3 Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bitcoin Core Developers
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5 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
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6 file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
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7 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
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8 the OpenSSL Toolkit (https://www.openssl.org/). This product includes
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14 Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is
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15 completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted
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16 parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly
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17 with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending.
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22 Unpack the files into a directory and run bitcoin-qt.exe.
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24 Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network.
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25 However, it downloads and stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions;
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26 depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization
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27 process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
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29 See the bitcoin wiki at:
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30 https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page
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31 for more help and information.
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