Bitcoin 0.8.3 BETA ==================== Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([eay@cryptsoft.com](mailto:eay@cryptsoft.com)), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard. Intro --------------------- Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. Setup --------------------- You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run Bitcoin-Qt. On Debian or Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install libqtgui4` Unpack the files into a directory and run: - bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit) - bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit) - bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit) - bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit) See the documentation at the [Bitcoin Wiki](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page) for help and more information. Other Pages --------------------- - [Unix Build Notes](build-unix.md) - [OSX Build Notes](build-osx.md) - [Windows Build Notes](build-msw.md) - [Coding Guidelines](coding.md) - [Release Process](release-process.md) - [Release Notes](release-notes.md) - [Multiwallet Qt Development](multiwallet-qt.md) - [Unit Tests](unit-tests.md) - [Translation Process](translation_process.md)