fc5b756bae
f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba Unrecommend making config file owned by bitcoin (setpill)
870d4152dfc3d990e336723562948835c2dbd646 Set ProtectHome in systemd service file (setpill)
639a416e3758b3005b860b198f0ec7bdd80a7f0c Chgrp config dir to bitcoin in systemd service (setpill)
aded0528f0e1e3735ce8dd26fd9e546150b73187 Improve clarity of systemd service file comments (setpill)
Pull request description:
Rationale: ran into a bug with the systemd service file, fixed it locally and figured I might as well contribute my fix.
Also fixed some unrelated confusing phrasing in the comments of the same file, after discussion in IRC.
ACKs for top commit:
sipsorcery:
tACK f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba (nothing changed since previous tACK).
ryanofsky:
utACK f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba. Only change since last review is removing ConfigurationDirectoryMode churn in early commits
Tree-SHA512: 2188345878925b9e8a5c2c3df8dfba443720e2252a164db54a8e1d8007846721497b2d98c56f1d9b60a9a9ed4fdb1156c7b02c699616b220a9b614671617d32a
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 on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- 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
- Gitian Building Guide (External Link)
Development
The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
- Developer Notes
- Productivity Notes
- Release 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
Resources
- Discuss on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss project-specific development on #bitcoin-core-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- Discuss general Bitcoin development on #bitcoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- ZMQ
- PSBT support
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.