MultiGroestl is a Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Groestlcoin desktop client. It is ported from the MultiBit Bitcoin client. Huge thanks to the original devs for this awesome project!
MultiBit is now in maintenance mode as it has largely been replaced by MultiBit HD. To avoid confusion we refer to MultiBit Classic and MultiBit HD to keep them separate.
MultiBit Classic relies on the following technologies:
original_multibit/master
- Maven as the build system, so the usual Maven processes apply. If you're not familiar with Maven then download it first and follow their installation instructions.
- ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") for QR codes <<<<<<< HEAD
- Groestlcoinj for access to the Groestlcoin network
- IzPack for creating installers for Windows, Mac, Linux
- Bitcoinj Enforcer Rules to prevent dependency chain attacks
- XChange for access to several Bitcoin exchanges
MultiGroestl depends on a special fork of Groestlcoinj for its Bitcoin support. This is due to legacy wallet serialization issues and the MultiGroestl team are working towards a complete integration. To build MultiGroestl you will need to clone this fork from here:
- Bitcoinj for access to the Bitcoin network
- Install4j for creating installers for Windows, Mac, Linux
- Bitcoinj Enforcer Rules to prevent dependency chain attacks
- XChange for access to several Bitcoin exchanges
MultiBit Classic depends on a special fork of Bitcoinj for its Bitcoin support. This is due to legacy wallet serialization issues and the MultiBit team are working towards a complete integration through the MultiBit HD project.
While it is possible to build MultiBit Classic using our staging repository you may want to review the modified Bitcoinj library for yourself. You can clone from this fork:
original_multibit/master
https://github.com/GroestlCoin/groestlcoinj-mb-alice
The branch you should use for the MultiBit master code is: bcj-0.11.2-mb-alice
The branch you should use for the MultiBit develop code is: bcj-0.11.2-mb-alice
Once cloned, you should then install the custom Bitcoinj library using
original_multibit/master
mvn clean install
This loosely follows the "master-develop" or "Git flow" pattern.
There are 2 main branches: master
and develop
. The master
branch is exclusively for releases, while the develop
is exclusively for release candidates. The develop
branch always has a Maven version of develop-SNAPSHOT
.
Occasionally a feature branch will be made off develop
to cover a long-running issue. This will then be merged back into develop
When develop
is ready for release it is subjected to extensive testing (manual and automated). The final act is to update the pom.xml
to remove the SNAPSHOT suffix and merge it into master
.
The master
branch is then tagged with the release number. Tags are in the format v1.2.3
to distinguish them from branch names.
<<<<<<< HEAD An announcement is made on the MultiGroestl website to alert everyone that a new version is available.
An announcement is made on the MultiBit website and social media (Twitter, Reddit, Bitcointalk etc) to alert everyone that a new version is available.
original_multibit/master
The important targets are:
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mvn clean package
which will package the MultiGroestl project into multigroestl-x.y.z.jar
where x.y.z
is the current version
number. This is suitable for local development work.
If you want to generate a complete set of multi-platform installers (Windows, Mac and Linux) you use the following command
maven clean install
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mvn clean install
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After some processing, you will have the following artifacts in the target directory:
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- an executable jar = multigroestl-exe.jar
- a Mac application bundle = MultiGroestl.app
- a Mac DMG file = multigroestl-x.y.z.dmg
- an installer for Windows = multigroestl-x.y.z-windows.exe
- an installer for Linux = multigroestl-x.y.z-linux.jar
To run MultiGroestl from these artifacts you can follow the instructions provided on the main MultiGroestl website
The MultiGroestl installers contain cut down JREs so the project clone is quite large. (100 to 200 MB).
MultiGroestl is quite flexible and has several features only accessible to power users through the configuration file. This
- an executable jar:
multibit-exe.jar
Use the Install4j installer in the multibit-installers project to create your Mac/ Win/ Linux installers.
To run MultiBit from these artifacts you can follow the instructions provided on the main MultiBit website
MultiBit Classic is quite flexible and has several features only accessible to power users through the configuration file. This
original_multibit/master is discussed in more detail in configuration.md
<<<<<<< HEAD If you want to contribute, please contact me at: groestlcoin@gmail.com.
All contributors must be OK with releasing their work under the MIT license.
original_multibit/master