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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control index 2fd68583ce..490b2571c3 100644 --- a/contrib/debian/control +++ b/contrib/debian/control @@ -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 |