dash/doc/README.md
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Dash Core 0.12.0

Setup

Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. However, it downloads and stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions (which is currently several GBs); 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. Thankfully you only have to do this once. If you would like the process to go faster you can download the blockchain directly.

Running

The following are some helpful notes on how to run Dash on your native platform.

Unix

You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run Dash-Qt. On Debian or Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libqtgui4

Unpack the files into a directory and run:

  • bin/32/dash-qt (GUI, 32-bit) or bin/32/dashd (headless, 32-bit)
  • bin/64/dash-qt (GUI, 64-bit) or bin/64/dashd (headless, 64-bit)

Windows

Unpack the files into a directory, and then run dash-qt.exe.

OSX

Drag Dash-Qt to your applications folder, and then run Dash-Qt.

Need Help?

  • See the documentation at the Dash Wiki TODO for help and more information.
  • Ask for help on #dashpay on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.
  • Ask for help on the DashTalk forums.

Building

The following are developer notes on how to build Dash on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.

Development

The Dash repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

Resources

  • Discuss on the DashTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
  • Discuss on #dashpay on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.

Miscellaneous

License

Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.