— Configuring bitcoind for Debugging — This post is a reference for Bitcoin Core version 0.9.3Configuring Bitcoin-RPCPrior to 0.9.0 there were a number of commands you could give bitcoind from the command line. Those commands exposed the features required for Bitcoin (sending payments, managing your wallet,... Read more
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— Building Bitcoin Core with XCode — For this walkthrough I'll be using Bitcoin Core version 0.9.3, XCode 5.1.1 with the command line tools package installed, and Homebrew (http://brew.sh/).1. Download the source code:git clone git@github.com:bitcoin/bitcoin.git bitcoin2. Install dependencies:brew install autoconf automake libtool berkeley-db4 boost miniupnpc openssl pkg-config... Read more
— "Bitcoin is a techno tour de force" Reason 4: Decentralization — Bitcoin is decentralized and it is completely peer-to-peer. What this means is that it there is no central server running the network. Each computer on the network is called a node and on equal footing with all the others. I... Read more
— "Bitcoin is a techno tour de force" Reason 3: Secure Money Storage and Transactions — Every couple of years my credit card number gets stolen and I have to deal with canceling my card, getting a new one, and then reconfiguring my auto withdrawals, etc. Credit cards were invented before modern cryptography and so they... Read more