Ava Chow 6d482b22de
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#32138: wallet, rpc: remove settxfee and paytxfee
24f93c9af7f6627cd7d09a1a5f10667846b048eb release note (Pol Espinasa)
331a5279d2775fb701a0bf4607436ec05e476df3 wallet, rpc:remove settxfee and paytxfee (Pol Espinasa)

Pull request description:

  **Summary**

  This PR removes the settxfee RPC and paytxfee setting (Bitcoin Core 31.0).
  These two features were deprecated in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31278.

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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 several hundred gigabytes or more of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to several days 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)
  • bin/bitcoin (wrapper command)

The bitcoin command supports subcommands like bitcoin gui, bitcoin node, and bitcoin rpc exposing different functionality. Subcommands can be listed with bitcoin help.

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.