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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How to gpg verify my bitcoin core download step by step on ubuntu server?

The builder keys file has moved to a different repository. The download verification instructions on the bitcoincore.org website were updated. Follow the steps detailed there to verify your Bitcoin ...
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Which binaries do I need to compile from Bitcoin Core's code for running my non-routing node as an end user?

Core Lightning directly interacts only with bitcoin-cli, which in turn interacts with bitcoind. Those are the only two binaries you will need, indipendently of whether you compiled the binaries ...
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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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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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How should I install Core Lightning if my VPS won't let me use pip install?

openoms suggested this fix on Telegram to keep using pip: sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED Christian Decker added some context around Core Lightning's use of Python in its build process:...
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