Files
bitcoin/doc
merge-script b1ff4773ba Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#34544: wallet: Disallow wallet names that are paths including .. and . elements
eed7af666b doc: Add release note for disallowing some wallet path names (David Gumberg)
3d7f0e4ed5 wallettool: Use GetWalletPath to determine the wallet path (Ava Chow)
2b0dc0d228 wallet: Disallow . and .. from wallet names (Ava Chow)

Pull request description:

  Wallet names including `..` and `.` are unintuitive and can lead to various issues, see #34497

  This disallows creating or loading wallets that have any path elements that are `..` or `.`, including any present in an absolute path. This does not disallow relative paths altogether but rather limits them to only being subdirectories of the wallets directory.

ACKs for top commit:
  davidgumberg:
    crACK eed7af666b
  w0xlt:
    ACK eed7af666b
  arejula27:
    ACK eed7af666b

Tree-SHA512: bec5e54369061eb630d9afb94701badce09e8beb63686cf714016466fc01653d4841030fc10fcd14d44e6b1022c0994cb32253d80533807704d9e11eda2423ff
2026-05-02 10:58:15 +02:00
..
2025-12-27 22:33:23 +01:00
2026-03-06 13:10:30 -08:00
2026-03-10 14:13:44 +00:00
2026-02-27 17:15:07 +01:00
2026-03-02 22:33:10 +00:00
2026-03-24 15:51:24 +01:00

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 several hundred gigabytes or more of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to several days 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)
  • bin/bitcoin (wrapper command)

The bitcoin command supports subcommands like bitcoin gui, bitcoin node, and bitcoin rpc exposing different functionality. Subcommands can be listed with bitcoin help.

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.