Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core (formerly Bitcoin-Qt) is the third Bitcoin client, developed by Wladimir van der Laan based on the original reference code by Satoshi Nakamoto.[1][2] It has been bundled with bitcoind since version 0.5. Bitcoin-Qt has been rebranded to Bitcoin Core since version 0.9.0 [3].
History
Bitcoin Core can be used as a desktop client for regular payments or as a server utility for merchants and other payment services.
Current version
Source code (and build instructions for supported platforms) can be found at the Bitcoin GitHub page.
Features
- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), Mac OS X and Windows
- All functionality of the original wxWidgets client
- Asks for confirmation before sending coins
- CSV export of transactions
- Clearer transaction list with status icons and real-time filtering
- Progress bar on initial block download
- Languages: Dutch, English, German, Chinese and many more. Translations are being done by volunteers on Transifex.
- Sendmany support in UI (send to multiple recipients in one transaction)
- Multiple unit support, can show subdivided bitcoins (mBTC, µBTC) for users that like large numbers (only decimal units)
- Splash screen that details progress
- Debug window
- Payment requests (BIP 70)
- Coin control
- bitcoin-cli as a RPC client, instead of bitcoind executable functioning both as a server and as a RPC client
External Links
- Download link at bitcoin.org
- Version history
- Bitcoin Core website
- Forum thread (includes screenshots)
- Current GitHub repository shared with bitcoind
- ↑ https://gavintech.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html, Full disclosure: Bitcoin-Qt on Windows vulnerability, 21st October 2012
- ↑ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4682, Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4682, 21st October 2012
- ↑ "Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0 released". Bitcoin.org. https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.0. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
See also
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