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-Dependencies
-============
-
-These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instructions for installing them in the `build-*.md` file for your platform.
-
-| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | CVEs | Shared | [Bundled Qt library](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/configure-options.html#third-party-libraries) |
-| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Berkeley DB | [4.8.30](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html) | 4.8.x | No |  |  |
-| Boost | [1.77.0](https://www.boost.org/users/download/) | [1.64.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22320) | No |  |  |
-| Clang |  | [8.0](https://releases.llvm.org/download.html) (C++17 & std::filesystem support) |  |  |  |
-| Fontconfig | [2.12.6](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) |  | No | Yes |  |
-| FreeType | [2.11.0](https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) |  | No |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) (Android only) |
-| GCC |  | [8.1](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (C++17 & std::filesystem support) |  |  |  |
-| glibc | | [2.18](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) |  |  |  |  |
-| HarfBuzz-NG |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-| libevent | [2.1.12-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | [2.0.21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18676) | No |  |  |
-| libnatpmp | git commit [4536032...](https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp/tree/4536032ae32268a45c073a4d5e91bbab4534773a) |  | No |  |  |
-| libpng |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-| MiniUPnPc | [2.2.2](https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files) |  | No |  |  |
-| PCRE |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-| Python (tests) |  | [3.6](https://www.python.org/downloads) |  |  |  |
-| qrencode | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) |  | No |  |  |
-| Qt | [5.15.2](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.11.3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24132) | No |  |  |
-| SQLite | [3.32.1](https://sqlite.org/download.html) | [3.7.17](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19077) |  |  |  |
-| XCB |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) (Linux only) |
-| systemtap ([tracing](tracing.md))| [4.5](https://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/) |  |  |  | |
-| xkbcommon |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) (Linux only) |
-| ZeroMQ | [4.3.1](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.0.0 | No |  |  |
-| zlib |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-
-Controlling dependencies
-------------------------
-Some dependencies are not needed in all configurations. The following are some factors that affect the dependency list.
-
-#### Options passed to `./configure`
-* MiniUPnPc is not needed with `--without-miniupnpc`.
-* libnatpmp is not needed with `--without-natpmp`.
-* Berkeley DB is not needed with `--disable-wallet` or `--without-bdb`.
-* SQLite is not needed with `--disable-wallet` or `--without-sqlite`.
-* Qt is not needed with `--without-gui`.
-* If the qrencode dependency is absent, QR support won't be added. To force an error when that happens, pass `--with-qrencode`.
-* If the systemtap dependency is absent, USDT support won't compiled in.
-* ZeroMQ is needed only with the `--with-zmq` option.
-
-#### Other
-* Not-Qt-bundled zlib is required to build the [DMG tool](../contrib/macdeploy/README.md#deterministic-macos-dmg-notes) from the libdmg-hfsplus project.
+# Dependencies
+
+These are the dependencies used by Bitcoin Core.
+You can find installation instructions in the `build-*.md` file for your platform.
+"Runtime" and "Version Used" are both in reference to the release binaries.
+
+| Compiler | Minimum required |
+| --- | --- |
+| [Autoconf](https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/) | [2.69](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17769) |
+| [Automake](https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/) | [1.13](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18290) |
+| [Clang](https://clang.llvm.org) | [8.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24164) |
+| [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org) | [8.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23060) |
+| [Python](https://www.python.org) (tests) | [3.6](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19504) |
+| [systemtap](https://sourceware.org/systemtap/) ([tracing](tracing.md))| N/A |
+
+## Required
+
+| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| [Boost](https://www.boost.org/users/download/) | 1.77.0 | [1.64.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22320) | No |
+| [libevent](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.1.12-stable | [2.0.21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18676) | No |
+| [glibc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) | N/A | [2.18](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23511) | Yes |
+
+## Optional
+
+### GUI
+| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| [Fontconfig](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/) | 2.12.6 | 2.6 | Yes |
+| [FreeType](https://freetype.org) | 2.11.0 | 2.3.0 | Yes |
+| [qrencode](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/) | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) | | No |
+| [Qt](https://www.qt.io) | [5.15.2](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.11.3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24132) | No |
+
+### Networking
+| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| [libnatpmp](https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp/) | commit [4536032...](https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp/tree/4536032ae32268a45c073a4d5e91bbab4534773a) | | No |
+| [MiniUPnPc](https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/) | 2.2.2 | 1.9 | No |
+
+### Notifications
+| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| [ZeroMQ](https://zeromq.org) | 4.3.4 | 4.0.0 | No |
+
+### Wallet
+| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| [Berkeley DB](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html) (legacy wallet) | 4.8.30 | 4.8.x | No |
+| [SQLite](https://sqlite.org) | 3.32.1 | [3.7.17](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19077) | No |