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] 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.
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 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
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-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+: