zcashd/contrib/README.md

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*** Warning: This document has not been updated for Zcash and may be inaccurate. ***

Wallet Tools

BitRPC

Allows for sending of all standard Bitcoin commands via RPC rather than as command line args.

Repository Tools

Developer tools

Specific tools for developers working on this repository. Contains the script github-merge.sh for merging github pull requests securely and signing them using GPG.

Linearize

Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain.

Qos

A Linux bash script that will set up traffic control (tc) to limit the outgoing bandwidth for connections to the Bitcoin network. This means one can have an always-on bitcoind instance running, and another local bitcoind/bitcoin-qt instance which connects to this node and receives blocks from it.

Seeds

Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client.

Build Tools and Keys

Debian

Contains files used to package bitcoind/bitcoin-qt for Debian-based Linux systems. If you compile bitcoind/bitcoin-qt yourself, there are some useful files here.

Gitian-descriptors

Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running using KVM.

Gitian-downloader

Various PGP files of core developers.

Test and Verify Tools

TestGen

Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests.