diff --git a/_posts/2015-09-14-new-bitcoin-core-pages.md b/_posts/2015-09-14-new-bitcoin-core-pages.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c645bda --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2015-09-14-new-bitcoin-core-pages.md @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +--- +# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on +# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. + +type: posts +layout: post +category: blog + +title: "New Bitcoin Core Sub-Site" +permalink: /en/posts/bitcoin-core-subsite.html +## Set correct date at merge +date: 2015-09-14 +author: | + David A. Harding +--- + +Bitcoin.org is proud to announce the addition of a dozen new pages to +the site about [Bitcoin Core][]. Several of the pages describe [Bitcoin +Core's powerful features][], others [provide help][] for Bitcoin Core +users, and several make it easier to [start contributing][] to +Bitcoin Core. + +{:.center} +![Excerpts from Bitcoin.org's Bitcoin Core pages](/img/blog/free/bitcoin-core-pages-collage.png) + +{:.center} +*Excepts from Bitcoin.org's Bitcoin Core pages* + +Both Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin.org have come a long way since the site +began promoting the earliest public versions of the software. + +{:.center} +![Bitcoin.org homepage, 3 March 2009](/img/blog/free/bitcoin-org-2009-03-03.png) + +{:.center} +*Bitcoin.org homepage, 3 March 2009 ([Internet Archive][])* + +These new pages give us a chance to introduce more recent Bitcoin users +to the advantages of full nodes like Bitcoin Core, particularly how full +validation [helps protect Bitcoin's essential decentralization][] from +takeover by a handful of miners, Bitcoin banks, and service providers. + +## A Brief Guide to The New Pages + +- [Bitcoin Core overview][]: provides a brief description of Bitcoin + Core and links to the other sections of the sub-site. + +- [Feature overview][]: briefly describes some of Bitcoin Core's + leading benefits and links to pages that provide more details. + +- [Get help page][]: resources to help Bitcoin Core users find help. + Prior to this PR, we also created and filled a category on the Bitcoin + Wiki with all the existing [Bitcoin Core help pages][]. + +- [Contribute overview][]: links to ways you can directly contribute to + Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Core users. + +## Future Plans + +We plan to enhance this new section of the Bitcoin.org website by +collecting together some of Bitcoin Core's disparate documentation and +providing instructions for important ways users can enhance their privacy and +security while using Bitcoin Core—such as using Tor and an offline +wallet. + +In addition, we hope to provide more resources that help businesses +understand the benefits of validating the transactions they receive with +their own full nodes. + +If you want to help, please feel free to email the Bitcoin.org +documentation maintainer, +{{site.text.bitcoin_org_docs_maintainer_email_link}}. + +## Thank You + +Thank you to everyone who made these pages possible, especially the +people who reviewed Bitcoin.org pull requests [1044][], +[1009][], [1007][], [966][], [957][], and [869][] as well as the +[Bitcoin Foundation][] for their funding of the Bitcoin.org server +during the time these pages were written. + +We hope you enjoy the new pages. If you see any problems, please don't +hesitate to [open an issue][]. + +[Bitcoin Core]: /en/bitcoin-core/ +[Bitcoin Core's powerful features]: /en/bitcoin-core/features/ +[provide help]: /en/bitcoin-core/help +[start contributing]: /en/bitcoin-core/contribute/ +[Internet Archive]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090303195936/http://bitcoin.org/ +[helps protect Bitcoin's essential decentralization]: /en/bitcoin-core/features/validation#help-protect-decentralization +[bitcoin core overview]: /en/bitcoin-core/ +[feature overview]: /en/bitcoin-core/features/ +[get help page]: /en/bitcoin-core/help +[Bitcoin Core help pages]: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Bitcoin_Core_documentation +[contribute overview]: /en/bitcoin-core/contribute/ +[1044]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1044 +[1009]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1009 +[1007]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1007 +[966]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/966 +[957]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/957 +[869]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/869 +[Bitcoin Foundation]: https://bitcoinfoundation.org/ +[open an issue]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/new diff --git a/img/blog/free/bitcoin-core-pages-collage.png b/img/blog/free/bitcoin-core-pages-collage.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2de9933b Binary files /dev/null and b/img/blog/free/bitcoin-core-pages-collage.png differ diff --git a/img/blog/free/bitcoin-org-2009-03-03.png b/img/blog/free/bitcoin-org-2009-03-03.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d1cdf506 Binary files /dev/null and b/img/blog/free/bitcoin-org-2009-03-03.png differ