9b313dfef18792fcc36e78ef3caa693fafcce04e guix: Ensure EPOCH_SOURCE_DATE does not include GPG information (Andrew Chow) 43225f0a2a517ccd79dc49279b979ffd2eca6b85 guix: Remove extra \r from all.SHA256SUMS line ending (Andrew Chow) d080c27066449f76bc8709fc50e422757971d2cf guix, doc: Add a note that codesigners need to rebuild after tagging (Andrew Chow) 4a466388a0092fbdf5f8969c6bfb65bf8cc962e1 guix: Allow changing the base manifest in guix-verify (Andrew Chow) 33455c76964b9e27b33e970d9722cc47657b291b guix: Make all.SHA256SUMS rather than codesigned.SHA256SUMS (Andrew Chow) Pull request description: `guix-verify` expects `all.SHA256SUMS` but `guix-attest` produces `codesigned.SHA256SUMS`. Since `all.SHA256SUMS` makes more sense (as the file contains all the sha256sums, not just the codesigned ones), `guix-attest` has been changed to output a file of that name. As a quality of life improvement, `guix-verify` can take `SIGNER` and use the signer's manifest as the base to compare against. This makes it easier to compare a single person's attestations with everyone else's and can make it more obvious when one builder is clearly mismatching with everyone else. Lastly `release-process.md` is updated with a note about a gotcha that can cause a mismatch in the codesigned attestation. ACKs for top commit: fanquake: ACK 9b313dfef18792fcc36e78ef3caa693fafcce04e Tree-SHA512: 0d60627def38288dbd3059ad1e72cad224f9205da11b1a561c082ef28250a074df5cc5f2797c91a7be027bc486a3fda3319c2e496a8724e5b539337236c6f990
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
- 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, you can use web.libera.chat.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.