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6a02355ae9Add and improve informational links in doc/cjdns.md (Jon Atack)19538dd41eAdd concrete steps in doc/cjdns.md to easily find a friend (Jon Atack) Pull request description: and improve the informational links. CJDNS functions with a friend-of-a-friend topology and a key hurdle to getting started is to find a public peer and set up an outbound connection to it. This update makes doing it much easier for people getting started. Credit to Vasil Dimov for an [IRC suggestion in October 2021](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2021-10-04.html#l-469) and to stickies-v for IRC discussions this week and the [testing guide](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/23.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide) that led me to redo these steps, provide feedback at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/24706 and refine the added documentation here. ACKs for top commit: dunxen: ACK6a02355stickies-v: re-ACK [6a02355](6a02355ae9) even though I wasn't opposed to the "friend" terminology since it's the language CJDNS seems to use to denominate the peers you connect to directly in general. Not worth bikeshedding over though. lsilva01: Strong ACK6a02355Tree-SHA512: b2fa2a200a6a55a709486f7ed2d3830cabffbbffa61a0d211fcb666a918b5754d4e99a58c32909fe58540598066e6ff67bf2fa2fcd56b1b5dcff3c2162f6d962
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 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
- Assumeutxo design
- 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.