bitcoin/doc
Andrew Chow 34ac3f438a
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26485: RPC: Accept options as named-only parameters
2cd28e9fef rpc: Add check for unintended option/parameter name clashes (Ryan Ofsky)
95d7de0964 test: Update python tests to use named parameters instead of options objects (Ryan Ofsky)
96233146dd RPC: Allow RPC methods accepting options to take named parameters (Ryan Ofsky)
702b56d2a8 RPC: Add add OBJ_NAMED_PARAMS type (Ryan Ofsky)

Pull request description:

  Allow RPC methods which take an `options` parameter (`importmulti`, `listunspent`, `fundrawtransaction`, `bumpfee`, `send`, `sendall`, `walletcreatefundedpsbt`, `simulaterawtransaction`), to accept the options as named parameters, without the need for nested JSON objects.

  This makes it possible to make calls like:

  ```sh
  src/bitcoin-cli -named bumpfee txid fee_rate=10
  ```

  instead of

  ```sh
  src/bitcoin-cli -named bumpfee txid options='{"fee_rate": 10}'
  ```

  RPC help is also updated to show options as top level named arguments instead of as nested objects.

  <details><summary>diff</summary>
  <p>

  ```diff
  @@ -15,16 +15,17 @@

   Arguments:
   1. txid                           (string, required) The txid to be bumped
  -2. options                        (json object, optional)
  +2. options                        (json object, optional) Options object that can be used to pass named arguments, listed below.
  +
  +Named Arguments:
  -     {
  -       "conf_target": n,          (numeric, optional, default=wallet -txconfirmtarget) Confirmation target in blocks
  +conf_target                       (numeric, optional, default=wallet -txconfirmtarget) Confirmation target in blocks

  -       "fee_rate": amount,        (numeric or string, optional, default=not set, fall back to wallet fee estimation)
  +fee_rate                          (numeric or string, optional, default=not set, fall back to wallet fee estimation)
                                     Specify a fee rate in sat/vB instead of relying on the built-in fee estimator.
                                     Must be at least 1.000 sat/vB higher than the current transaction fee rate.
                                     WARNING: before version 0.21, fee_rate was in BTC/kvB. As of 0.21, fee_rate is in sat/vB.

  -       "replaceable": bool,       (boolean, optional, default=true) Whether the new transaction should still be
  +replaceable                       (boolean, optional, default=true) Whether the new transaction should still be
                                     marked bip-125 replaceable. If true, the sequence numbers in the transaction will
                                     be left unchanged from the original. If false, any input sequence numbers in the
                                     original transaction that were less than 0xfffffffe will be increased to 0xfffffffe
  @@ -32,11 +33,10 @@
                                     still be replaceable in practice, for example if it has unconfirmed ancestors which
                                     are replaceable).

  -       "estimate_mode": "str",    (string, optional, default="unset") The fee estimate mode, must be one of (case insensitive):
  +estimate_mode                     (string, optional, default="unset") The fee estimate mode, must be one of (case insensitive):
                                     "unset"
                                     "economical"
                                     "conservative"
  -     }

   Result:
   {                    (json object)
  ```

  </p>
  </details>

  **Review suggestion:** To understand this PR, it is probably easiest to review the commits in reverse order because the last commit shows the external API changes, the middle commit shows the internal API changes, and the first commit contains the low-level implementation.

