MMGen = Multi-Mode GENerator

a Bitcoin cold storage solution for the command line

Build Bitcoind on Microsoft Windows

Note: If during the compilation process you get "Missing Disk" pop-up error messages and have a card reader installed, you should temporarily disconnect your card reader.

Note: The following instructions assume you'll be unpacking all archives to `C:\`, the root directory on most Windows installations. If you choose to unpack to another location, the `cd` commands must be adjusted accordingly.

1. Build OpenSSL

Note: Skip this step if you already built OpenSSL in Step 2 of Install MMGen and Its Dependencies.

Grab the latest tarball from the openssl.org download page and unpack it. At the MSYS prompt, run:

    $ cd /c/openssl-1.0.1f
    $ ./config --openssldir=/usr
    $ make
    $ make install

2. Build the Berkeley Database (v5.0):

Grab the v5.0 tarball, or browse the download page for other versions (avoid v4.8, which has issues with Windows; versions newer than 5.0 may work, but they're untested by the author). Unpack the archive and run the following at the MSYS prompt:

    $ cd /c/db-5.0.32/build_unix
    $ ../dist/configure --enable-mingw --enable-cxx --disable-replication --prefix=/usr

Edit the source file db.h in the build_unix directory, move to line 116 and change:

    typedef pthread_t db_threadid_t;

to:

    typedef u_int32_t db_threadid_t;

Note: since db.h is created by configure, this must be done after configure is run.

Now run make and make install.

3. Install the MASM assembler (optional but recommended):

Get the file MASMsetup.exe from the Microsoft website. With a tool like 7zip, open the cab file inside and the file inside it, which begins with FL_ml_exe*. Copy this file to your path, renaming it to ml.exe.

4. Build the Boost libraries:

Get the boost tarball from sourceforge and unpack it. At the DOS prompt, run:

    cd \boost_1_55_0
    boostrap.bat
    bjam toolset=gcc link=static threading=single --build-type=minimal stage --with-system --with-filesystem --with-program_options --with-chrono --with-test
    bjam toolset=gcc link=static threading=multi --build-type=minimal stage --with-thread

These commands build just the few libraries you need, saving you from the time-consuming process of compiling the whole boost package.

5. Build Bitcoind:

Download Sipa's watchonly bitcoind zip archive (commit a13f1e8 [check]) from GitHub and unpack it. At the MSYS prompt, run:

    $ cd /c/bitcoin-watchonly

Make the following edits to src/leveldb/Makefile:

After the the statement include build_config.mk, add the following line:

        SOURCES=$(shell echo db/*.cc util/*.cc table/*.cc)

Change the line:

        LIBOBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.cc=.o)

to read:

        LIBOBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.cc=.o) port/port_win.o

Change the line:

        all: $(SHARED) $(LIBRARY)

to read:

        all: $(LIBRARY)

Edit the following files,

    src/rpcdump.cpp
    src/rpcnet.cpp
    src/rpcwallet.cpp
    src/wallet.cpp
    src/walletdb.cpp

adding the statement #include <winsock2.h> near the top of each file, above the first #include statement.

At the MSYS prompt, run the following file-copying commands (this needs to be done just once):

    $ cp /mingw/bin/autoreconf-2.68 /mingw/bin/autoreconf
    $ cp /mingw/bin/autoconf-2.68 /mingw/bin/autoconf
    $ cp /mingw/bin/automake-1.11 /mingw/bin/automake
    $ cp /mingw/bin/aclocal-1.11 /mingw/bin/aclocal
    $ cp /bin/true.exe /bin/hexdump.exe

Generate the configure script:

    $ sh autogen.sh

Edit the just-created configure script, adding the line:

    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"

after the line:

    LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_LIBS $BOOST_CHRONO_LIB"

From the prompt, run configure and make with the arguments provided below:

    $ ./configure --without-qt --with-incompatible-bdb CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include LDFLAGS="-static -L/usr/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition" BOOST_ROOT=/c/boost_1_55_0
    $ make src/bitcoind.exe

Strip the executable (strip src/bitcoind.exe), copy it to your path and test that the command bitcoind works. You may want to use the -datadir option to point to the location where you plan to put your bitcoin.conf file, wallet and blockchain.

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