Repository Tools --------------------- ### [Developer tools](/contrib/devtools) ### Specific tools for developers working on this repository. Contains the script `github-merge.py` for merging GitHub pull requests securely and signing them using GPG. ### [Verify-Commits](/contrib/verify-commits) ### Tool to verify that every merge commit was signed by a developer using the above `github-merge.py` script. ### [Linearize](/contrib/linearize) ### Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain. ### [Qos](/contrib/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](/contrib/seeds) ### Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client. Build Tools and Keys --------------------- ### Packaging ### The [Debian](/contrib/debian) subfolder contains the copyright file. All other packaging related files can be found in the [bitcoin-core/packaging](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/packaging) repository. ### [Gitian-descriptors](/contrib/gitian-descriptors) ### Files used during the gitian build process. For more information about gitian, see the [the Bitcoin Core documentation repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/docs). ### [Gitian-keys](/contrib/gitian-keys) PGP keys used for signing Bitcoin Core [Gitian release](/doc/release-process.md) results. ### [MacDeploy](/contrib/macdeploy) ### Scripts and notes for Mac builds. ### [Gitian-build](/contrib/gitian-build.py) ### Script for running full Gitian builds. Test and Verify Tools --------------------- ### [TestGen](/contrib/testgen) ### Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests. ### [Verify Binaries](/contrib/verifybinaries) ### This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from bitcoin.org.