Bitcoin-Qt

Bitcoin

Bitcoin-Qt
Developer(s)	Satoshi Nakamoto (inactive, possibly a pseudonym), Gavin Andresen, Pieter Wuille, Nils Schneider, Jeff Garzik, Wladimir J. van der Laan, Gregory Maxwell, and others
Initial release	January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09)
Stable release	0.7.0
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD
Available in	Dutch, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Type	Electronic money
License	MIT License (open-source)
Website	www.bitcoin.org

Bitcoin-Qt is an MIT-licensed Qt4 GUI for the original Bitcoin codebase, Bitcoind. Bitcoind is the first Bitcoin client, developed by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin-Qt was initially designed by Wladimir J. van der Laan, it is now maintained by the contributing developers of Bitcoind, which it has been bundled in since version 0.5.

Features

• Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), Mac OS X and Windows
• All functionality of the original wxWidgets client
• User friendly, tabbed interface
• Asks for confirmation before sending coins
• CSV export of transactions
• Clearer transaction list with status icons and real-time filtering
• Progress bar on initial block download
• Languages: Dutch, English, German
• Sendmany support in UI (send to multiple recipients in one transaction)
• Multiple unit support, can show subdivided bitcoins (mBTC, µBTC) for users that like large numbers (only decimal units)
• Splash screen that details progress

Current version

Source code (and build instructions for supported platforms) can be found at the Bitcoin GitHub page.

External links

• Bitcoin Wiki
• Forum thread (includes screenshots)
• Original Bitcoin codebase GitHub repository