March 2018
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
20h 9m
English
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Setting up bitcoin.conf
The bitcoin.conf file is a configuration file that is used by the Bitcoin Core client to save configuration settings. All command-line options for the bitcoind client with the exception of the -conf switch can be set up in the configuration file, and when Bitcoin-qt or Bitcoind will start up, it will take the configuration information from that file.
In Linux systems, this is usually found in $HOME/.bitcoin/, or it can also specified in the command line using the -conf=<file> switch to Bitcoind core client software.