From 96e5036ca2532fbe063901ba09914642e9c42d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:14:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] bitcoin.conf is not created automatically The file didn't exist after building and installing the .16 most recent release and according to the documentation in the added [link](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File) and [bitcoin stackexchange](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11190/where-is-the-configuration-file-of-bitcoin-qt-kept) you are supposed to make it yourself. --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index e3e6e01b..7a5642f7 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file using the example [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: From c565747670776936686cd356c6f6914d1fff69af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:25:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Update ch03.asciidoc --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index 7a5642f7..f531f0f8 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file using the example [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file uncommenting lines from the example [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File), generate one using the web interface [here](https://jlopp.github.io/bitcoin-core-config-generator/) or copy and past from the examples below. Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: From 043f1aa53a716de5786e2b962e0911ca8c5a990f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:04:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Update ch03.asciidoc --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index f531f0f8..10a0937a 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ In the next sections we will demonstrate some very useful RPC commands and their ==== Getting Information on the Bitcoin Core Client Status -((("Bitcoin Core", "Bitcoin Core API", "status information")))Bitcoin Core provides status reports on diffent modules through the JSON-RPC interface. The most important commands include +getblockchaininfo+, +getmempoolinfo+, +getnetworkinfo+ and +getwalletinfo+. +((("Bitcoin Core", "Bitcoin Core API", "status information")))Bitcoin Core provides status reports on different modules through the JSON-RPC interface. The most important commands include +getblockchaininfo+, +getmempoolinfo+, +getnetworkinfo+ and +getwalletinfo+. Bitcoin's +getblockchaininfo+ RPC command was introduced earlier. The +getnetworkinfo+ command displays basic information about the status of the bitcoin network node. Use +bitcoin-cli+ to run it: From 97eb6fce80f4eb4eb6d0667144ebf8f435115528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:57:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Removed external links for print book I forgot this was a print book, so I removed the reference to external sites in my pull request. --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index 10a0937a..9d6c0153 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file uncommenting lines from the example [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File), generate one using the web interface [here](https://jlopp.github.io/bitcoin-core-config-generator/) or copy and past from the examples below. Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the [examples below](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/ch03.asciidoc#full_index_node). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: From a6194e565b3463579405a08892a747156e37add1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:04:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] made link relative made relative --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index 9d6c0153..f6063d1b 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the [examples below](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/ch03.asciidoc#full_index_node). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the [examples below](#full_index_node). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: From b84d311d7790818d96b221fd6e69f504f2b80e71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user135711 <31940582+user135711@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:50:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Update ch03.asciidoc --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index f6063d1b..00022ed1 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the [examples below](#full_index_node). Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the <<#full_index_node>> example below. Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: From bb8e103a8d7274dea700f186761997838fe640bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Binns Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 09:40:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] ch03: Tweak wording regarding creation of config --- ch03.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc index 00022ed1..60ec1b95 100644 --- a/ch03.asciidoc +++ b/ch03.asciidoc @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Using config file /home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ... ---- -You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically so you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the <<#full_index_node>> example below. Open the configuration file in your preferred editor. +You can hit Ctrl-C to shut down the node once you determine the location of the config file. Usually the configuration file is inside the _.bitcoin_ data directory under your user's home directory. It is not created automatically, but you can create a starter config file by copying and pasting from the <<#full_index_node>> example, below. You can create or modify the configuration file in your preferred editor. Bitcoin Core offers more than 100 configuration options that modify the behavior of the network node, the storage of the blockchain, and many other aspects of its operation. To see a listing of these options, run +bitcoind --help+: