BTCP-Rebase/doc
MarcoFalke 69a29b5a8e
Merge #14264: doc: Split depends installation instructions per arch
fad95e8da6 doc: Split build linux dependencies (MarcoFalke)
0000009015 doc: Split depends installation instructions per arch (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  The current depends installation instructions fail on bionic with

  ```
  E: Unable to locate package g++-4.8-aarch64-linux-gnu
  E: Unable to locate package gcc-4.8-aarch64-linux-gnu
  E: Unable to locate package g++-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
  E: Unable to locate package gcc-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
  ```

  Also, they fail due to missing dependencies `make automake cmake pkg-config python3`

  Fix this by removing the explicit version and splitting them into common instructions and instructions per linux architecture.

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man configure: Make it possible to build only one of bitcoin-cli or bitcoin-tx 2018-09-13 11:48:23 +00:00
release-notes doc: Remove "temporary file" notice from 0.17.0 release notes 2018-10-03 12:47:17 +02:00
.gitignore Ignore Doxyfile generated from Doxyfile.in template. 2017-04-07 16:28:12 +02:00
Doxyfile.in doc: Make build system insert version in Doxyfile 2017-04-05 09:40:56 +02:00
README.md Add PSBT documentation 2018-08-14 12:13:42 -07:00
README_osx.md Rename “OS X” to the newer “macOS” convention 2018-06-04 13:04:04 +02:00
README_windows.txt doc: Remove version numbers from READMEs 2017-04-05 09:40:48 +02:00
REST-interface.md Fix typos and cleanup 2018-03-02 23:00:25 +02:00
assets-attribution.md [doc] Merge doc/assets-attribution.md into contrib/debian/copyright 2015-09-18 18:14:42 +02:00
benchmarking.md trivial: Fixed typos and cleaned up language 2018-08-02 21:27:16 +08:00
bips.md trivial: Fixed typos and cleaned up language 2018-08-02 21:27:16 +08:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png Lossless image optimization 2013-12-02 10:10:22 +01:00
build-freebsd.md Fix incorrect shell quoting in FreeBSD build instructions. 2018-06-15 01:34:40 -07:00
build-netbsd.md [doc] Create build-netbsd.md 2018-01-30 07:47:27 +08:00
build-openbsd.md docs: Update OpenBSD build instructions for OpenBSD 6.3 2018-05-22 06:54:40 +02:00
build-osx.md Remove reference to deprecated RPC call in build instructions 2018-09-05 14:21:18 -05:00
build-unix.md Merge #14264: doc: Split depends installation instructions per arch 2018-10-04 00:58:08 -03:00
build-windows.md trivial: Fixed typos and cleaned up language 2018-08-02 21:27:16 +08:00
dependencies.md [depends, zmq, doc] upgrade zeromq to 4.2.5 and avoid deprecated zeromq api functions 2018-09-11 16:33:05 -04:00
descriptors.md Add descriptor reference documentation 2018-09-05 11:26:16 -07:00
developer-notes.md tests: Use MakeUnique to construct objects owned by unique_ptrs 2018-09-21 11:03:21 +02:00
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
files.md [doc] Include txindex changes in the release notes. 2018-04-25 11:25:19 -07:00
fuzzing.md [test] Speed up fuzzing by ~200x when using afl-fuzz 2017-05-19 07:28:46 +02:00
gitian-building.md doc: move gitian building to external repo 2017-09-25 15:45:38 +02:00
init.md contrib: Remove debian and rpm subfolders 2018-07-30 14:00:56 -04:00
psbt.md Add PSBT documentation 2018-08-14 12:13:42 -07:00
reduce-traffic.md trivial: Fixed typos and cleaned up language 2018-08-02 21:27:16 +08:00
release-notes-13152.md [rpc] Add getnodeaddresses RPC command 2018-09-17 22:55:23 +01:00
release-notes-14023.md [wallet] Kill accounts 2018-08-30 16:08:42 +02:00
release-notes-14282.md [docs] Add release notes for removing `-usehd` 2018-09-26 17:32:39 -04:00
release-notes.md doc: release notes for -enablebip61 default change 2018-09-09 13:54:18 -04:00
release-process.md doc: Improve command to generate list of authors for release notes 2018-07-19 16:03:00 +10:00
shared-libraries.md Add NULLDUMMY verify flag in bitcoinconsensus.h 2016-09-30 23:09:19 +08:00
tor.md added note that control port must be enabled and how to do that in torrc config file 2018-08-31 07:50:55 -06:00
translation_process.md Docs: Improve "of" grammar 2018-08-03 02:49:48 +08:00
translation_strings_policy.md Docs: Modify policy to not translate command-line help 2018-07-04 09:18:29 +08:00
travis-ci.md [doc] Rework docs 2016-10-04 13:27:38 +02:00
zmq.md [depends, zmq, doc] upgrade zeromq to 4.2.5 and avoid deprecated zeromq api functions 2018-09-11 16:33:05 -04:00

README.md

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 is currently more than 100 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.

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)

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. 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.