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-## Install Bitcoind and other supported coin daemons
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-The bitcoin daemon on the **offline computer** is used solely to sign
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-transactions and runs without a blockchain. Thus even a low-powered computer
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-such as a Raspberry Pi or an old netbook can serve nicely as your offline
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-machine.
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-The bitcoin daemon on the **online computer** requires a complete and
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-up-to-date blockchain for tracking addresses. Since its work is more CPU and
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-disk intensive, a more powerful computer is required here. You’ll also need
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-plenty of free disk space for the growing blockchain (~265GB at the time of
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-writing).
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-Two blockchain operations are especially resource-intensive: **synchronizing
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-the blockchain** and **importing existing addresses with balances**. If you
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-synchronize often (once a week, for example) and take care to import your
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-addresses **before** spending into them, then it’s possible to get by with a
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-more low-powered computer as your online machine.
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-### <a id="a_d">Download:</a>
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-> **Bitcoin Core:**
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-
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->> Go to the Bitcoin Core download page ([here][00] or [here][01]). Choose the
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->> 32-bit or 64-bit versions appropriate for your online and offline computers.
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->> Windows users should choose the executable installer.
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-> **Bitcoin Cash Node (optional):**
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-
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->> If you wish to transact BCH (Bitcoin Cash Node), then download the
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->> appropriate [Bitcoin Cash Node binary][bch] for your system.
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->> Windows users should choose the executable installer.
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-> **Litecoin (optional):**
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->> Go to the Litecoin Core [download page][lc]. Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit
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->> versions appropriate for your online and offline computers. Windows users
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->> should choose the executable installer.
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-
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-### <a id="a_i">Install (both online and offline computers):</a>
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-> **Bitcoin Core:**
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->> **Windows:** Run the Windows installer with the default settings.
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->> At the end of the installation process, uncheck the Run box to prevent the
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->> client from starting.
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->>
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->> **Linux, macOS:** Unpack the archive and copy the `bitcoind` and
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->> `bitcoin-cli` binaries to `/usr/local/bin`.
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-
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-> **Bitcoin Cash Node (optional):**
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->> **Windows:** Run the Windows installer with the default settings.
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->> At the end of the installation process, uncheck the Run box to prevent the
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->> client from starting.
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->>
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->> Navigate to `C:\Program Files\Bitcoin-Cash-Node\daemon` and rename the file
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->> `bitcoind` to `bitcoind-bchn` and `bitcoin-cli` to `bitcoin-cli-bchn`.
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->>
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->> **Linux, macOS:** Unpack the archive, rename `bitcoind` to `bitcoind-bchn`,
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->> and `bitcoin-cli` to `bitcoin-cli-bchn`, and copy the renamed files to
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->> `/usr/local/bin`.
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-
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-> **Litecoin (optional):**
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-
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->> **Windows:** Run the Windows installer with the default settings.
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->> At the end of the installation process, uncheck the Run box to prevent the
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->> client from starting.
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->>
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->> **Linux, macOS:** Unpack the archive and copy the `litecoind` and
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->> `litecoin-cli` binaries to `/usr/local/bin`.
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-
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-### <a id="a_r">Run (both online and offline computers):</a>
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-> **Windows:**
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->> In the Windows command-line environment processes don’t fork to run in the
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->> background, so to run multiple daemons simultaneously you must start each
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->> one in a separate terminal window. Start your daemons like this:
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-
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-```text
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-# Bitcoin Core:
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-$ bitcoind
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-# Bitcoin Cash Node:
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-$ mkdir $APPDATA/Bitcoin-Cash-Node
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-$ bitcoind-bchn --listen=0 --rpcport=8432 --datadir=$APPDATA/Bitcoin-Cash-Node --usecashaddr=0
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-# Litecoin
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-$ litecoind
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-```
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->> Note that the `--listen=0` argument is required only when running Bitcoin
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->> Core and Bitcoin Cash Node simultaneously.
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-> **Linux, macOS:**
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-
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->> Linux and macOS users start their daemons like this:
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-
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-```text
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-# Bitcoin Core:
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-$ bitcoind --daemon
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-# Bitcoin Cash Node:
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-$ mkdir ~/.bitcoin-bchn
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-$ BCH_DATADIR="$HOME/.bitcoin-bchn" # Linux
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-$ BCH_DATADIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin-Cash-Node" # macOS
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-$ bitcoind-bchn --daemon --listen=0 --rpcport=8432 --usecashaddr=0 --datadir="$BCH_DATADIR"
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-# Litecoin:
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-$ litecoind --daemon
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-```
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-> Communicate with your daemons like this:
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-
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-```text
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-# Bitcoin Core:
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-$ bitcoin-cli help
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-# Bitcoin Cash Node:
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-$ BCH_DATADIR="$HOME/.bitcoin-bchn" # Linux
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-$ BCH_DATADIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin-Cash-Node" # macOS
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-$ bitcoin-cli-bchn --rpcport=8432 --datadir="$BCH_DATADIR" help
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-# Litecoin:
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-$ litecoin-cli help
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-```
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-> If you’re connected to the Internet, the daemon(s) will begin downloading and
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-> verifying the blockchain. This can take from several hours to several days
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-> depending on the speed of your computer, the size of the blockchain(s) in
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-> question and your Internet connection. You can speed up your initial block
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-> download enormously by adding the `-assumevalid` option, followed by a recent
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-> block hash, to the command line. Recent block hashes can be found on any
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-> blockchain explorer site.
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-> For the offline daemons you may add the options `-maxconnections=0 -listen=0`
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-> to the command line. Note that offline daemons start very quickly, since they
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-> have a blockchain consisting of one block, and use practically no CPU power
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-> once running.
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-[00]: https://bitcoin.org/bin/
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-[01]: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/
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-[bd]: https://bitcoin.org/bin/blockchain/
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-[lc]: https://litecoin.org
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-[bch]: https://bitcoincashnode.org/en/download.html
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