Bitcoin Wallet in Puppy Quirky Linux

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Bitcoin Wallet in Puppy Quirky Linux
Bitcoin is a digital money system of precious cryptographic numbers. You'll need a Bitcoin Wallet to buy and sell Bitcoins, to spend Bitcoins on goods and services, and to earn Bitcoins. This web page describes how I implemented the Bitcoin-QT program in Puppy Quirky Linux version 6.1. The Bitcoin-QT program stores your wallet and the blockchain on your computer. There are other ways to store your wallet with a third-party service, but that introduces vulnerabilities.
First, I want to thank the members of the Puppy Linux Forum and others who provided the information I needed to perform this task. The Bitcoin-QT program uses the blockchain to validate transactions in your wallet. The blockchain holds all Bitcoin transactions and now (2014 08 14) is over 20GB. I decided to store the blockchain in its own partition on a flash drive. I don't need to provide backup because it can be rebuilt in the event of disaster. So, I don't want to clutter my main storage of data which is backed-up periodically. I considered using a link to point the Bitcoin-QT program at the blockchain partition. Bad idea because the blockchain would be included in my backup. Don't want that. Instead, I decided to tell the program where to find the blockchain. This is done with the "-datadir=" parameter. Now, there is a complication with this solution: That parameter cannot be specified in the configuration file and must be placed on the command line which invokes the program. Well now, here are the steps I used to install the Bitcoin-QT wallet in Puppy Quirky Linux: Download the program in dotpet format (if not available, email me): Download version 0.8.1 Install it (obviously). Run the Puppy Package Manager (aka Quirky Package Manager), the "install" button at the top of the desktop, and search for `qt`, and again for `glsoft`. Install (or verify already installed) these two packages: `qt-4.8.2-i686 zcombo_xorg_glsoft-20131207-1-i486-quirky6` Now all the software needed is installed. Do not run Bitcoin-QT just yet. Enter this code with a text editor and save somewhere convenient as "bitcoin": `#!/bin/bash mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb4 /mnt/sdb4 /opt/bitcoin/bin/bitcoin-qt -datadir=/mnt/sdb4/bitcoin/` Of course, "sdb4" should be your partition name and "bitcoin" should be a directory in that partition. Incedentally, my partition is 50GB. Locate the file with ROX-filer and mark it executable. Then drag it to your desktop. Right-click that, select "file 'bitcoin'" and select "Set Icon". Locate file "/usr/share/pixmaps/bitcoin.png" and drag it onto the "Set Icon" dialog. Enter this code with a text editor and save in /mnt/sdb4/bitcoin/ as "bitcoin.conf": `rpcuser=whatever rpcpassword=mustbesomethingljlsdioetljs rpcallowip=localhost rpctimeout=30 rpcport=8332 rpcconnect=127.0.0.1` I must admit ignorance of these parameters. I just know they work. Anyway, the configuration file is required (I think). If you already have a Bitcoin wallet (mine was in Windows), copy it into "/mnt/sdb4/bitcoin/". Finally, you're ready to run the Bitcoin-QT Wallet program using the icon you put on your desktop. Don't use the Bitcoin item in the menu. Note: Building your copy of the blockchain may require several days of processing.