lbrycrd/doc
Jonas Schnelli 84d0fdce11
Merge #13216: [Qt] implements concept for different disk sizes on intro
9d0e52834 implements different disk sizes for different networks on intro (marcoagner)

Pull request description:

  Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/13213.
  Mostly, I layed out the concept to open the PR for refinement and getting feedback if the approach is okay. Changes are expected.

  Two points:
  - The values for both new consts `TESTNET_BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE` and `TESTNET_CHAIN_STATE_SIZE` is certainly not optimal; I just checked the size of my testnet3 related dirs and set them to little bit higher values. Which values should be used?
  - Should we do something like this to regtest? Or these "niceties" do not matter when on regtest?

  Thanks!

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man Bump manpages 2018-12-29 10:26:00 +01:00
release-notes doc: Add historical release notes for 0.17.1 2018-12-25 10:18:10 +01:00
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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-conf.md Add doc/bitcoin-conf.md 2018-10-19 01:13:57 +03:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png Lossless image optimization 2013-12-02 10:10:22 +01:00
build-freebsd.md FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check' 2018-10-31 02:52:50 -07:00
build-netbsd.md doc: update NetBSD build instructions for 8.0 2018-12-13 12:05:45 +08:00
build-openbsd.md Merge #14515: doc: Update OpenBSD build guide for 6.4 2018-11-05 13:26:37 +01:00
build-osx.md [doc] conf: Remove deprecated options from docs, Other cleanup 2018-11-07 13:30:03 -05:00
build-unix.md Various textual improvements in build docs 2018-10-28 06:01:01 +01:00
build-windows.md docs: add NSIS setup/install steps to windows docs 2018-12-13 22:52:17 +08:00
dependencies.md depends: qt 5.9.7 2018-12-12 20:59:30 +08:00
descriptors.md A few minor formatting fixes and clarifications to descriptors.md 2018-11-22 00:21:29 -05:00
developer-notes.md Merge #14832: docs: Add more Doxygen information to Developer Notes 2019-01-04 11:49:29 +01:00
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
Doxyfile.in doc: Make build system insert version in Doxyfile 2017-04-05 09:40:56 +02:00
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fuzzing.md build: Allow to configure --with-sanitizers=fuzzer 2019-01-05 19:06:03 +01:00
gitian-building.md doc: move gitian building to external repo 2017-09-25 15:45:38 +02:00
init.md Fix typos 2018-10-04 21:58:24 +03:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md doc: Add external interface consistency guarantees 2018-10-30 16:40:36 -04:00
psbt.md Fix minor grammar error in doc 2018-12-20 21:59:56 +00:00
README.md Merge #15132: docs: Add FreeBSD build notes link to doc/README.md 2019-01-10 09:51:03 -05:00
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
reduce-traffic.md trivial: Fixed typos and cleaned up language 2018-08-02 21:27:16 +08:00
release-notes.md Release notes: integrate detached release notes 2019-01-02 20:27:07 -05:00
release-process.md Merge #13216: [Qt] implements concept for different disk sizes on intro 2019-01-11 14:33:24 -10:00
REST-interface.md doc: Add external interface consistency guarantees 2018-10-30 16:40:36 -04:00
shared-libraries.md Add NULLDUMMY verify flag in bitcoinconsensus.h 2016-09-30 23:09:19 +08:00
tor.md Less confusing documentation for torpassword 2018-11-26 08:45:32 +08:00
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 ZMQ: add options to configure outbound message high water mark, aka SNDHWM 2018-10-19 07:36:13 -04:00

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 a few hundred gigabytes of disk space. 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.