---
# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on
# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

layout: base-core
id: bitcoin-core-overview
columns: 1
breadcrumbs:
  - bitcoin
  - Bitcoin Core
---
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/en/rss/releases.rss" title="Bitcoin Core releases">

<h1 id="bitcoin-core" class="not-displayed">{% translate bitcoin-core %}</h1>

{% capture slogan %}{% translate bitcoin-core-slogan %}{% endcapture %}
<p><img src="/img/bitcoin-core/{{page.lang}}-big-logo.svg" alt="{{slogan | strip_html }}"></p>

<br class="clear">
{% include bitcoin-core/download-bitcoin-core.html %}
<br class="clear">

<div class="show_less_more">
  <div class="show_less">
    <p>{% translate about1 %}</p>
  </div>

  <div class="show_more">
    <p>{% translate about2 %}</p>

    <p>{% translate about3 %}</p>

    <p>{% translate about4 %}</p>

    {% comment %}
    <!-- If English, use text with links; else use plain text
    until linked pages have been translated -->
    {% endcomment %}
    {% if page.lang == "en" %}
      <p>In addition to improving Bitcoin's decentralization, Bitcoin Core users get
      <a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-validation url %}">better security</a>
      for their bitcoins,
      <a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-privacy url %}">privacy features</a>
      not available in other wallets, a choice of
      <a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-user-interface url %}">user interfaces</a>,
      and several other powerful features.</p>
    {% else %}
      <p>{% translate about5 %}</p>
    {% endif %}
  </div>

  <p class="center"><button class="toggle_show_more_less js not-displayed"><span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span> {% translate read-more %}</button></p>
</div>

<br>

{% comment %}
<!-- If English, use list of links; else link only to the download page -->
{% endcomment %}
{% if page.lang == "en" %}
  <div class="two-column-list">
    <ul class="fa-ul">
      <li><span class="fa-li fa fa-download fa-2x"></span>
        <b><a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate download url %}">Download</a></b><br
        >Download Bitcoin Core&nbsp;{{ site.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}

      <li><span class="fa-li fa fa-rocket fa-2x"></span>
        <b><a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-features url %}">Features</a></b><br
        >Discover what Bitcoin Core offers

      <li><span class="fa-li fa fa-question fa-2x"></span>
        <b><a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-help url %}">Get help</a></b><br
        >Documentation, forums, chat rooms

      <li><span class="fa-li fa fa-code-fork fa-2x"></span>
        <b><a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate bitcoin-core-contribute url %}">Contribute</a></b><br
        >Code, translations, and more
    </ul>
  </div>
{% else %}
  <p class="center font2x"><span class="fa fa-download fa-2x"></span>
  <b><a href="/{{page.lang}}/{% translate download url %}">{% translate download-bitcoin-core %}</a></b></p>
{% endif %}

<br class="clear">

<h3 id="news">{% translate news %}</h3>

{% comment %}<!-- Capture all the releases into a string and convert it to an array -->{% endcomment %}
{% capture text_releases %}
 {% filter_for p in site.pages reversed sort_by:versionint category:release %}
  {% if p.optional_date %}{{ p.optional_date | date:"%Y-%m-%d" }} - {% endif %}<a href="{{ p.url | replace:'.html','' }}">{{ p.title }}</a>::
 {% endfilter_for %}
{% endcapture %}
{% assign array_releases = text_releases | strip_newlines | split: '::' %}

{% comment %}<!-- show the latest three releases -->{% endcomment %}
<ul>
{% for release in array_releases %}
 {% if forloop.index <= 3 %}
  <li>{{ release }}</li>
 {% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</ul>

<p>{% translate more-news-and-rss %}</p>

<br class="clear">

<script>
if ( $( window ).width() > 400 && $( window ).height() > 600 ) {
  $(".show_more").removeClass("show_more");
  $(".toggle_show_more_less").removeClass("toggle_show_more_less");
}
</script>