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bitcoin-cli not found on OSX
There is a bitcoin-cli available for OSX. I also ran into this issue, and it is because I missed one of the setup steps. Here they are for posterity!
Install Xcode:
$ xcode-select --install
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When I try to download Bitcoin Core on MacOS it says "Apple cannot check it for malicious software"? Is it safe to download?
As mentioned by Andrew, this is due to macOS' enforcement of notarization requirements.
This can be bypassed by right clicking on the application, then selecting Open - A dialog will popup warning you ...
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bitcoin-cli not found on OSX
It's as simple as running brew install bitcoin assuming you are on macOSX and have brew installed.
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bitcoin-cli not found on OSX
There it's no bitcoin-cli built in the dmg file for mac os. (Unless you compile it yourself, nor is there a bitcoind from my understanding) You can execute RPC commands using the built in options ...
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how to install Bitcoin and bitcoin cash on the same ubuntu server?
I was able to successfully install Bitcoin ABC on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, alongside Bitcoin Core, using these instructions:
Download the appropriate binary from here: https://download.bitcoinabc.org/
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Which binaries are required to run a headless node?
TL;DR: you don't need any binaries except the ones you want to invoke.
Let me go over your list:
SHA256SUMS.asc: a PGP signed SHA256SUMS file with the SHA256 checksums of all distributed files. The ...
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git checkout v0.16.3 gives error
That error likely means that you have not done a git pull or git fetch. Those are required so that you can pull down the latest source code and tags so you can then do git checkout.
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Install bitcoin core on raspberry pi 3
It does work. Yes you need an external HD for the blockchain data (unless you want to run a pruned node) and Raspian is fine.
In my opinion the best tutorial for setting up a full node on RP3 is ...
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How does one install Bitcoin Core on a CentOs server?
There is an rpm family for Centos 7 - and remember you will need at least 300 GB of hard drive space to keep it running for a while - and the blockchain itself is approaching 200 GB alone. it hits ...
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bitcoin-cli not found on OSX
this should get you up and running with bitcoind on mac osx
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-osx.md
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Prevented from running Bitcoin Core on macOS
Doesn't that prompt allow you to edit your security settings?
You can go into security settings-> general and enable software from "App store and identified developers".
If I'm not ...
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Installation troubles... Compiling from source code on a mac book pro
I ran the ./configure without the -with-gui=qt5 option and the installation went through fine.
btw, this was on MAC OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10.5).
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Newbie question, bitcoind installation doubte
The problem with running a network facing daemon as root, is that if in the future there is an exploit found for that daemon then potentially an attacker could execute code on your machine as root. ...
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Bitcoin-qt on Elementary OS Loki
Thanks a alot - I found the solution:
This worked perfectly:
apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bitcoin-...
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How to run QBitNinja Server locally?
No, it is not possible. QBitNinja is too tightly coupled with Azure, that means vendor-locked. See this issue for a recent attempt to decouple it.
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Step by Step instructions on installing Bitcoin Core 0.14 on Raspberry Pi Zero and 1/2/3?
This is a guide I used to install a full node on a Raspberry Pi 3B with 1GB of RAM.
You have to compile the code and therefore need a RAM swap on an external HDD. Make sure it is mounted correctly, or ...
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Install Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash
You need to compile them from source or download their binary. Since they both use the same port, you will need to start one of them with -listen=0 command-line argument. Please see this discussion on ...
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How to verify the Bitcoin core software?
The verification you are referring to applies to the installer file you downloaded. The verification instructions for Windows can be found here. The instructions for other operating systems are on the ...
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Does GNOME or KDE desktop enviroment matter, at running a BitcoinCore node?
The particular desktop environment does not have a direct impact as long as you have the necessary libraries for running Qt applications.
On Debian (or Debian-Based distributions, such as Ubuntu) the ...
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Migrating from bitcoin core to bitcoind
They are identical in functionality, data store, and wallet storage.
You can run one or the other, but not both at one time (this will throw an error if you attempt it).
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Where can I find Armory 92.3 for download?
A version for XP can be downloaded from github. This is actually 93.3 not 92.3. It says "Armory 0.93.3 for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8+ (64-bit)"
I have not used this version and cannot vouch for it in ...
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How to install bitcoind (Bitcoin Core) on Ubuntu?
useradd bitcoin and passwd bitcoin
link /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin to external HDD with chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin
git clone bitcoin core in /home/USER/GitStuff
add bitcoin ppa repository
sudo apt install ...
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Installation instrucion the for bitcoin core (tar.gz file from bitcoin.org in Linux/Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.)
Preparations
Login as user with sudo privileges and change to a temporary directory which is cleared on reboot
$ cd /tmp
Set a temporary version environment variable to the installation
$ VERSION=25....
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Depends: libgcc-s1 (>=3.0) but it is not installable (Bitcoind wallet dependency problem on Debian)
You probably need a newer version of gcc.
This helped me fix for Ubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1140183/install-gcc-9-on-ubuntu-18-04
TL&DR: adds custom PPA repo so you will able to ...
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Can I interrupt the initial blockchain download without losing progress?
Ok, I just open anoter terminal window and do:
bitcoin-cli stop
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Upgrade bitcoin-core on Ubuntu
Should I have "installed" the contents of the lib, share and include directories? If not how are they being seen/referenced while in their extracted location?
Bitcoin Core doesn't need &...
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Unable to `make` libbitcoin on Debian VPS
Some background on this error can be found here: link. To fix it, you could either subtract 1 from the length being copied, or disable the warning.
However, this library is certainly not maintained. ...
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Error while installing libwally
I think you need to use ElementsProject/secp256k1-zkp rather than bitcoin-core/secp256k1. The Elements fork has a lot of extra modules used by libwally, including that missing s2c file (sign-to-...
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How to install bitcoin-cli on MacOS?
This will install bitcoind and bitcoin-cli:
$ brew install bitcoin
This is how you install Bitcoin Core (MacOS app with UI):
$ brew install --cask bitcoin-core
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Does bitcoin 0.16.1 work with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Windows 10?
it should work, but filesystem access from within WSL might be slower then using the windows server. There are some benchmarks available. Perhaps another alternative to consider would be running ...
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