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# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on
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# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
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layout: base-core
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id: bitcoin-core-overview
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columns: 1
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lang: en
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title: Bitcoin Core
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breadcrumbs:
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- bitcoin
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- Bitcoin Core
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---
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{% assign date_sorted_releases = site.releases | sort: 'optional_date', 'last' %}
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/en/rss/releases.rss" title="Bitcoin Core releases">
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# Bitcoin Core
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{:.not-displayed}
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<br class="clear">
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{% include bitcoin-core/download-bitcoin-core.html %}
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<br class="clear">
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<div class="show_less_more">
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<div class="show_less" markdown="block">
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Bitcoin Core is programmed to decide which block chain contains
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valid transactions. The users of Bitcoin Core only accept
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transactions for that block chain, making it the Bitcoin block
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chain that everyone else wants to use
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</div>
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<div class="show_more" markdown="block">
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It is these users who <b>keep Bitcoin decentralized.</b> They
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individually run their own Bitcoin Core full nodes, and each of
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those full nodes separately follows the exact same rules to decide
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which block chain is valid.
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There's no voting or other corruptible process involved: there's
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just individual software following identical rules—"math"—to
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evaluate identical blocks and coming to identical conclusions
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about which block chain is valid.
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This shared agreement (called consensus) allows people like you to
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only accept valid bitcoins, <b>enforcing Bitcoin's rules</b> against
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even the most powerful miners.
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In addition to improving Bitcoin's decentralization, Bitcoin Core users get
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[better security][bcc validation]
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for their bitcoins,
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[privacy features][bcc privacy]
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not available in other wallets, a choice of
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[user interfaces][bcc user interface]
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and several other powerful features.
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</div>
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<p class="center"><button class="toggle_show_more_less js not-displayed"><span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span> Read more</button></p>
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</div>
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<br>
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<div markdown="block" class="two-column-list">
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{:.fa-ul}
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- <span class="fa-li fa fa-download fa-2x"></span>
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<b>[Download][bcc download]</b><br
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>Download Bitcoin Core {{ site.DOWNLOAD_VERSION }}
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- <span class="fa-li fa fa-rocket fa-2x"></span>
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<b>[Features][bcc features]</b><br
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>Discover what Bitcoin Core offers
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- <span class="fa-li fa fa-question fa-2x"></span>
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<b>[Get help][bcc help]</b><br
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>Documentation, forums, chat rooms
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- <span class="fa-li fa fa-code-fork fa-2x"></span>
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<b>[Contribute][bcc contribute]</b><br
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>Code, translations, and more
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</div>
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<br class="clear">
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### News
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{% comment %}<!-- Capture all the releases into a string and convert it to an array -->{% endcomment %}
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{% capture text_releases %}
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{% for p in date_sorted_releases reversed %}
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{% if p.optional_date %}{{ p.optional_date | date:"%Y-%m-%d" }} - {% endif %}<a href="{{ p.url | replace:'.html','' }}">{{ p.title }}</a>::
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{% endfor %}
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{% endcapture %}
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{% assign array_releases = text_releases | strip_newlines | split: '::' %}
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- [New Bitcoin Core website](https://bitcoincore.org)
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{% comment %}<!-- show the latest three releases -->{% endcomment %}
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{% for release in array_releases %}
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{% if forloop.index <= 3 %}
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- {{ release }}
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{% endif %}
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{% endfor %}
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For more news, see the complete list of [Bitcoin Core releases][bcc
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version history]. For notifications of new releases, <a
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type="application/rss+xml" href="/en/rss/releases.rss">subscribe to the
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RSS feed</a>.
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<br class="clear">
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<script>
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if ( $( window ).width() > 400 && $( window ).height() > 600 ) {
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$(".show_more").removeClass("show_more");
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$(".toggle_show_more_less").removeClass("toggle_show_more_less");
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}
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</script>
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{% include references.md %}
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