leto / BitcoinPrivate

Bitcoin Private is a Bitcoin and Zclassic fork which uses ZK-SNARK technology for privacy and fungibility.

Bitcoin Private v1.0.10-1

NOTICE, the default ports have changed! The p2p port is now 8033 and rpcport is 8023

What is Bitcoin Private?

Bitcoin Private is financial freedom.

Install

Linux

Get dependencies

sudo apt-get install \
      build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib \
      autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python \
      zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake

Install

# Build
./btcputil/build.sh -j$(nproc)
# fetch key
./btcputil/fetch-params.sh
# Run
./src/btcpd

Windows

Get dependencies

sudo apt-get install \
      build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib \
      autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python \
      zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake mingw-w64

Install (Cross-Compiled, building on Windows is not supported yet)

# Build
./btcputil/build-win.sh -j$(nproc)

The exe will save to src which you can then move to a windows machine

Mac

Get dependencies

#install xcode
xcode-select --install

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install cmake autoconf libtool automake coreutils pkgconfig gmp wget

brew install gcc5 --without-multilib

Install

# Build
./btcputil/build-mac.sh -j$(sysctl -n hw.physicalcpu)
# fetch key
./btcputil/fetch-params.sh
# Run
./src/btcpd

About

Bitcoin Private, like Zcash, is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol. Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacy through a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preserves confidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are available in the Zcash Protocol Specification.

This software is the Bitcoin Private client. It downloads and stores the entire history of Bitcoin Private transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process could take a day or more once the blockchain has reached a significant size.

Security Warnings

See important security warnings in doc/security-warnings.md.

Bitcoin Private and Zcash are unfinished and highly experimental. Use at your own risk.

Deprecation Policy

This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. There is an automatic deprecation shutdown feature which will halt the node some time after this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on block height and can be explicitly disabled.

Where do I begin?

We have a guide for joining the main Bitcoin Private network: https://github.com/BTCPrivate/BitcoinPrivate/wiki/1.0-User-Guide

Need Help?

• See the documentation at the Bitcoin Private Wiki for help and more information.
• Ask for help on the Bitcoin Private forum.

Want to participate in development?

• Code review is welcome!
• If you want to get to know us join our slack: http://zclassic.herokuapp.com/

Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a Code of Conduct.

Building

Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running ./btcputil/build.sh. Currently only Linux is officially supported.

License

For license information see the file COPYING.