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* Content - Default regtest port changed 18332->19898 Avoids conflict with bitcoin * Content - Update default regtest P2P port to 19899 * Content - Display default devnet port * Formatting
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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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{% assign filename="_includes/devdoc/example_intro.md" %}
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{% autocrossref %}
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The following guide aims to provide examples to help you start
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building Dash-based applications. To make the best use of this document,
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you may want to install the current version of Dash Core, either from
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[source][core git] or from a [pre-compiled executable][core executable].
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Once installed, you'll have access to three programs: `dashd`,
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`dash-qt`, and `dash-cli`.
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* `dash-qt` provides a combination full Dash peer and wallet
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frontend. From the Help menu, you can access a console where you can
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enter the RPC commands used throughout this document.
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* `dashd` is more useful for programming: it provides a full peer
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which you can interact with through RPCs to port 9998 (or 19998
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for testnet / 19898 for regtest).
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* `dash-cli` allows you to send RPC commands to `dashd` from the
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command line. For example, `dash-cli help`
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### Configuration file
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All three programs get settings from `dash.conf` in the `DashCore`
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application directory:
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* Windows: `%APPDATA%\DashCore\`
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* OSX: `$HOME/Library/Application Support/DashCore/`
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* Linux: `$HOME/.dashcore/`
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To use `dashd` and `dash-cli`, you will need to add a RPC password
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to your `dash.conf` file. Both programs will read from the same file
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if both run on the same system as the same user, so any long random
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password will work:
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~~~
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rpcpassword=change_this_to_a_long_random_password
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~~~~
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You should also make the `dash.conf` file only readable to its
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owner. On Linux, Mac OSX, and other Unix-like systems, this can be
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accomplished by running the following command in the Dash Core application
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directory:
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~~~
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chmod 0600 dash.conf
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~~~
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For development, it's safer and cheaper to use Dash's test network (testnet),
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regression test mode (regtest), or a develper network (devnet) described below.
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Questions about Dash use are best sent to the [Dash forum][forum
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tech support] and [Discord channels][Discord channels]. Errors or suggestions related to
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documentation on dash-docs.github.io can be [submitted as an issue][docs issue].
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In the following documentation, some strings have been shortened or wrapped: "[...]"
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indicates extra data was removed, and lines ending in a single backslash "\\"
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are continued below. If you hover your mouse over a paragraph, cross-reference
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links will be shown in blue. If you hover over a cross-reference link, a brief
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definition of the term will be displayed in a tooltip.
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