March 2018
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
20h 9m
English
Content preview from Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition
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Bitcoin-qt
This is the Bitcoin Core client GUI. When the wallet software starts up first, it verifies the blocks on the disk and then starts up and shows the following GUI:
Bitcoin Core QT client, just after installation, showing that blockchain is not in sync
The verification process is not specific to the Bitcoin-qt client; it is performed by the Bitcoind client as well.