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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24467: doc: minor improvements in getutxos REST endpoint synopsis
c456302d4258e3abc4b8afde20fba808632771b2 doc: minor improvements in getutxos REST endpoint synopsis (Sebastian Falbesoner)

Pull request description:

  Describing an optional sub-path as `<checkmempool>` in the synopsis could be misleading as the angle brackets normally indicate that the field has to be replaced a custom value. Clarify that by showing two variants instead, similar to the `block` endpoint with the `notxdetails` option:
  ```
  #### Blocks
  `GET /rest/block/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
  `GET /rest/block/notxdetails/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
  ```

  Further improvements:
  - uppercase `<TXID>` and `<N>`, to match the description of the other endpoints
  - s/getutxo command/getutxos endpoint/
  - describe what the `checkmempool` option does
  - s/serialisation/serialization/ (the US spelling is more dominant than the UK spelling in the project, and there is indeed no other instance of the string "serialis*" in the source tree, except once in a release note)
  - link to BIP64 within the text instead of only showing bare URL
  - mention that BIP64 is only relevant for `bin` and `hex` output formats
  - show two endpoint formats of the block section as list

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    ACK c456302d4258e3abc4b8afde20fba808632771b2 - also checked that current master (cc12b8947) doesn't have any other lines changes that would require updates as per the outlined improvement points.

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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 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) or
  • bin/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?

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.