2022-11-05 05:32:39 -04:00
managing-wallets.md Change dots to an ellipsis and fix capitalization 2023-01-12 11:15:02 -05:00
multisig-tutorial.md doc: update multisig-tutorial.md to default wallet type 2022-03-10 12:50:34 +01:00
p2p-bad-ports.md init, doc: improve -onlynet help and tor/i2p documentation 2022-03-03 16:14:01 +01:00
productivity.md doc: add distcc to productivity notes 2022-06-13 16:13:11 +02:00
psbt.md doc: M-of-N multisig using descriptor wallets and PSBTs, as well as a signing flow 2021-08-16 10:43:07 +05:00
README_doxygen.md doc: Improve doxygen readme navigation section 2019-09-23 19:22:06 -04:00
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README.md doc: consolidate & remove release-note fragments 2022-09-15 16:02:17 +01:00
reduce-memory.md doc: NetPermissionFlags for tx relay in blocksonly 2023-01-30 11:21:49 +00:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: Use precise permission flags where possible 2020-07-10 15:37:42 +02:00
release-notes-25158.md doc: add release notes for abandoned field in gettransaction and listtransactions 2023-01-13 10:29:05 -03:00
release-notes-empty-template.md doc: Mac -> macOS in release notes template 2022-11-17 14:43:56 +00:00
release-process.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27482: kernel: chainparams updates for 25.x 2023-04-20 11:23:13 +01:00
REST-interface.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26207: rest: add verbose and mempool_sequence query params for mempool/contents 2023-03-15 19:39:30 -04:00
shared-libraries.md doc: libbitcoinconsensus: add missing error code description, fix NBitcoin link 2020-12-05 13:37:00 +01:00
tor.md doc: update DataDirectoryGroupReadable 1 in tor.md 2023-04-07 12:31:58 -05:00
tracing.md Add mempool tracepoints 2023-03-20 15:57:31 +01:00
translation_process.md doc: Remove unnecessary steps from translations update process 2021-07-03 21:31:29 +02:00
translation_strings_policy.md doc: Do not translate technical or extremely rare errors 2020-05-05 04:46:08 +03:00
zmq.md Update zmq.md: Fix parameter in hwm example block 2022-05-25 23:49:15 +02:00

Bitcoin Core

Setup

Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions, which requires a few hundred gigabytes of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.

To download Bitcoin Core, visit bitcoincore.org.

Running

The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin Core on your native platform.

Unix

Unpack the files into a directory and run:

  • bin/bitcoin-qt (GUI) or
  • bin/bitcoind (headless)

Windows

Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.

macOS

Drag Bitcoin Core to your applications folder, and then run Bitcoin Core.

Need Help?

Building

The following are developer notes on how to build Bitcoin Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.

Development

The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

Resources

Miscellaneous

License

Distributed under the MIT software license.