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Does anyone have an idea of where can I find a copy of the bitcoin source code. I mean doesn't it supposed to be open source, where is the open source project for bitcoin so I can read the code.
How To Get Copy of Bitcoin Source Code
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bitcoind is what is most widely used. And here is the source: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/
But there's various other implementations for clients such as BitcoinJ for Java https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/ or http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ for C++.
However, for miners the story is a bit different. If you're a miner you kind of need to use bitcoind. Otherwise bad things might happen such as the blockchain fork from last March: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/3668/bitcoin-network-shaken-by-blockchain-fork/
Your last statement is incorrect, bitcoind 8.1 fixed the fork issue: http://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2013-03-15-upgrade-deadline Miners should be able to use the latest 8.5 code unless they have a specific dependency on/for an older version. – CoinEnablers – 2013-11-13T20:38:38.417
4https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin – Nate Eldredge – 2013-11-13T19:12:59.163