Run a node

Build from source. Verify it yourself.

There is currently no official binary release of Bitcoin Purity. Do not look for a download button here. Clone the repository and build it.

What you get

Binaries remain bitcoind, bitcoin-qt, bitcoin-cli. The default data directory remains ~/.bitcoin. A full node stores the history of Bitcoin transactions and requires several hundred gigabytes or more of disk space. Initial synchronization can take hours to days.

Clone

Git clone

git clone https://github.com/saltduck/bitcoinpurity.git
cd bitcoinpurity

Build

The repository uses CMake. Platform-specific dependency notes live in the repository and are linked below. This page does not invent package names beyond what those documents describe.

Unix CMake

cmake -B build
cmake --build build

Full notes: doc/build-unix.md. Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora dependency lists live in that file. Open in the repository (opens in a new tab)

After building

Built binaries are typically under build/bin/. Run bitcoind or bitcoin-qt. Use bitcoin-cli to talk to a running node.

Optional install

cmake --install build

Activation height

Operators set -purityactivationheight. Until that value is locked into the datadir, the hard fork remains inactive. See the consensus document before setting it. This website does not announce a live mainnet launch.

Consensus specification (opens in a new tab) · Setup and build docs (opens in a new tab)