lbrycrd/doc
MarcoFalke a74d588f21
Merge #14954: build: Require python 3.5
fa2797808e test: Remove python3.4 workaround in feature_dbcrash (MarcoFalke)
dddd1d05d3 .python-version: Specify full version 3.5.6 (MarcoFalke)
faa7cdf764 scripted-diff: Update copyright in ./test (MarcoFalke)
fa0e65b772 scripted-diff: test: Remove brackets after assert (MarcoFalke)
fab5a1e0f4 build: Require python 3.5 (MarcoFalke)
fa6bf21f5e scripted-diff: test: Use py3.5 bytes::hex() method (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  Python 3.4 is EOL after March 2019, so switch to 3.5. See https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches

  This pull does the following in a bunch of commits:
  * scripted diff to use the `bytes::hex()` method in place of previous wrappers (`b2x`, `bytes_to_hex_str`, `hexlify`, ...)
  * Update the build system (gitian and travis) to remove python2.7 and replace it with python3.5
  * Another scripted-diff to remove brackets after `assert`. This is unrelated to the python3.5 switch, but a stylistic commit, so probably not worth to split up. The motivation behind it is to avoid asserting on data structures (such as tuples of length one), which never fails:
  ```py
  >>> assert(False,)   # with brackets
  >>> assert False,    # without brackets
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  >>> assert False     # proper assertion
  AssertionError
  ```
  * And then a final scripted diff to update the copyright headers in the `test` subfolder, since I touched most of the files anyway and it wouldn't make sense to split this commit out into a separate pull.

  For reference (contributed by luke-jr):

  Ubuntu LTS (bionic): 3.6.5
  Debian stable (stretch): 3.5.3
  RHEL 8 (expected before v0.19): 3.6.x
  Gentoo stable: 3.6.5
  Arch: 3.7.1

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man util: Add SetupHelpOptions() 2019-02-06 14:16:43 -05:00
release-notes doc: Remove pr release notes file in wrong dir 2019-03-04 14:09:04 -05:00
.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 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 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 Delete README_osx.md and move its contents into build-osx.md 2019-01-21 20:24:33 +01:00
build-unix.md doc: Remove ppa from linux build instructions 2019-03-03 11:37:40 -05:00
build-windows.md docs: add NSIS setup/install steps to windows docs 2018-12-13 22:52:17 +08:00
dependencies.md build: Require python 3.5 2019-03-02 10:40:23 -05:00
descriptors.md Add checksums to descriptors.md 2019-02-15 22:36:05 -08:00
developer-notes.md docs: Update Transifex links 2019-03-02 17:42:33 +08:00
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 Add nice table to files.md 2018-12-11 22:24:09 +01:00
fuzzing.md qa: Add test/fuzz/test_runner.py 2019-02-13 17:12:28 -05:00
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: add information about security to the JSON-RPC doc 2019-01-23 18:25:44 -05:00
productivity.md doc: Add separate productivity notes document 2019-02-05 15:18:36 -05:00
psbt.md Fix minor grammar error in doc 2018-12-20 21:59:56 +00:00
README.md doc: Add separate productivity notes document 2019-02-05 15:18:36 -05:00
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-14021.md Add release notes for importing key origin info change 2019-02-14 17:58:25 -05:00
release-notes-14481.md Add release note for listunspent P2WSH change 2019-02-13 14:35:16 +13:00
release-notes-14491.md Add release notes for importmulti descriptor support 2019-02-05 19:42:06 +13:00
release-notes-14667.md [rpc] util: add deriveaddresses method 2019-01-29 18:14:23 +01:00
release-notes-15226.md [wallet] Support creating a blank wallet 2019-02-10 12:24:53 -05:00
release-notes-15393.md Bump minimum Qt version to 5.5.1 2019-02-14 11:12:30 +01:00
release-notes-15492.md [rpc] remove deprecated generate method 2019-02-27 17:41:01 +01:00
release-notes.md Merge #15514: docs: Update Transifex links 2019-03-02 09:23:50 -05:00
release-process.md doc: Update release process for snap package 2019-02-26 19:52:44 -05:00
REST-interface.md Address test todos by removing -txindex to nodes. 2019-02-17 21:42:08 -08:00
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: 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
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.