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Monacoin Core

Setup

Monacoin Core is the original Litecoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Litecoin transactions, which requires approximately 22 gigabytes of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.

To download Monacoin Core, visit monacoin.org.

Running

The following are some helpful notes on how to run Monacoin Core on your native platform.

Unix

Unpack the files into a directory and run:

• bin/monacoin-qt (GUI) or
• bin/monacoind (headless)

Windows

Unpack the files into a directory, and then run monacoin-qt.exe.

macOS

Drag Monacoin Core to your applications folder, and then run Monacoin Core.

Need Help?

• See the documentation at the Monacoin Wiki for help and more information.
• Ask for help on #monacoin on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.
• Ask for help on the MonacoinTalk forums, in the Technical Support section.

Building

The following are developer notes on how to build Monacoin Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.

• Dependencies
• macOS Build Notes
• Unix Build Notes
• Windows Build Notes
• FreeBSD Build Notes
• OpenBSD Build Notes
• NetBSD Build Notes
• Gitian Building Guide (External Link)

Development

The Monacoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

• Developer Notes
• Productivity Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Process
• Source Code Documentation (External Link)
• Translation Process
• Translation Strings Policy
• JSON-RPC Interface
• Unauthenticated REST Interface
• Shared Libraries
• BIPS
• Dnsseed Policy
• Benchmarking

Resources

• Discuss on the MonacoinTalk forums.
• Discuss general Monacoin development on #monacoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.

Miscellaneous

• Assets Attribution
• bitcoin.conf Configuration File
• Files
• Fuzz-testing
• Reduce Memory
• Reduce Traffic
• Tor Support
• Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
• ZMQ
• PSBT support

License

Distributed under the MIT software license.