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44f3c7de21fd86343a2427d2e864ea2001499c5e contrib: remove install_db4.sh (fanquake) 14ce84388f02564c9e6d3cbd8e50aa85dbc1428b doc: add new NO_* options from #26833 (fanquake) Pull request description: Now that we can build a bdb-only depends prefix (#26833), there is no need to maintain a bdb-building bash script, that does the same thing as depends, except worse, as it's missing patches and workarounds. i.e #26623. Someone that wants to compile bdb themselves, but doesn't want to use other depends built libs, can do: ```bash make -C depends NO_BOOST=1 NO_LIBEVENT=1 NO_QT=1 NO_SQLITE=1 NO_NATPMP=1 NO_UPNP=1 NO_ZMQ=1 NO_USDT=1 ... to: /path/to/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ``` which gives them a BDB only prefix, and then compile using: ```bash export BDB_PREFIX="/path/to/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" ./autogen.sh ./configure \ BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" \ BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" ``` Wondering if we should extract the build bdb/legacy wallet docs somewhere, to avoid the repetition? ACKs for top commit: TheCharlatan: ACK 44f3c7de21fd86343a2427d2e864ea2001499c5e achow101: ACK 44f3c7de21fd86343a2427d2e864ea2001499c5e hebasto: ACK 44f3c7de21fd86343a2427d2e864ea2001499c5e jarolrod: ACK 44f3c7de21fd86343a2427d2e864ea2001499c5e Tree-SHA512: 50b33ae9df2ab94a1bd114e846cec16f647a61023b72f0d3e547a18db09c01d60bb7b42a04758212f4930314df03016feb6ebc96962dd8a8e26eb8cd4e0d167d
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) orbin/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?
- See the documentation at the Bitcoin Wiki for help and more information.
- Ask for help on Bitcoin StackExchange.
- Ask for help on #bitcoin on Libera Chat. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use web.libera.chat.
- Ask for help on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Technical Support board.
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.
- Dependencies
- macOS Build Notes
- Unix Build Notes
- Windows Build Notes
- FreeBSD Build Notes
- OpenBSD Build Notes
- NetBSD Build Notes
- Android Build Notes
Development
The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
- Developer Notes
- Productivity Notes
- Release Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- JSON-RPC Interface
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- Shared Libraries
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
- Benchmarking
- Internal Design Docs
Resources
- Discuss on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss project-specific development on #bitcoin-core-dev on Libera Chat. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use web.libera.chat.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- CJDNS Support
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- Managing Wallets
- Multisig Tutorial
- P2P bad ports definition and list
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Transaction Relay Policy
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.