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12f7257b8f6ba0de1fb05b598e916c8b14bcab8c doc: Be vague instead of wrong about MALLOC_ARENA_MAX (Tim Ruffing) Pull request description: Before this commit, we claim that glibc's malloc implementation uses 2 arenas by default. But that's true only on 32-bit systems, and even there, it uses *up* to 2 arenas. This commit fixes the wrong statement. The new statement is intentionally vague to reduce our maintenance burden. For details, see: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Memory-Allocation-Tunables.html#index-glibc_002emalloc_002earena_005fmax Noticed in: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27642#issuecomment-1728103427 ACKs for top commit: fanquake: ACK 12f7257b8f6ba0de1fb05b598e916c8b14bcab8c Tree-SHA512: c0ff1e35b682a841e366a1cad26e18ff79a93d97103529be35a972c7dcbb95f5354e7a7b98a86731f491434d64685bb58cc3cc9100f0577d8f75db05e951b09a
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 Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- JSON-RPC Interface
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- Shared Libraries
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
- Benchmarking
- Internal Design Docs
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
- CJDNS Support
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- Managing Wallets
- Multisig Tutorial
- P2P bad ports definition and list
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Transaction Relay Policy
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.