Objective
The objective is to install latest Bitcoin-node binaries on Debian 9 Stretch Linux.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: - Debian 9 Stretch
- Software: - Bitcoin 0.14.1
Requirements
Privileged access to your Debian system will be required.
Difficulty
EASY
Conventions
- # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo command
- $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Instructions
Download Latest Bitcoin Binaries
First, download the latest BitCoin binaries from the official
https://bitcoin.org/bin/ URL. Alternatively, use
wget command while updating bitcoin version where appropriate:
$ wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.1/bitcoin-0.14.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
The Bitcoin tarball should now be inside your working directory:
$ ls
bitcoin-0.14.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Install Bitcoin Node
To install Bitcoin node first extract the Bitcoin tarball:
$ tar xzf bitcoin-0.14.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Next, run
install command to install Bitcoin binaries:
# install -m 0755 -o root -g root -t /usr/local/bin bitcoin-0.14.1/bin/*
Start Bitcoin Daemon
Lastly, start Bitcoin daemon:
$ bitcoind -daemon
Bitcoin server starting
Confirm the correct start of the Bitcoin daemon by retrieving your bitcoin node info:
$ bitcoin-cli getmininginfo
{
"blocks": 217912,
"currentblocksize": 0,
"currentblockweight": 0,
"currentblocktx": 0,
"difficulty": 2968775.332075074,
"errors": "",
"networkhashps": 22949941549789.36,
"pooledtx": 0,
"chain": "main"
}
Alternatively your should see ports
8332 and
8333 opened by bitcoin daemon when running
ss -antp command.
The block chain will be synchronized into
~/.bitcoin directory so you can expect this directory to grow drastically. To stop bitcoin node run:
$ bitcoin-cli stop
