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af6edac *: alias -h for --help (Daniel Cousens) 131d7f9 Change URLs to https in debian/control (Matt Corallo) 7ce2c91 Update debian/changelog and slight tweak to debian/control (Matt Corallo) 4fbfebe Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder (Mitchell Cash) e42bf16 Clarification of unit test build instructions. (Eric Lombrozo) 54f9dee Update bluematt-key, the old one is long-since revoked (Matt Corallo) bfc6154 [Trivial] Fixed typo when referring to a previous section in depends/README.md [skip ci] (Chris Kleeschulte) 9e45157 build: disable -Wself-assign (Wladimir J. van der Laan) 33d6825 Bugfix: Allow mining on top of old tip blocks for testnet (fixes testnet-in-a-box use case) (Luke Dashjr) 87a797a build: Remove dependency of bitcoin-cli on secp256k1 (Wladimir J. van der Laan) a33cd5b [trivial] Fix rpc message "help generate" (MarcoFalke) 6fd0019 Drop "with minimal dependencies" from description (Zak Wilcox) 2394f4d Split bitcoin-tx into its own package (Zak Wilcox) 1e672ae Include bitcoin-tx binary on Debian/Ubuntu (Zak Wilcox) b3eaa30 [Qt] Raise debug window when requested (MarcoFalke) 01878c9 Fix locking in GetTransaction. (Alex Morcos) 9b9acc2 Fix spelling of Qt (Diego Viola)
Bitcoin Core 0.11.1
Setup
Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. However, it downloads and stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions (which is currently several GBs); 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.
Running
The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin on your native platform.
Unix
You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run Bitcoin-Qt. On Debian or Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install libqtgui4
Unpack the files into a directory and run:
- bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit) or bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit)
- bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit) or bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit)
Windows
Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.
OS X
Drag Bitcoin-Qt to your applications folder, and then run Bitcoin-Qt.
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 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.
- Developer Notes
- Multiwallet Qt Development
- Release Notes
- Release Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- Unit Tests
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
Resources
- Discuss on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss on #bitcoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
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.