dash-docs/clients.html

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title: Clients

clients:
- name: Bitcoin-Qt
  url: bitcoin.org
  image: bitcoin-qt.png
  description: Bitcoin-Qt is the frontend for the original code written by Satoshi. It replaced the aging wxWidgets version with a newer architecture that allows changes to be made easier and making the software more portable to different platforms. Bitcoin-Qt is well tested, and is a good starting point for any Bitcoin user looking for stability.
  platforms:
  - name: linux
  - name: ubuntu
  - name: win
  - name: osx-uni
- name: Armory
  url: bitcoinarmory.com
  image: armory.png
  description: Armory is an advanced client that incorporates a number of wallet management features for security. It works in conjunction with the Satoshi codebase to leverage a platform which maintain multiple wallets with encryption with support for offline transactions. Armory is security oriented and targets the high end of the Bitcoin userbase.
  platforms:
  - name: linux
  - name: ubuntu
  - name: win
- name: Electrum
  url: ecdsa.org/electrum
  image: electrum.png
  description: Electrum is a client that was designed to simplify the use of Bitcoin. Electrum does not download the blockchain and startup times are instant which it does by pooling remote blockchain servers. You do not need to perform regular backups of your wallet as your wallet can be recovered from a secret passphrase which you can memorize or write on a piece of paper.
  platforms:
  - name: linux
  - name: ubuntu
  - name: win
  - name: android
- name: MultiBit
  url: multibit.org
  image: multibit.png
  description: MultiBit is a Bitcoin client. It understands the Bitcoin protocol so it can send and receive bitcoins. It makes the job of sending and receiving bitcoins simple and quick. MultiBit can handle multiple wallets so you can maintain different Bitcoin "accounts" for different purposes. On the 'Your Wallets' screen you can see all your wallets and transactions. MultiBit provides features like different languages, single click payment and quicker access to new features.
  platforms:
  - name: linux
  - name: ubuntu
  - name: win
  - name: osx-uni
  - name: ios
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        <h1>Bitcoin Client Software</h1>
        <p>Bitcoin is a system of merchants, individuals, a network of participants and software. Together they maintain a mutually co-operating infrastructure without the need for authorities - a decentralised peer-to-peer system. A core layer of the Bitcoin system is the Bitcoin network through which people interact with it using Bitcoin client software. Below we list such software.</p>
        <p>Bitcoin clients are the base level of technology for conducting Bitcoin transactions. Clients usually store a collection of keys on that computer (often termed a wallet). These keys allow you to send and receive payments through the Bitcoin network. Nobody has access to these keys except yourself, and they must be kept secure. This is where clients differ, with ingenious strategies and ongoing research into making a user-friendly and secure client - not an easy task when both goals often conflict!</p>
        <div class="row">
          {% for client in page.clients %}
          {% cycle '', '', '', '</div><br /><div class="row">' %}
            <div class="span-one-third">
              <h2><a href="http://{{ client.url }}">{{ client.name }}</a></h2>
              <img src="img/clients/{{ client.image }}" />
              <p>{{ client.description }}</p>
              <p>Website: <a href="http://{{ client.url }}">{{ client.url }}</a></p>
              <p>Platforms:
                {% for platform in client.platforms %}
                  <img src="img/ico-{{ platform.name }}.png" />
                {% endfor %}
              </p>
            </div>
          {% endfor %}
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            <h2><a href="http://bitcoin.org">Bitcoin-Qt</a></h2>
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            <p>Website: <a href="http://bitcoin.org">bitcoin.org</a></p>
            <p>Bitcoin is one of the first implementations of a concept called crypto-currency, which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the cypherpunks mailing list. Building upon the notion that money is any object, or any sort of record, accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context, Bitcoin is designed around the idea of using cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money, rather than relying on central authorities.</p>
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