Getting Started

Table of Contents:

Installation and Build
Next Step Guide
- If you want to...

See System Requirements if you are interested to run a node (updated: 2018-07-02).

BitShares Core is the BitShares blockchain implementation and command-line interface. The web wallet is BitShares UI.

Visit BitShares.org to learn about BitShares and join the community at BitSharesTalk.org.

NOTE: The official BitShares git repository location, default branch, and submodule remotes were recently changed. Existing repositories can be updated with the following steps:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-core.git
git checkout master
git remote set-head origin --auto
git pull
git submodule sync --recursive
git submodule update --init --recursive

Installation and Build

Select an operation system and install and build.

Build and Run BitShares-Core in WSL (Installation Option)

Use Windows Subsystem for Linux
- Instruction how to prepare Ubuntu to Windows 10 OS

Known issues

Boost versions

Next Step Guide

If you want to...

Create a BitShares GUI wallet and user account.

Create a CLI wallet

Understand BitShares Account
Check CLI Client and Wallet - Architecture
Check Connecting a CLI wallet steps

Run a node

Understand BitShares Account
Understand about a BitShares Node
KNow the Node configuration and System Requirements
Learn Running a BitShares API Node steps
Try BitShares Public TestNet

Run a witness node

Understand BitShares Account
Understand about a BitShares Node
Know the Node configuration and System Requirements
Learn Running a BitShares API Node steps
Learn how to become an Active Witness
Try BitShares Public TestNet

Use BitShares API

Check BitShares-Core API References page.
Learn API Restrictions
Understand Objects and IDs and the format
Understand BitShares' Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
Understand BitShares' Websocket Calls & Notifications
Check out Often Used API Calls

Learn BitShares system components

know about BSIP

Read the Guide
Check the BSIP Repository