The commands throught the rest of the guide will look like: $BINARY_PATH/bitcoin-cli -datadir=$DATA_DIR For source compiled, start from the root of your candidate release directory and run: export BINARY_PATH=$(pwd)/srcįor the downloaded binary, cd start from the root of the downloaded release candidate and run: export BINARY_PATH=$(pwd)/bin Next, specify the path to the binary you will be using. First, set your data directory: export DATA_DIR=/tmp/22-rc-test If you plan to use the command line, here are a few environment variables to set depending on whether you are using the downloaded or source code compiled binary. configure -with-sqlite=yes -without-bdbįor more information on compiling from source, here are some guides to compile Bitcoin Core for UNIX/Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. To compile with sqlite support, run the following. To test the new wallet changes, make sure that you installed the sqlite3 dependency. As this guide utilizes the Bitcoin Core GUI, you must compile support for the GUI and have the qt5 dependency already installed. Compile Release Candidateīefore compiling, make sure that your system has all the right dependencies installed. There are individual binaries for macOS, Linux, Arm (64 bit), Arm (32 bit), and RISC-V. If you want to use a binary, make sure to grab the correct one for your system. The source code for the latest release can be grabbed from here: latest release source code. There are two ways to grab the latest release candidate: pre-compiled binary or source code. Grab Latest Release CandidateĬurrent Release Candidate: Bitcoin Core 0.22rc1 (changelog) Minor changes (not covered in this guide, but feel free to test them):
#BITCOIN CORE 22.0 FULL#
Overviewįor a full description of major changes in 22.0, check out the release notes. This is a great way to be involved with Bitcoin's development and helps keep Bitcoin running smoothly and bug free! Your help in this endevour is greatly appreciated. You can also read the (release notes) to find something not covered in this guide. Even better, think of features you use regularly and test that they still work as expected in the release candidate. This can be as simple as testing the same features in this guide, but trying it a different way.
#BITCOIN CORE 22.0 HOW TO#
This document outlines some of the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.22 release changes and provides steps on how to test these changes.This is meant to get you started on testing, but is in no way comprehensive! After running through the steps in this guide, you are encouraged to do your own testing. Testing Guide: Bitcoin Core 0.22 Release Candidate
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