bitcoin/doc
Wladimir J. van der Laan 624bee9659
Merge #11881: Remove Python2 support
1874058 Make base58 python contrib code work with python3 (Evan Klitzke)
bc6fdf2 Change all python files to use Python3 (John Newbery)

Pull request description:

  Following discussion here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11843#issuecomment-351033742

  It's easier for maintainers if all python tools/scripts support only a single version of Python. There are only a few scripts that aren't explicitly python3 at this point, so this PR changes those remaining scripts to explicitly require python3.

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man doc: Update manpages to 0.16.99 2018-01-30 14:24:59 +01:00
release-notes doc: Add historical release notes for 0.16.0 2018-02-26 12:25:01 +01:00
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benchmarking.md Updating benchmarkmarking.md with an updated sample output and help options 2018-01-19 11:41:56 -06:00
bips.md [Doc] Fix link for bip 159 pull request 2018-01-11 11:39:10 +09:00
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build-openbsd.md doc: Update OpenBSD build instructions for 6.2 2017-12-22 10:08:53 +01:00
build-osx.md docs: Update osx brew install instruction 2018-03-03 12:44:25 +08:00
build-unix.md doc: Mention configure without wallet in FreeBSD instructions 2018-03-06 22:07:20 +01:00
build-windows.md Ubuntu xenial first dependencies 2018-03-11 15:11:07 +01:00
dependencies.md Merge #12607: depends: Remove ccache 2018-03-07 21:12:47 -05:00
developer-notes.md Merge #12762: Make CKeyStore an interface 2018-03-27 20:42:49 +02:00
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gitian-building.md doc: move gitian building to external repo 2017-09-25 15:45:38 +02:00
init.md docs: clarified systemd installation instructions in init.md for Ubuntu users. 2018-02-17 17:23:06 -07:00
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release-notes.md Change all python files to use Python3 2018-03-26 16:49:33 -04:00
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REST-interface.md Fix typos and cleanup 2018-03-02 23:00:25 +02:00
shared-libraries.md Add NULLDUMMY verify flag in bitcoinconsensus.h 2016-09-30 23:09:19 +08:00
tor.md Clarify listenonion 2016-10-24 15:49:46 +08:00
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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 is currently more than 100 GBs); 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 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.

OS X

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 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. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.