bitcoin/doc
Wladimir J. van der Laan df2129a234
Merge #19991: net: Use alternative port for incoming Tor connections
96571b3d4c doc: Update onion service target port numbers in tor.md (Hennadii Stepanov)
bb145c9050 net: Extend -bind config option with optional network type (Hennadii Stepanov)
92bd3c1da4 net, refactor: Move AddLocal call one level up (Hennadii Stepanov)
57f17e57c8 net: Pass onion service target to Tor controller (Hennadii Stepanov)
e3f07851f0 refactor: Rename TorController::target to m_tor_control_center (Hennadii Stepanov)
fdd3ae4d26 net, refactor: Refactor CBaseChainParams::RPCPort function (Hennadii Stepanov)
a5266d4546 net: Add alternative port for onion service (Hennadii Stepanov)
b3273cf403 net: Use network byte order for in_addr.s_addr (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  This PR adds ability to label incoming Tor connections as different from normal localhost connections.

  Closes #8973.
  Closes #16693.

  Default onion service target ports are:
  - 8334 on mainnnet
  - 18334 on testnet
  - 38334 on signet
  - 18445 on regtest

  To set the onion service target socket manually the extended `-bind` config option could be used:

  ```
  $ src/bitcoind -help | grep -A 6 -e '-bind'
    -bind=<addr>[:<port>][=onion]
         Bind to given address and always listen on it (default: 0.0.0.0). Use
         [host]:port notation for IPv6. Append =onion to tag any incoming
         connections to that address and port as incoming Tor connections
         (default: 127.0.0.1:8334=onion, testnet: 127.0.0.1:18334=onion,
         signet: 127.0.0.1:38334=onion, regtest: 127.0.0.1:18445=onion)

  ```

  Since [pr19991.02 update](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19991#issuecomment-698882284) this PR is an alternative to #19043.

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man doc: remove OpenSSL from build instructions and licensing info 2019-11-18 08:56:48 -05:00
release-notes doc: Add historical release notes for 0.20.1 2020-08-01 14:17:14 +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 Replace current benchmarking framework with nanobench 2020-06-13 12:24:18 +02:00
bips.md doc: Document signet BIP 2020-09-22 22:33:09 +02:00
bitcoin-conf.md doc: add default bitcoin.conf locations 2019-08-19 19:34:57 +02:00
bitcoin_logo_doxygen.png Lossless image optimization 2013-12-02 10:10:22 +01:00
build-freebsd.md doc: mention MAKE=gmake workaround when building on a BSD 2020-03-18 07:55:07 +08:00
build-netbsd.md doc: mention MAKE=gmake workaround when building on a BSD 2020-03-18 07:55:07 +08:00
build-openbsd.md Add OpenBSD instructions for building the Qt GUI 2020-09-10 16:02:10 +02:00
build-osx.md Merge #18070: doc: add note about brew doctor 2020-02-20 20:56:41 +08:00
build-unix.md doc: remove Boost Chrono from install docs 2020-03-07 08:34:31 +08:00
build-windows.md Add Windows WSL build recommendation to temporarily disable Win32 PE support. 2020-06-29 13:25:59 +01:00
dependencies.md build: set minimum required Boost to 1.58 2020-08-05 17:13:45 +08:00
descriptors.md Output a descriptor in createmultisig and addmultisigaddress 2020-01-30 23:55:36 -05:00
developer-notes.md Remove unused LockAssertion struct 2020-09-19 18:02:42 +03:00
dnsseed-policy.md Correct spelling mistakes in doc folder 2015-10-18 06:25:43 +10:00
Doxyfile.in [doc] include Doxygen comments for HAVE_BOOST_PROCESS 2020-07-31 13:38:10 +02:00
files.md Replace hidden service with onion service 2020-08-07 14:55:02 +02:00
fuzzing.md doc: afl fuzzing comment about afl-gcc and afl-g++ 2020-07-05 20:55:11 -04:00
gitian-building.md doc: move gitian building to external repo 2017-09-25 15:45:38 +02:00
init.md fixing documentation to not require rpcpassword 2020-03-21 19:51:31 +05:30
JSON-RPC-interface.md Replace hidden service with onion service 2020-08-07 14:55:02 +02:00
multiprocess.md build: multiprocess autotools changes 2020-05-12 09:47:06 -04:00
productivity.md doc: Drop protobuf stuff 2020-05-23 10:14:18 +03:00
psbt.md doc: fix/improve analyzepsbt in doc/psbt.md 2019-05-19 17:31:37 +02:00
README.md doc: Update webchat URLs in README.md 2020-04-02 13:09:55 +00:00
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: block-relay-only is not blocksonly 2020-03-30 09:09:12 -04:00
reduce-traffic.md doc: Use precise permission flags where possible 2020-07-10 15:37:42 +02:00
release-notes-14582.md doc: release notes for -maxapsfee 2020-08-18 15:30:36 +09:00
release-notes-15367.md feature: Added ability for users to add a startup command 2020-09-28 10:38:36 -05:00
release-notes-15454.md Do not create default wallet 2020-09-08 21:02:53 -04:00
release-notes-15937.md wallet: Reload previously loaded wallets on GUI startup 2020-09-01 12:13:50 -04:00
release-notes-16378.md Mark send RPC experimental 2020-09-17 15:29:52 +02:00
release-notes-16525.md Additionally treat Tx.nVersion as unsigned in joinpsbts 2019-09-03 10:53:45 -04:00
release-notes-18244.md [rpc] fundrawtransaction, walletcreatefundedpsbt lock manually selected coins 2020-08-07 14:13:15 +02:00
release-notes-18309.md doc: Add release notes to support multiple interfaces 2020-09-23 23:14:29 +02:00
release-notes-19405.md Add in/out connections to cli -getinfo 2020-08-24 18:41:24 +02:00
release-notes-19671.md Remove -zapwallettxes 2020-08-31 12:39:19 -04:00
release-notes-19731.md doc: release note for getpeerinfo last_block/last_transaction 2020-08-15 15:26:33 +02:00
release-notes.md Merge #19802: doc: elaborate on release notes wrt netmasks 2020-09-30 16:03:02 +02:00
release-process.md [doc] fix git add argument 2020-04-03 12:52:36 +02:00
REST-interface.md Merge #19390: doc/REST-interface: Remove stale info 2020-06-29 13:32:01 +08:00
shared-libraries.md doc: correct bitcoinconsensus_version in shared-libraries 2019-04-07 21:42:32 +08:00
tor.md doc: Update onion service target port numbers in tor.md 2020-10-01 19:19:43 +03:00
translation_process.md build: Factor out qt translations from build system 2019-09-29 14:24:54 +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: Adjust ZMQ usage to support multiple interfaces 2020-09-23 23:14:28 +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.