edbed31066chainparams: add signet assumeutxo param at height 160_000 (Sjors Provoost)b8cafe3871chainparams: add testnet assumeutxo param at height 2_500_000 (Sjors Provoost)99839bbfa7doc: add note about confusing HaveTxsDownloaded name (James O'Beirne)7ee46a755fcontrib: add script to demo/test assumeutxo (James O'Beirne)42cae39356test: add feature_assumeutxo functional test (James O'Beirne)0f64bac603rpc: add getchainstates (James O'Beirne)bb05857794refuse to activate a UTXO snapshot if mempool not empty (James O'Beirne)ce585a9a15rpc: add loadtxoutset (James O'Beirne)62ac519e71validation: do not activate snapshot if behind active chain (James O'Beirne)9511fb3616validation: assumeutxo: swap m_mempool on snapshot activation (James O'Beirne)7fcd21544ablockstorage: segment normal/assumedvalid blockfiles (James O'Beirne)4c3b8ca35cvalidation: populate nChainTx value for assumedvalid chainstates (James O'Beirne)49ef778158test: adjust chainstate tests to use recognized snapshot base (James O'Beirne)1019c39982validation: pruning for multiple chainstates (James O'Beirne)373cf91531validation: indexing changes for assumeutxo (James O'Beirne)1fffdd76a1net_processing: validationinterface: ignore some events for bg chain (James O'Beirne)fbe0a7d7cawallet: validationinterface: only handle active chain notifications (James O'Beirne)f073917a9evalidationinterface: only send zmq notifications for active (James O'Beirne)4d8f4dcb45validation: pass ChainstateRole for validationinterface calls (James O'Beirne)1e59acdf17validation: only call UpdatedBlockTip for active chainstate (James O'Beirne)c6af23c517validation: add ChainstateRole (James O'Beirne)9f2318c76cvalidation: MaybeRebalanceCaches when chain leaves IBD (James O'Beirne)434495a8c1chainparams: add blockhash to AssumeutxoData (James O'Beirne)c711ca186fassumeutxo: remove snapshot during -reindex{-chainstate} (James O'Beirne)c93ef43e4fbugfix: correct is_snapshot_cs in VerifyDB (James O'Beirne)b73d3bbd23net_processing: Request assumeutxo background chain blocks (Suhas Daftuar) Pull request description: - Background and FAQ: https://github.com/jamesob/assumeutxo-docs/tree/2019-04-proposal/proposal - Prior progress/project: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/11 - Replaces https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15606, which was closed due to Github slowness. Original description and commentary can be found there. --- This changeset finishes the first phase of the assumeutxo project. It makes UTXO snapshots loadable via RPC (`loadtxoutset`) and adds `assumeutxo` parameters to chainparams. It contains all the remaining changes necessary to both use an assumedvalid snapshot chainstate and do a full validation sync in the background. This may look like a lot to review, but note that - ~200 lines are a (non-essential) demo shell script - Many lines are functional test, documentation, and relatively dilute RPC code. So it shouldn't be as burdensome to review as the linecount might suggest. - **P2P**: minor changes are made to `init.cpp` and `net_processing.cpp` to make simultaneous IBD across multiple chainstates work. - **Pruning**: implement correct pruning behavior when using a background chainstate - **Blockfile separation**: to prevent "fragmentation" in blockfile storage, have background chainstates use separate blockfiles from active snapshot chainstates to avoid interleaving heights and impairing pruning. - **Indexing**: some `CValidationInterface` events are given with an additional parameter, ChainstateRole, and all indexers ignore events from ChainstateRole::ASSUMEDVALID so that indexation only happens sequentially. - Have `-reindex` properly wipe snapshot chainstates. - **RPC**: introduce RPC commands `loadtxoutset` and (hidden) `getchainstates`. - **Release docs & first assumeutxo commitment**: add notes and a particular assumeutxo hash value for first AU-enabled release. - This will complete the project and allow use of UTXO snapshots for faster node bootstrap. The next phase, if it were to be pursued, would be coming up with a way to distribute the UTXO snapshots over the P2P network. --- ### UTXO snapshots Create your own with `./contrib/devtools/utxo_snapshot.sh`, e.g. ```shell ./contrib/devtools/utxo_snapshot.sh 788000 utxo.dat ./src/bitcoin-cli -datadir=$(pwd)/testdata`) ``` or use the pre-generated ones listed below. - Testnet: **2'500'000** (Sjors): - torrent: `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:511e09f4bf853aefab00de5c070b1e031f0ecbe9&dn=utxo-testnet-2500000.dat&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.bitcoin.sprovoost.nl%3A6969` - sha256: `79db4b025448cc0ac388d8589a28eab02de53055d181e34eb47391717aa16388` - Signet: **160'000** (Sjors): - torrent: `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:9da986cb27b3980ea7fd06b21e199b148d486880&dn=utxo-signet-160000.dat&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.bitcoin.sprovoost.nl%3A6969` - sha256: `eeeca845385ba91e84ef58c09d38f98f246a24feadaad57fe1e5874f3f92ef8c` - Mainnet: **800'000** (Sjors): - Note: this needs the following commit cherry-picked in:24deb2022b- torrent: `magnet:?xt=urn:btih:50ee955bef37f5ec3e5b0df4cf0288af3d715a2e&dn=utxo-800000.dat&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.bitcoin.sprovoost.nl%3A6969` ### Testing #### For fun (~5min) If you want to do a quick test, you can run `./contrib/devtools/test_utxo_snapshots.sh` and follow the instructions. This is mostly obviated by the functional tests, though. #### For real (longer) If you'd like to experience a real usage of assumeutxo, you can do that too. I've cut a new snapshot at height 788'000 (http://img.jameso.be/utxo-788000.dat - but you can do it yourself with `./contrib/devtools/utxo_snapshot.sh` if you want). Download that, and then create a datadir for testing: ```sh $ cd ~/src/bitcoin # or whatever # get the snapshot $ curl http://img.jameso.be/utxo-788000.dat > utxo-788000.dat # you'll want to do this if you like copy/pasting $ export AU_DATADIR=/home/${USER}/au-test # or wherever $ mkdir ${AU_DATADIR} $ vim ${AU_DATADIR}/bitcoin.conf dbcache=8000 # or, you know, something high blockfilterindex=1 coinstatsindex=1 prune=3000 logthreadnames=1 ``` Obtain this branch, build it, and then start bitcoind: ```sh $ git remote add jamesob https://github.com/jamesob/bitcoin $ git fetch jamesob assumeutxo $ git checkout jamesob/assumeutxo $ ./configure $conf_args && make # (whatever you like to do here) # start 'er up and watch the logs $ ./src/bitcoind -datadir=${AU_DATADIR} ``` Then, in some other window, load the snapshot ```sh $ ./src/bitcoin-cli -datadir=${AU_DATADIR} loadtxoutset $(pwd)/utxo-788000.dat ``` You'll see some log messages about headers retrieval and waiting to see the snapshot in the headers chain. Once you get the full headers chain, you'll spend a decent amount of time (~10min) loading the snapshot, checking it, and flushing it to disk. After all that happens, you should be syncing to tip in pretty short order, and you'll see the occasional `[background validation]` log message go by. In yet another window, you can check out chainstate status with ```sh $ ./src/bitcoin-cli -datadir=${AU_DATADIR} getchainstates ``` as well as usual favorites like `getblockchaininfo`. ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACKedbed31066Tree-SHA512: 6086fb9a38dc7df85fedc76b30084dd8154617a2a91e89a84fb41326d34ef8e7d7ea593107afba01369093bf8cc91770621d98f0ea42a5b3b99db868d2f14dc2
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.