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These test-*-check scripts should compile "test" binaries in a way that is as close to what autotools would do, since the goal is to make sure that if we run the *-check script, they can correctly detect flaws in binaries which are compiled by our autotools-based system. Therefore, we should emulate what happens when the binary is linked in autotools, meaning that for C binaries, we need to supply the CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, and LDFLAGS flags in that order. Note to future developers: perhaps it'd be nice to have these test-*-check scripts be part of configure.ac to avoid having to manually replicate autoconf-like behaviour every time we find a discrepancy. Of course, that would also mean you'd have to write more m4...
Repository Tools
Developer tools
Specific tools for developers working on this repository.
Additional tools, including the github-merge.py script, are available in the maintainer-tools repository.
Verify-Commits
Tool to verify that every merge commit was signed by a developer using the github-merge.py script.
Linearize
Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain.
Qos
A Linux bash script that will set up traffic control (tc) to limit the outgoing bandwidth for connections to the Bitcoin network. This means one can have an always-on bitcoind instance running, and another local bitcoind/bitcoin-qt instance which connects to this node and receives blocks from it.
Seeds
Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client.
Build Tools and Keys
Packaging
The Debian subfolder contains the copyright file.
All other packaging related files can be found in the bitcoin-core/packaging repository.
Builder keys
PGP keys used for signing Bitcoin Core release results.
MacDeploy
Scripts and notes for Mac builds.
Test and Verify Tools
TestGen
Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests.
Verify Binaries
This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from bitcoin.org.