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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30510: multiprocess: Add IPC wrapper for Mining interface
1a33281766 doc: multiprocess documentation improvements (Ryan Ofsky)
d043950ba2 multiprocess: Add serialization code for BlockValidationState (Ryan Ofsky)
33c2eee285 multiprocess: Add IPC wrapper for Mining interface (Ryan Ofsky)
06882f8401 multiprocess: Add serialization code for vector<char> (Russell Yanofsky)
095286f790 multiprocess: Add serialization code for CTransaction (Russell Yanofsky)
69dfeb1876 multiprocess: update common-types.h to use C++20 concepts (Ryan Ofsky)
206c6e78ee build: Make bitcoin_ipc_test depend on bitcoin_ipc (Ryan Ofsky)
070e6a32d5 depends: Update libmultiprocess library for cmake headers target (Ryan Ofsky)

Pull request description:

  Add Cap'n Proto wrapper for the Mining interface introduced in #30200, and its associated types.

  This PR combined with #30509 will allow a separate mining process, like the one being implemented in https://github.com/Sjors/bitcoin/pull/48, to connect to the node over IPC, and create, manage, and submit block templates. (#30437 shows another simpler demo of a process using the Mining interface.)

  ---

  This PR is part of the [process separation project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/28722).

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assumeutxo.md doc: fix assumeutxo design doc link 2024-09-04 22:53:34 +01:00
benchmarking.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
bips.md docs: Add 379 and 387 to bips.md 2024-08-27 11:20:54 -04:00
bitcoin-conf.md system: use %LOCALAPPDATA% as default datadir on windows 2024-04-30 11:03:04 -04:00
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build-freebsd.md doc: add with_bdb to unix build docs 2024-08-31 16:53:59 -04:00
build-netbsd.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
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build-osx.md doc: fix compiler flags for macOS configuration 2024-09-02 12:53:50 +01:00
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build-windows-msvc.md docs: Fix minor typo 2024-09-08 20:25:53 +02:00
build-windows.md doc: Drop ctest command from Windows cross-compiling instructions 2024-09-06 21:59:52 +01:00
cjdns.md doc: update getnodeaddresses for CJDNS, I2P and Tor and rm link 2023-06-01 15:52:51 +02:00
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dependencies.md doc: replace Autotools with CMake 2024-08-29 16:06:29 +01:00
descriptors.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22838: descriptors: Be able to specify change and receiving in a single descriptor string 2024-08-28 15:56:15 +01:00
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productivity.md doc: Update for CMake-based build system 2024-08-16 21:24:08 +01:00
psbt.md doc: M-of-N multisig using descriptor wallets and PSBTs, as well as a signing flow 2021-08-16 10:43:07 +05:00
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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.