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dafab2b1b37d1966610b2189e71c52e3af38dfaa doc: improve note on choosing posix mingw32 (Jarol Rodriguez)
Pull request description:
The current [windows build doc](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md) can lead someone to believe that the step where you must choose the posix mingw32 g++ compiler option is only for `Ubuntu 18.04`. It is only until you (or just me) go through the cross-compile process and realize that it's not building because you didn't set this option on > `Ubuntu 18.04`. Then you come back and read the footnotes and see: `Starting from Ubuntu Xenial 16.04...`.
This PR improves this portion of the doc by editing the text around this stage to state "this is now the next step". We could add a note saying `Ubuntu 18.04 and up`, but this is redundant as it's unlikely someone will be using < Ubuntu 18.04 since it's not officially supported by our build system. While here, some minor fixups and add some more guidance to completing this step.
**Master:** [render](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md#building-for-64-bit-windows)
**PR:** [render](dafab2b1b3/doc/build-windows.md (building-for-64-bit-windows))
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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) 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 the Bitcoin StackExchange
- Ask for help on #bitcoin on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- 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
- Gitian Building Guide (External Link)
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, use webchat here.
- Discuss general Bitcoin development on #bitcoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- ZMQ
- PSBT support
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.