litecoin/doc

Litecoin Core 0.13.2

Setup

Litecoin Core is the original Litecoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. However, it downloads and stores the entire history of Litecoin transactions (which is currently several GBs); depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.

Running

The following are some helpful notes on how to run Litecoin on your native platform.

Unix

Unpack the files into a directory and run:

• bin/litecoin-qt (GUI) or
• bin/litecoind (headless)

Windows

Unpack the files into a directory, and then run litecoin-qt.exe.

OS X

Drag Litecoin-Core to your applications folder, and then run Litecoin-Core.

Need Help?

• See the documentation at the Litecoin Wiki for help and more information.
• Ask for help on #litecoin on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.
• Ask for help on the LitecoinTalk forums.

Building

The following are developer notes on how to build Litecoin on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.

• OS X Build Notes
• Unix Build Notes
• Windows Build Notes
• OpenBSD Build Notes
• Gitian Building Guide

Development

The Litecoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

• Developer Notes
• Multiwallet Qt Development
• Release Notes
• Release Process
• Source Code Documentation (External Link)
• Translation Process
• Translation Strings Policy
• Unit Tests
• Unauthenticated REST Interface
• Shared Libraries
• BIPS
• Dnsseed Policy
• Benchmarking

Resources

• Discuss on the LitecoinTalk forums.
• Discuss project-specific development on #litecoin on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use webchat here.

Miscellaneous

• Assets Attribution
• Files
• Tor Support
• Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)

License

Distributed under the MIT software license. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.