The Current Version of Bitcoin Source Code
384 sats \ 6 comments \ @SlackerStacker 12 Nov 2023 bitcoin
Hey i am trying to find the current version of the Bitcoin source code. Id like to look at the actual code itself. If someone could point me in the right direction i would appreciate it. I have looked at the bitcoin Git Hub but for the life of me i cant seem to find it.
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649 sats \ 3 replies \ @antic 13 Nov 2023
The most important part: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/8243762700bc6e7876ae5d4fc000500858b99f66/src/validation.cpp#L1668-L1679
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Nov 2023
No less important than halvings.
/** No amount larger than this (in #satoshi) is valid. * Note that this constant is not the total money supply, which in #Bitcoin currently happens to be less than 21,000,000 BTC for various reasons, but rather a sanity check. As this sanity check is used by consensus-critical validation code, the exact value of the MAX_MONEY constant is consensus critical; in unusual circumstances like a(nother) overflow bug that allowed for the creation of coins out of thin air modification could lead to a fork. */
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/consensus/amount.h
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @antic 13 Nov 2023
This is a good point--and also makes it clear why it's somewhat difficult (but not impossible) to change the number of decimals that make up the smallest unit on chain--it's not simply changing BITCOINS/100000000 (8 zeros) to BITCOINS/1000000000 (9 zeros).
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SlackerStacker OP 13 Nov 2023
thank you. This is what i was looking for.
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @lonestarr 12 Nov 2023
Bitcoin Core on github: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 12 Nov 2023
https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/
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