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Add RPC Password Setup Instructions To DevEx (Closes #491) Thanks @kostaz

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@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ application directory:
* Linux: `$HOME/.bitcoin/` * Linux: `$HOME/.bitcoin/`
To use `bitcoind` and `bitcoin-cli`, you will need to add a RPC password
to your `bitcoin.conf` file. Both programs will read from the same file
if both run on the same system as the same user, so any long random
password will work:
~~~
rpcpassword=change_this_to_a_long_random_password
~~~~
You should also make the `bitcoin.conf` file only readable to its
owner. On Linux, Mac OSX, and other Unix-like systems, this can be
accomplished by running the following command in the Bitcoin application
directory:
~~~
chmod 0600 bitcoin.conf
~~~
For development, it's safer and cheaper to use Bitcoin's test network (testnet) For development, it's safer and cheaper to use Bitcoin's test network (testnet)
or regression test mode (regtest) described below. or regression test mode (regtest) described below.