ACKs for top commit:
  achow101:
    ACK 2cd28e9fef

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design docs: update assumeutxo.md 2023-03-07 16:06:20 -05:00
man scripted-diff: Fix typo in stub manual pages 2021-01-12 16:46:55 +01:00
policy [policy] disallow transactions under min relay fee, even in packages 2023-04-17 09:53:59 +01:00
release-notes doc: Fix broken link in release notes 2023-05-26 09:47:15 +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 doc: update doc/benchmarking.md 2021-06-24 11:15:29 +02:00
bips.md doc: remove version number from bips.md 2023-05-11 17:49:16 +01:00
bitcoin-conf.md Security config warning 2022-08-19 23:18:13 -04:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png Lossless image optimization 2013-12-02 10:10:22 +01:00
build-android.md build, qt: Use Android NDK r23 LTS 2021-12-05 03:00:02 +02:00
build-freebsd.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26773: doc: FreeBSD build doc updates to reflect removal of install_db4.sh 2023-02-16 14:50:00 +00:00
build-netbsd.md doc: update for NetBSD 9.2, add GUI Build Instructions 2022-07-06 21:27:05 -04:00
build-openbsd.md doc: update OpenBSD build docs for 7.3 (external signer support available) 2023-04-11 22:59:08 +02:00
build-osx.md Revert "doc: note that brew installed qt is not supported" 2022-09-14 13:51:17 +01:00
build-unix.md doc: remove Security section from build-unix.md 2023-05-18 12:09:02 +01:00
build-windows.md doc: Correct linked Microsoft URLs 2022-12-31 16:54:13 +01:00
cjdns.md doc: update getnodeaddresses for CJDNS, I2P and Tor and rm link 2023-06-01 15:52:51 +02:00
dependencies.md random: switch to using getrandom() directly 2023-05-20 17:20:01 +01:00
descriptors.md doc: correct deriveaddresses RPC name 2022-10-30 18:11:45 +00:00
developer-notes.md Update developer-notes.md 2023-04-14 20:11:51 +03:30
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
Doxyfile.in Generate doxygen documentation for test sources 2021-05-19 22:08:18 -07:00
external-signer.md Move external signer out of wallet module 2021-04-08 17:56:00 +02:00
files.md Ignore banlist.dat 2021-07-30 11:21:51 +02:00
fuzzing.md doc: use arch agnostic clang path in fuzzing doc (macOS) 2023-02-08 09:45:04 +00:00
guix.md docs: Point to contrib/guix/README.md in doc/guix.md 2021-01-08 11:40:01 -05:00
i2p.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27719: doc: remove Tor link & generalize onion getnodeaddresses RPC 2023-06-01 15:24:23 +01:00
init.md Remove -sysperms option 2023-02-05 08:09:16 +00:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md rpc: Allow named and positional arguments to be used together 2022-11-05 05:32:39 -04:00
managing-wallets.md Change dots to an ellipsis and fix capitalization 2023-01-12 11:15:02 -05:00
multisig-tutorial.md doc: update multisig-tutorial.md to default wallet type 2022-03-10 12:50:34 +01:00
p2p-bad-ports.md init, doc: improve -onlynet help and tor/i2p documentation 2022-03-03 16:14:01 +01:00
productivity.md doc: add distcc to productivity notes 2022-06-13 16:13:11 +02:00
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
README.md doc: consolidate & remove release-note fragments 2022-09-15 16:02:17 +01:00
README_doxygen.md doc: Improve doxygen readme navigation section 2019-09-23 19:22:06 -04:00
README_windows.txt doc: Remove version numbers from READMEs 2017-04-05 09:40:48 +02:00
reduce-memory.md doc: remove mention of glibc 2.10+ 2023-05-17 15:02:51 +01:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: Use precise permission flags where possible 2020-07-10 15:37:42 +02:00
release-notes-25158.md doc: add release notes for abandoned field in gettransaction and listtransactions 2023-01-13 10:29:05 -03:00
release-notes-26076.md doc: clarify PR 26076 release note 2023-05-08 16:07:15 +02:00
release-notes-26094.md rpc: return block hash & height in getbalances, gettransaction & getwalletinfo JSONs 2023-04-26 16:07:47 +02:00
release-notes-26485.md RPC: Allow RPC methods accepting options to take named parameters 2023-05-03 11:27:51 -05:00
release-notes-27302.md init: Error if ignored bitcoin.conf file is found 2023-04-21 06:53:23 -04:00
release-notes-empty-template.md doc: Mac -> macOS in release notes template 2022-11-17 14:43:56 +00:00
release-process.md doc: Fix typo in doc/release-process.md URL 2023-05-25 13:17:17 +02:00
REST-interface.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26207: rest: add verbose and mempool_sequence query params for mempool/contents 2023-03-15 19:39:30 -04:00
shared-libraries.md doc: libbitcoinconsensus: add missing error code description, fix NBitcoin link 2020-12-05 13:37:00 +01:00
tor.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#27719: doc: remove Tor link & generalize onion getnodeaddresses RPC 2023-06-01 15:24:23 +01:00
tracing.md Add mempool tracepoints 2023-03-20 15:57:31 +01:00
translation_process.md doc: Remove unnecessary steps from translations update process 2021-07-03 21:31:29 +02:00
translation_strings_policy.md doc: Do not translate technical or extremely rare errors 2020-05-05 04:46:08 +03:00
zmq.md Update zmq.md: Fix parameter in hwm example block 2022-05-25 23:49:15 +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 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.