bitcoin education

2. Downloading, Configuring and Running the Bitcoin Core Node and IntelliJ IDEA Download

Resources:

  • Bitcoin Core website: https://bitcoincore.org/
  • Bitcoin Core Installation Instructions:

    For Windows: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#windows-instructions

    For Linux: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#linux-instructions

    For Mac OS: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-instructions

  • bitcoin.conf location: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/bitcoin-conf.md#configuration-file-path
  • IntelliJ IDEA download website: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
  • bitcoin.conf content:
				
					testnet=1
datadir=substitute for the path where you want to store the blockchain
server=1
rpcuser=byow
rpcpassword=byow
txindex=1
fallbackfee=0.00001
zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000
zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:29000