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**Warning** **Warning** **Warning**
-Pre-alpha stuff! Use on testnet only!
+
+Pre-alpha stuff! I'm using this client myself on the production network, and I haven't noticed any glitches, but remember: always backup your wallet.
+Testing on the testnet is recommended.
This has been implemented:
- qmake / QtCreator project (.pro)
-- All dialogs (main GUI, address book, send coins) and menus
-
-- Taskbar icon/menu
+- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), MacOSX and Windows
-- GUI only functionality (copy to clipboard, select address, address/transaction filter proxys)
+- All functionality of the original client, including taskbar icon/menu
-- Bitcoin core is made compatible with Qt4
+- Tabbed interface
-- Send coins dialog: address and input validation
+- Overview page with current balance, unconfirmed balance, etc
-- Address book and transactions views and models
+- User friendly transaction list with status icons, real-time filtering and a context menu that allows editing and copying labels
-- Options dialog
+- Asks for confirmation before sending coins
-- Sending coins (including ask for fee when needed)
+- CSV export of transactions and address book
-- Show error messages from core
+- Shows alternative icon when connected to testnet
-- Show details dialog for transactions (on double click)
+- Progress bar on initial block download
This has to be done:
- Internationalization (convert WX language files)
-- Build on Windows
-- More thorough testing of the view with all the kinds of transactions (sendmany, generation)
+Build instructions
+===================
+
+Debian
+-------
+
+First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
+distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
+
+::
+
+ apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
+ libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
+ libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
+
+then execute the following:
+
+::
+
+ qmake
+ make
+
+Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file.
+
+An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built.
+
+
+Windows
+--------
+
+Windows build instructions:
+
+- Download the `QT Windows SDK`_ and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt.
+
+- Download and extract the `dependencies archive`_ [#]_, or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself.
+
+- Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\QtSDK\mingw", replace X:\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps/include" end up in the current "include" directory and such.
+
+- Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B)
+
+.. _`QT Windows SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
+.. _`dependencies archive`: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip
+.. [#] PGP signature: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID `610945D0`_)
+.. _`610945D0`: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x610945D0
+
+Berkely DB version warning
+==========================
+
+A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**).
+
+The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.7 or libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
+
+Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X.
+
+If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you
+build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded,
+and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without
+significant hassle!
+
+.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425
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