From a6f16f1b1ac76e473c134c5f2e5e085649635465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Goldstein Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 13:57:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Add disable-wallet section to OSX build instructions --- doc/build-osx.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md index 448918e8cb439..bc93401bda61d 100644 --- a/doc/build-osx.md +++ b/doc/build-osx.md @@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ Build Bitcoin Core make deploy +Disable-wallet mode +-------------------- +When the intention is to run only a P2P node without a wallet, Bitcoin Core may be compiled in +disable-wallet mode with: + + ./configure --disable-wallet + +In this case there is no dependency on Berkeley DB 4.8. + +Mining is also possible in disable-wallet mode, but only using the `getblocktemplate` RPC +call not `getwork`. + Running -------