4 Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers
6 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
7 file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
8 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes
14 Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is
15 completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted
16 parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly
17 with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending.
22 You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run Bitcoin-Qt. On Debian or Ubuntu:
23 `sudo apt-get install libqtgui4`
25 Unpack the files into a directory and run:
27 - bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit)
28 - bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit)
29 - bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit)
30 - bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit)
32 See the documentation at the [Bitcoin Wiki](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page)
33 for help and more information.
38 - [Unix Build Notes](build-unix.md)
39 - [OSX Build Notes](build-osx.md)
40 - [Windows Build Notes](build-msw.md)
41 - [Coding Guidelines](coding.md)
42 - [Release Process](release-process.md)
43 - [Release Notes](release-notes.md)
44 - [Multiwallet Qt Development](multiwallet-qt.md)
45 - [Unit Tests](unit-tests.md)
46 - [Translation Process](translation_process.md)