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3c208cc05ea9efb145c956e70f80efd8b027ff33 Add offline signing tutorial (Brandon Odiwuor) Pull request description: This PR adds offline signing tutorial. Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/9492 Although there currently exists tutorials on external-signer and on multisig implemented on #24519 . The external-signer tutorial assumes a connected device and the multisig tutorial is only for multisig transactions and does not include using an offline wallet - The tutorial uses signet(instead of regtest) to be as close as possible to mainnet ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK 3c208cc05ea9efb145c956e70f80efd8b027ff33 willcl-ark: ACK 3c208cc05ea9efb145c956e70f80efd8b027ff33 pinheadmz: ACK 3c208cc05ea9efb145c956e70f80efd8b027ff33 Zero-1729: ACK 3c208cc05ea9efb145c956e70f80efd8b027ff33 Tree-SHA512: c1686043d9e9ed440e78d219a6b18d58d62efd05bdd535e74194d8cc2db0a91e94c6c619106453120a137e47220cf3ab27af3214e861f4e5cc419a73a8704dd6
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
- Offline Signing 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.