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This rule was originally introduced along with a very early proposal for
package relay as a way to verify that the "correct"
child-with-unconfirmed-parents package was provided for a transaction,
where correctness was defined as all of the transactions unconfirmed
parents. However, we are not planning to introduce a protocol where
peers would be asked to send these packages.

This rule has downsides: if a transaction has multiple parents but only
1 that requires package CPFP to be accepted, the current rule prevents
us from accepting that package. Even if the other parents are already in
mempool, the p2p logic will only submit the 1p1c package, which fails
this check. See the test in p2p_1p1c_network.py
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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 requires several hundred gigabytes or more of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to several days 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)
  • bin/bitcoin (wrapper command)

The bitcoin command supports subcommands like bitcoin gui, bitcoin node, and bitcoin rpc exposing different functionality. Subcommands can be listed with bitcoin help.

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.