bitcoin/doc
Ava Chow fce9e065c1
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28358: Drop -dbcache limit
bb3b980dfd validation: drop maximum -dbcache (Sjors Provoost)

Pull request description:

  Due to recent UTXO set growth, the current maximum value for `-dbcache` of 16GB is ~just months away from being~ insufficient (for those who wish to complete IBD with the UTXO set held in RAM).

  This drops the limit. It also adds a warning that it's up to users to check that they have enough RAM.

  Fixes #28249.

  ---

  A previous version of this PR increased the maximum to 64GB. It also made startup abort if the value provided is too high, rather than quietly round it down. But this didn't get much support.

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design Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30802: doc: Clarify libbitcoin_consensus in design/libraries.md 2024-09-04 10:13:56 +01:00
man build: Remove Autotools-based build system 2024-08-30 21:31:39 +01:00
policy [doc] update documentation for new mempoolfullrbf default 2024-08-07 10:19:52 +01:00
release-notes docs: Remove release 28.0 release notes fragments 2024-08-27 11:14:25 -04:00
assets-attribution.md
assumeutxo.md doc: fix assumeutxo design doc link 2024-09-04 22:53:34 +01:00
benchmarking.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
bips.md docs: Add 379 and 387 to bips.md 2024-08-27 11:20:54 -04:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png
bitcoin-conf.md system: use %LOCALAPPDATA% as default datadir on windows 2024-04-30 11:03:04 -04:00
build-freebsd.md doc: add with_bdb to unix build docs 2024-08-31 16:53:59 -04:00
build-netbsd.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
build-openbsd.md doc: remove extraneous install statement 2024-08-31 17:54:39 -04:00
build-osx.md doc: fix compiler flags for macOS configuration 2024-09-02 12:53:50 +01:00
build-unix.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30779: doc: add -DWITH_BDB=ON to unix build docs 2024-09-02 15:04:23 +01:00
build-windows-msvc.md docs: Fix minor typo 2024-09-08 20:25:53 +02:00
build-windows.md doc: Drop ctest command from Windows cross-compiling instructions 2024-09-06 21:59:52 +01:00
cjdns.md doc: update getnodeaddresses for CJDNS, I2P and Tor and rm link 2023-06-01 15:52:51 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt cmake: add USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS to all configure_file usage 2024-09-06 10:52:19 +01:00
dependencies.md doc: replace Autotools with CMake 2024-08-29 16:06:29 +01:00
descriptors.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22838: descriptors: Be able to specify change and receiving in a single descriptor string 2024-08-28 15:56:15 +01:00
developer-notes.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30840: docs: Updated debug build instructions for cmake 2024-09-11 13:20:19 -04:00
dnsseed-policy.md Update the developer mailing list address. 2024-04-02 15:38:40 -03:00
Doxyfile.in cmake: Add docs build target 2024-08-16 21:19:12 +01:00
external-signer.md wallet: compare address returned by displayaddress 2024-04-16 17:47:43 +02:00
files.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#29775: Testnet4 including PoW difficulty adjustment fix 2024-08-07 13:05:04 -04:00
fuzzing.md build: add more CMake presets (dev-mode, libfuzzer, libfuzzer-nosan) 2024-09-11 12:51:34 -04:00
guix.md docs: Point to contrib/guix/README.md in doc/guix.md 2021-01-08 11:40:01 -05:00
i2p.md doc: i2p: improve -i2pacceptincoming mention 2024-04-04 18:32:39 -03:00
init.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28167: init: Add option for rpccookie permissions (replace 26088) 2024-06-27 17:35:08 -04:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md minor: remove unnecessary semicolons from RPC content type examples 2024-06-07 10:47:24 -04:00
managing-wallets.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27064: system: use %LOCALAPPDATA% as default datadir on windows 2024-05-23 12:11:55 -04:00
multiprocess.md doc: Add multiprocess design doc 2023-12-22 16:23:33 -05:00
multisig-tutorial.md doc: Prepend 'build/' to binary paths under 'src/' in docs 2024-08-29 15:23:12 +02:00
offline-signing-tutorial.md doc: Prepend 'build/' to binary paths under 'src/' in docs 2024-08-29 15:23:12 +02:00
p2p-bad-ports.md init, doc: improve -onlynet help and tor/i2p documentation 2022-03-03 16:14:01 +01:00
productivity.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
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
README_windows.txt
README.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
reduce-memory.md doc: Be vague instead of wrong about MALLOC_ARENA_MAX 2023-09-20 17:12:24 +00:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: update/clarify max outbound connection count 2023-12-11 20:05:25 +01:00
release-notes-28358.md validation: drop maximum -dbcache 2024-05-28 08:36:28 +02:00
release-notes-empty-template.md doc: add minimum required Linux Kernel to release-notes 2023-12-07 13:53:41 +00:00
release-process.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
REST-interface.md testnet: Introduce Testnet4 2024-08-06 01:38:10 +02:00
tor.md doc: tor.md: use -bind=127.0.0.1:8334=onion for the Tor bind 2024-08-02 09:45:16 +02:00
tracing.md doc: Prepend 'build/' to binary paths under 'src/' in docs 2024-08-29 15:23:12 +02:00
translation_process.md doc: Update translation_process.md 2024-02-14 21:39:39 -03:00
translation_strings_policy.md
zmq.md validationinterface: only send zmq notifications for active 2023-09-30 06:38:47 -04:00

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.