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Merge #16152: Disable bloom filtering by default.
bead32e31e Add release notes for DEFAULT_BLOOM change (Matt Corallo)
f27309f55c Move DEFAULT_PEERBLOOMFILTERS from validation.h to net_processing.h (Matt Corallo)
5efcb77283 Disable bloom filtering by default. (Matt Corallo)

Pull request description:

  BIP 37 bloom filters have been well-known to be a significant DoS
  target for some time. However, in order to provide continuity for
  SPV clients relying on it, the NODE_BLOOM service flag was added,
  and left as a default, to ensure sufficient nodes exist with such a
  flag.

  NODE_BLOOM is, at this point, well-established and, as long as
  there exist 0.18 nodes with default config (which I'd anticipate
  will be true for many years), will be available from some peers. By
  that time, the continued slowdown of BIP 37-based filtering will
  likely have rendered it useless (though this is already largely the
  case). Further, BIP 37 was deliberately never updated to support
  witness-based filtering as newer wallets are expected to migrate to
  some yet-to-be-network-exposed filters.

ACKs for top commit:
  jnewbery:
    ACK bead32e31e
  kallewoof:
    ACK bead32e31e

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man Remove -mempoolreplacement to prevent needless block prop slowness. 2019-06-08 09:32:33 -04:00
release-notes Merge #16152: Disable bloom filtering by default. 2019-07-19 17:33:56 +08:00
.gitignore Ignore Doxyfile generated from Doxyfile.in template. 2017-04-07 16:28:12 +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 Update bips.md for 0.18.0 2019-04-06 08:37:07 -07:00
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 doc: update FreeBSD build guide for 12.0 2019-02-15 19:54:59 +08:00
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: Fix broken link in doc/build-osx.md 2019-06-29 16:32:36 +02:00
build-unix.md doc: Remove ppa from linux build instructions 2019-03-03 11:37:40 -05:00
build-windows.md Remove Windows 32 bit build 2019-05-03 13:41:27 -04:00
dependencies.md depends: expat 2.2.7 2019-07-09 08:47:41 +08:00
descriptors.md Mention new descriptor RPCs in descriptors.md 2019-04-06 08:17:51 -07:00
developer-notes.md scripted-diff: rename CBasicKeyStore to FillableSigningProvider 2019-07-09 16:20:18 -04:00
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
Doxyfile.in doc: Include static members in Doxygen 2019-07-06 11:48:18 -04:00
files.md Add nice table to files.md 2018-12-11 22:24:09 +01:00
fuzzing.md Update doc and CI config 2019-07-08 20:28:58 -04:00
gitian-building.md doc: move gitian building to external repo 2017-09-25 15:45:38 +02:00
init.md init: Modify docs and add release note for 12255 2019-02-04 09:18:28 -05:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md doc: Clarify RPC versioning 2019-04-15 11:20:16 -04:00
productivity.md docs: Add productivity notes for "dummy rebases" 2019-05-15 14:12:45 -04:00
psbt.md doc: fix/improve analyzepsbt in doc/psbt.md 2019-05-19 17:31:37 +02:00
README.md docs: add reduce-memory.md 2019-07-06 10:45:04 +08:00
README_windows.txt doc: Remove version numbers from READMEs 2017-04-05 09:40:48 +02:00
reduce-memory.md docs: add reduce-memory.md 2019-07-06 10:45:04 +08:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: Mention blocksonly in reduce-traffic.md, unhide option 2019-05-13 10:44:46 -04:00
release-notes-0.18.1-16257.md [wallet] abort when attempting to fund a transaction above maxtxfee 2019-06-28 22:44:38 -04:00
release-notes-13756.md docs: release note wording 2019-06-22 02:45:40 +09:00
release-notes-14054.md [docs] release note for disabling reject messages by default 2019-03-15 09:16:12 -04:00
release-notes-14802.md rpc: faster getblockstats using BlockUndo data 2019-05-10 08:33:14 -04:00
release-notes-14954.md docs: add release note for 14954 2019-05-28 14:17:31 -04:00
release-notes-15006.md Add option to create an encrypted wallet 2019-05-13 22:49:34 -04:00
release-notes-15427.md [docs] Add release notes for PR 15427 2019-07-05 10:47:01 +01:00
release-notes-15566.md cli: replace testnet with chain and return network name as per BIP70. 2019-03-09 16:35:26 +08:00
release-notes-15620.md doc: Add release notes for 15620 2019-03-19 17:06:43 -04:00
release-notes-15637.md rpc: Rename size to vsize in mempool related calls 2019-03-24 12:01:43 +08:00
release-notes-15730.md doc: Add release notes for 15730 2019-05-02 11:39:07 +01:00
release-notes-15849.md threads: prefix log messages with thread names 2019-04-29 13:49:15 -04:00
release-notes.md test: Require standard txs in regtest 2019-06-21 16:45:16 -04:00
release-process.md doc: Remove explicit mention of version from SECURITY.md 2019-06-14 06:39:17 -04:00
REST-interface.md rpc: Expose g_is_mempool_loaded via getmempoolinfo and /rest/mempool/info.json 2019-03-22 02:31:20 -07:00
shared-libraries.md doc: correct bitcoinconsensus_version in shared-libraries 2019-04-07 21:42:32 +08:00
tor.md doc: describe onlynet option in doc/tor.md 2019-04-11 14:05:02 +02:00
translation_process.md docs: Update Transifex links 2019-03-02 17:42:33 +08:00
translation_strings_policy.md A few textual improvements 2019-02-08 09:47:50 +01:00
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.