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bitcoin/doc
fanquake f0b457212f Merge #21467: Move external signer out of wallet module
88d4d5ff2f rpc: add help for enumeratesigners and walletdisplayaddress (Sjors Provoost)
b0db187e5b ci: use --enable-external-signer instead of --with-boost-process (Sjors Provoost)
b54b2e7b1a Move external signer out of wallet module (Sjors Provoost)

Pull request description:

  In addition, this PR enables external signer testing on CI.

  This PR moves the ExternalSigner class and RPC methods out of the wallet module.

  The `enumeratesigners` RPC can be used without a wallet since #21417. With additional modifications external signers could be used without a wallet in general, e.g. via `signrawtransaction`.

  The `signerdisplayaddress` RPC is ranamed to `walletdisplayaddress` because it requires wallet context. A future `displayaddress` RPC call without wallet context could take a descriptor argument.

  This commit fixes a `rpc_help.py` failure when configured with `--disable-wallet`.

ACKs for top commit:
  ryanofsky:
    Code review ACK 88d4d5ff2f
  fanquake:
    ACK 88d4d5ff2f

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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) or
  • bin/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?

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.