lbrycrd/doc
Wladimir J. van der Laan dc53f7f251
Merge #13458: gui: Drop qt4 support
af6ac3b677 doc: Remove mention of Qt4 from build docs (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
462c71f71b test: Update travis to not test Qt4 anymore (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
907f73bbc5 gui: Remove QT_VERSION fallbacks for Qt < 5 (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
bad068ad9f build: Build system changes to support only Qt5 (Wladimir J. van der Laan)

Pull request description:

  Implements #8263.

  Qt4.x has been EOL since 2015, and at least Gentoo has, or is going to drop support for it. I wouldn't be surprised if other Linux distributions follow.

  This removes Qt4 detection from the build system, as well as removes all Qt4 fallbacks from the code. Turns out there's more than I expected: this is going to make maintenance of the GUI code, as well as adding new features significantly easier.

  (I know there's still some references left to qt4 in RPM and Debian build script, but I don't have the knowledge how to fix them)

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man doc: Update manpages to 0.16.99 2018-01-30 14:24:59 +01:00
release-notes doc: Add historical release notes for 0.16.1 2018-06-15 18:31:20 +02:00
.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 Updating benchmarkmarking.md with an updated sample output and help options 2018-01-19 11:41:56 -06:00
bips.md doc: Mention disabling BIP61 in bips.md 2018-05-13 21:03:27 +02:00
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 doc: Remove mention of Qt4 from build docs 2018-06-18 12:22:14 +02:00
build-unix.md Merge #13458: gui: Drop qt4 support 2018-06-24 16:02:37 +02:00
build-windows.md doc: Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.md 2018-05-17 11:12:18 +00:00
dependencies.md doc: Remove mention of Qt4 from build docs 2018-06-18 12:22:14 +02:00
developer-notes.md Merge #13312: docs: Add a note about the source code filename naming convention 2018-06-12 08:02:20 -04:00
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
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 Rename “OS X” to the newer “macOS” convention 2018-06-04 13:04:04 +02:00
README.md Rename “OS X” to the newer “macOS” convention 2018-06-04 13:04:04 +02:00
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 Remove maxuploadtargets recommended minimum 2016-09-13 18:08:17 +02:00
release-notes-pr10267.md doc: Add release notes for -includeconf 2018-05-02 14:26:46 +09:00
release-notes-pr10740.md doc: Add release notes for unloadwallet RPC 2018-06-18 16:35:17 +01:00
release-notes-pr12823.md Add config changes to release notes 2018-04-11 23:15:28 +10:00
release-notes-pr12892.md [wallet] [docs] Update release notes for removing getlabeladdress 2018-05-16 17:45:19 -04:00
release-notes-pr12924.md [docs] Add release notes for HD master key -> HD seed rename 2018-05-19 11:21:20 -04:00
release-notes-pr13033.md [doc] Include txindex changes in the release notes. 2018-04-25 11:25:19 -07:00
release-notes.md [qt] OptionsDialog: add prune setting 2018-05-15 12:46:19 +02:00
release-process.md Rename “OS X” to the newer “macOS” convention 2018-06-04 13:04:04 +02:00
REST-interface.md Fix typos and cleanup 2018-03-02 23:00:25 +02:00
shared-libraries.md Add NULLDUMMY verify flag in bitcoinconsensus.h 2016-09-30 23:09:19 +08:00
tor.md Merge #12384: [Docs] Add version footnote to tor.md 2018-05-01 16:43:06 +02:00
translation_process.md [docs] update transifex doc link 2018-06-02 12:26:21 +03:00
translation_strings_policy.md Init: Cleanup error and warning strings 2015-10-28 22:11:43 +01:00
travis-ci.md [doc] Rework docs 2016-10-04 13:27:38 +02:00
zmq.md Fix typos and cleanup 2018-03-02 23:00:25 +02:00

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 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 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 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.