bitcoin/doc
W. J. van der Laan 986003aff9
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22918: rpc: Add level 3 verbosity to getblock RPC call (#21245 modified)
5c34507ecb core_write: Rename calculate_fee to have_undo for clarity (fyquah)
8edf6204a8 release-notes: Add release note about getblock verbosity level 3. (fyquah)
459104b2aa rest: Add test for prevout fields in getblock (fyquah)
4330af6f72 rpc: Add test for level 3 verbosity getblock rpc call. (fyquah)
51dbc167e9 rpc: Add level 3 verbosity to getblock RPC call. (fyquah)
3cc95345ca rpc: Replace boolean argument for tx details with enum class. (fyquah)

Pull request description:

  Author of #21245 expressed [time issues](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21245#issuecomment-902332088) in the original PR. Given that #21245 has received a lot of review*, I have decided to open this new pull request with [modifications required to get ACK from luke-jr ](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21245#issuecomment-905150806) and a few nits of mine.

  ### Original PR description

  > Display the prevout in transaction inputs when calling getblock level 3 verbosity. This PR affects the existing `/rest/block` API by adding a `prevout` fields to tx inputs. This is mentioned in the change to the release notes.
  >
  > I added some functional tests that
  >
  >     * checks that the RPC call still works when TxUndo can't be found
  >
  >     * Doesn't display the "value" or "scriptPubKey" of the previous output when at a lower verbosity level
  >
  >
  > This "completes" the issue #18771

  ### Possible improvements

  * b0bf4f255f - I can include even this commit to this PR if deemed useful or I can leave it for a follow-up PR. See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21245#issuecomment-894853784 for more context.

  ### Examples

  Examples of the `getblock` output with various verbose levels. Note that `000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5` contains only 2 transactions.

  #### Verbose level 0

  ```bash
  ./bitcoin-cli -testnet getblock 000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5 0
  ```

  ##### Verbose level 1

  ```bash
  ./bitcoin-cli -testnet getblock 000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5 1
  ```

  ##### Verbose level 2

  ```bash
  ./bitcoin-cli -testnet getblock 000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5 2
  ```

  ##### Verbose level 3

  ```bash
  ./bitcoin-cli -testnet getblock 000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5 3
  ```

  #### REST

  ```bash
  curl -H "content-type:text/plain;" http://127.0.0.1:18332/rest/block/000000000000001f682b188971cc1a121546be4e9d5baf22934fdc7f538288d5.json
  ```

  <sub>* ... and my everyday obsessive checking of my email inbox whether the PR moves forward.</sub>

  Edit laanwj: Removed at symbol from message, and large example output to prevent it from all ending up in the commit message.

ACKs for top commit:
  0xB10C:
    ACK 5c34507ecb
  meshcollider:
    utACK 5c34507ecb
  theStack:
    ACK 5c34507ecb 👘
  promag:
    Concept ACK 5c34507ecb

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man scripted-diff: Fix typo in stub manual pages 2021-01-12 16:46:55 +01:00
release-notes doc: Add historical release notes for 22.0 2021-09-14 13:20:48 +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: Update bips.md for 0.21.1 2021-05-12 10:06:37 +02:00
bitcoin-conf.md doc: added info to bitcoin.conf doc 2021-07-06 09:32:37 -04:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png Lossless image optimization 2013-12-02 10:10:22 +01:00
build-android.md Qt: add Android packaging support 2021-03-21 22:33:27 +01:00
build-freebsd.md docs: improve make with parallel jobs description. 2021-05-14 08:45:27 +08:00
build-netbsd.md docs: improve make with parallel jobs description. 2021-05-14 08:45:27 +08:00
build-openbsd.md script, doc: guix touchups 2021-07-23 21:23:37 +05:30
build-osx.md doc: note that brew installed qt is not supported 2021-05-17 21:36:08 -04:00
build-unix.md remove --enable-glibc-back-compat from CI and docs 2021-09-10 11:18:58 +08:00
build-windows.md doc: remove WSL install instructions and point to upstream 2021-09-17 11:24:55 +08:00
dependencies.md doc: update minimum compiler requirements for std::filesystem 2021-09-22 17:53:14 +08:00
descriptors.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22067: Test and document a basic M-of-N multisig using descriptor wallets and PSBTs 2021-10-18 16:17:45 +02:00
developer-notes.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22409: configure: keep relative paths in debug info 2021-10-11 10:34:29 +08:00
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
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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 Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22585: fuzz: add guide to fuzzing with Eclipser v1.x 2021-10-01 10:25:07 +02:00
guix.md docs: Point to contrib/guix/README.md in doc/guix.md 2021-01-08 11:40:01 -05:00
i2p.md Improve doc/i2p.md regarding I2P router options/versions 2021-08-19 15:41:46 +02:00
init.md doc: Replace tabs for spaces 2021-02-04 12:06:13 +00:00
JSON-RPC-interface.md Update 'Secure string handling' 2020-12-29 01:49:30 +05:30
managing-wallets.md Document about wallet backup and restoration 2021-08-17 09:40:47 -03:00
multiprocess.md multiprocess: Add comments and documentation 2021-04-23 03:02:50 -05:00
productivity.md doc: Add libnatpmp stuff 2021-01-07 18:07:10 +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 release: remove gitian 2021-08-31 09:37:23 +08:00
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: update reduce-memory.md peer connections info 2021-04-17 20:17:59 +02:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: Use precise permission flags where possible 2020-07-10 15:37:42 +02:00
release-notes-23093.md Add release notes for keypool flush changes 2021-09-26 15:35:54 +13:00
release-notes.md Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22918: rpc: Add level 3 verbosity to getblock RPC call (#21245 modified) 2021-10-19 15:47:53 +02:00
release-process.md doc: Update snap release process for new versioning scheme 2021-09-14 12:50:31 +02:00
REST-interface.md rpc: deprecate addresses and reqSigs from rpc outputs 2021-03-23 10:51:43 -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#22420: doc: Specifiy how to set the value of TORGROUP 2021-09-16 20:17:01 +02:00
tracing.md tracing: drop block_connected hash.toString() arg 2021-10-18 14:35:25 +02:00
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 doc: Add IPv6 address to zmq example 2021-06-20 16:56:08 +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.