Bitcoin Core

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Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin logo.svg
Bitcoin-core-v0.10.0.png
The start screen under Fedora
Original author(s) Satoshi Nakamoto
Developer(s) Bitcoin Core developers
Initial release 2009
Stable release 0.12.1 (April 15, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-15)) [±]
Development status Active
Written in C++
Operating system Linux, Windows, OS X
Type Cryptocurrency
License MIT License
Website {{#property:P856}}

Bitcoin Core is the open source client of the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency. Initially, the software was published by Satoshi Nakamoto under the Name "Bitcoin" and later[1] renamed to Bitcoin Core. The software validates the whole Blockchain including all transactions ever done. Moreover[2] a wallet, which can be used to transfer funds, is included by default.

See Also

References

  1. https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.0#rebranding-to-bitcoin-core
  2. https://bitcoincore.org/en/about/