88cc481092Modify copyright header on Bech32 code (Samuel Dobson)5599813b80Add lots of comments to Bech32 (Samuel Dobson)2eb5792ec7Add release notes for validateaddress Bech32 error detection (MeshCollider)42d6a029e5Refactor and add more tests for validateaddress (Samuel Dobson)c4979f77c1Add boost tests for bech32 error detection (MeshCollider)02a7bdee42Add error_locations to validateaddress RPC (Samuel Dobson)b62b67e06cAdd Bech32 error location function (Samuel Dobson)0b06e720c0More detailed error checking for base58 addresses (Samuel Dobson) Pull request description: Addresses (partially) #16779 - no GUI change in this PR Adds a LocateError function the bech32 library, which is then called by `validateaddress` RPC, (and then eventually from a GUI tool too, future work). I think modifying validateaddress is nicer than adding a separate RPC for this. Includes tests. Based on https://github.com/sipa/bech32/blob/master/ecc/javascript/bech32_ecc.js Credit to sipa for that code ACKs for top commit: laanwj: Code review and manually tested ACK88cc481092ryanofsky: Code review ACK88cc481092with caveat that I only checked the new `LocateErrors` code to try to verify it didn't have unsafe or unexpected operations or loop forever or crash. Did not try to verify behavior corresponds to the spec. In the worst case bugs here should just affect error messages not actual decoding of addresses so this seemed ok. w0xlt: tACK88cc481Tree-SHA512: 9c7fe9745bc7527f80a30bd4c1e3034e16b96a02cc7f6c268f91bfad08a6965a8064fe44230aa3f87e4fa3c938f662ff4446bc682c83cb48c1a3f95cf4186688
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 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 Libera Chat. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use web.libera.chat.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- Assumeutxo design
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- Managing Wallets
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.