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Bitcoin-Qt: Qt4 GUI for Bitcoin
===============================
-Features
-========
-
-- All functionality of the Wx GUI, including wallet encryption
-
-- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), MacOSX and Windows
-
-- Notification on incoming / outgoing transactions (compatible with FreeDesktop and other desktop notification schemes)
-
-- General interface improvements: Splash screen, tabbed interface
-
-- Overview page with current balance, unconfirmed balance, and such
-
-- Better transaction list with status icons, real-time filtering and a context menu
-
-- Asks for confirmation before sending coins, for your own safety
-
-- CSV export of transactions and address book (for Excel bookkeeping)
-
-- Shows alternative icon when connected to testnet, so you never accidentally send real coins during testing
-
-- Shows a progress bar on initial block download, so that you don't have to wonder how many blocks it needs to download to be up to date
-
-- Sendmany support, send to multiple recipients at the same time
-
-- Multiple unit support, can show subdivided bitcoins (uBTC, mBTC) for users that like large numbers
-
-- Support for English, German, Russian and Dutch languages
-
-- Address books and transaction table can be sorted by any column
-
-- Accepts "bitcoin:" URLs from browsers and other sources through drag and drop
-
Build instructions
===================
@@ -91,7 +58,7 @@ Mac OS X
::
sudo port selfupdate
- sudo port install boost db48
+ sudo port install boost db48 miniupnpc
- Open the bitcoin-qt.pro file in Qt Creator and build as normal (cmd-B)
@@ -126,14 +93,6 @@ Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:
| USE_UPNP=1 | build with UPnP support turned on by default at runtime. |
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-Mac OS X users: miniupnpc is currently outdated on MacPorts. An updated Portfile is provided in contrib/miniupnpc within this project.
-You can execute the following commands in a terminal to install it:
-
-::
-
- cd <location of bitcoin-qt>/contrib/miniupnpc
- sudo port install
-
Notification support for recent (k)ubuntu versions
---------------------------------------------------
@@ -144,6 +103,20 @@ FreeDesktop notification interface through DBUS using the following qmake option
qmake "USE_DBUS=1"
+Generation of QR codes
+-----------------------
+
+libqrencode may be used to generate QRCode images for payment requests.
+It can be downloaded from http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en, or installed via your package manager. Pass the USE_QRCODE
+flag to qmake to control this:
+
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_QRCODE=0 | (the default) No QRCode support - libarcode not required |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_QRCODE=1 | QRCode support enabled |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
Berkely DB version warning
==========================