Repository Tools --------------------- ### [Developer tools](/contrib/devtools) ### Specific tools for developers working on this repository. Additional tools, including the `github-merge.py` script, are available in the [maintainer-tools](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools) repository. ### [Verify-Commits](/contrib/verify-commits) ### Tool to verify that every merge commit was signed by a developer using the `github-merge.py` script. ### [Linearize](/contrib/linearize) ### Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain. ### [Qos](/contrib/qos) ### A Linux bash script that will set up traffic control (tc) to limit the outgoing bandwidth for connections to the Bitcoin network. This means one can have an always-on bitcoind instance running, and another local bitcoind/bitcoin-qt instance which connects to this node and receives blocks from it. ### [Seeds](/contrib/seeds) ### Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client. Build Tools and Keys --------------------- ### Packaging ### The [Debian](/contrib/debian) subfolder contains the copyright file. All other packaging related files can be found in the [bitcoin-core/packaging](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/packaging) repository. ### [MacDeploy](/contrib/macdeploy) ### Scripts and notes for Mac builds. Test and Verify Tools --------------------- ### [TestGen](/contrib/testgen) ### Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests. ### [Verify Binaries](/contrib/verifybinaries) ### This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from bitcoin.org. Command Line Tools --------------------- ### [Completions](/contrib/completions) ### Shell completions for bash and fish.