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@@ -31,14 +31,11 @@ Package: bitcoind
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: peer-to-peer network based digital currency - daemon
- Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
- .
- Full transaction history is stored locally at each client. This
- requires 20+ GB of space, slowly growing.
+ Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
.
This package provides the daemon, bitcoind, and the CLI tool
bitcoin-cli to interact with the daemon.
@@ -47,14 +44,11 @@ Package: bitcoin-qt
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: peer-to-peer network based digital currency - Qt GUI
- Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
- .
- Full transaction history is stored locally at each client. This
- requires 20+ GB of space, slowly growing.
+ Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
.
This package provides Bitcoin-Qt, a GUI for Bitcoin based on Qt.
@@ -62,11 +56,11 @@ Package: bitcoin-tx
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: peer-to-peer digital currency - standalone transaction tool
- Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
+ Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
.
This package provides bitcoin-tx, a command-line transaction creation
tool which can be used without a bitcoin daemon. Some means of