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5ebc6b0eb2bitcoind: update -avoidpartialspends description to account for auto-enable for avoid_reuse wallets (Karl-Johan Alm)ada258f8c8doc: release notes for avoid_reuse (Karl-Johan Alm)27669551dawallet: enable avoid_partial_spends by default if avoid_reuse is set (Karl-Johan Alm)8f2e208f7ctest: add test for avoidreuse feature (Karl-Johan Alm)0bdfbd34cfwallet/rpc: add 'avoid_reuse' option to RPC commands (Karl-Johan Alm)f904723e0dwallet/rpc: add setwalletflag RPC and MUTABLE_WALLET_FLAGS (Karl-Johan Alm)8247a0da3awallet: enable avoid_reuse feature (Karl-Johan Alm)eec15662fawallet: avoid reuse flags (Karl-Johan Alm)58928098c2wallet: make IsWalletFlagSet() const (Karl-Johan Alm)129a5bafd9wallet: rename g_known_wallet_flags constant to KNOWN_WALLET_FLAGS (Karl-Johan Alm) Pull request description: Add a new wallet flag called `avoid_reuse` which, when enabled, will keep track of when a specific destination has been spent from, and will actively "blacklist" any new UTXOs which send to an already-spent-from destination. This improves privacy, as a payer could otherwise begin tracking a payee's wallet by regularly peppering a known UTXO with dust outputs, which would then be scooped up and used in payments by the payee, allowing the payer to map out (1) the inputs owned by the payee and (2) the destinations to which the payee is making payments. This replaces #10386 and together with the (now merged) #12257 it addresses #10065 in full. The concerns raised in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10386#issuecomment-302361381 are also addressed due to #12257. ~~Note: this builds on top of #15780.~~ (merged) ACKs for commit 5ebc6b: jnewbery: ACK5ebc6b0eblaanwj: Concept and code-review ACK5ebc6b0eb2meshcollider: Code review ACK5ebc6b0eb2achow101: ACK5ebc6b0eb2modulo above nits Tree-SHA512: fdef45826af544cbbb45634ac367852cc467ec87081d86d08b53ca849e588617e9a0a255b7e7bb28692d15332de58d6c3d274ac003355220e4213d7d9070742e
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 on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- 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
- 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 Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- Discuss general Bitcoin development on #bitcoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- ZMQ
- PSBT support
License
Distributed under the MIT software license. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.