THE PLAN ₿ FOUNDATION PRESENTS
Connected to the trunk. Conservative in policy. Neutral in consensus.
Your node receives the network’s data, checks it independently, and applies your choices before confirmation.
Join Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer network and receive blocks and transactions directly from other nodes.
Independently validate every block according to Bitcoin consensus rules.
Choose the relay, mempool, privacy, and resource policies applied by your node.
Follow the Bitcoin chain while keeping local policy under your control.
Bitcoin Roots preserves selected policy features and operator controls from Bitcoin Knots while remaining compatible with Bitcoin Core consensus.
The repository records 29.3.knots20260507 as its Knots lineage reference, not as an exact Git parent. Bitcoin Roots does not adopt RDTS/BIP-110 consensus rules.
Bitcoin Roots is a source-code fork. It is not a separate cryptocurrency, proof-of-work network, or competing Bitcoin chain.
Read our principlesBitcoin Roots separates the shared rules that keep Bitcoin nodes in agreement from the local choices each operator makes about unconfirmed transactions.
Bitcoin Roots applies Bitcoin Core-compatible block-validity rules and follows the Bitcoin chain.
A transaction rejected by local mempool or relay policy may still be valid under Bitcoin consensus. If a valid block contains that transaction, Bitcoin Roots accepts the block.
Your node decides which unconfirmed transactions it accepts into its mempool and relays to peers.
Bitcoin Roots provides conservative, configurable policy options without turning those preferences into new consensus rules.
Bitcoin Core is the reference implementation and the upstream development trunk.
Bitcoin Roots builds on that foundation while preserving selected controls for operators who want stricter transaction relay, explicit resource limits, and greater visibility into node behaviour.
Suitable Bitcoin Core developments are reviewed and incorporated into Bitcoin Roots releases. Project-specific differences should remain limited, documented, and testable.
Compare Bitcoin RootsBitcoin Roots is intended for operators who want:
Follow the platform guide, choose resource limits deliberately, and keep the complete reference available when you need it.
Choose your platformFollow the repository instructions for Linux, macOS, Windows, or BSD.
Review the available memory, storage, network, privacy, relay, and mempool settings before changing the defaults.
Connect to the Bitcoin network, independently validate the chain, and apply your chosen policy to unconfirmed transactions.
The website renders the Markdown documentation maintained in the repository. The code, documentation, and review history can therefore evolve together.
Bitcoin Roots is developed in public. Changes can be inspected, tested, and discussed through the project repository.
Consensus compatibility is a release requirement. Differences in relay, mempool, privacy, and resource policy should be explicit and documented.
Testing and code review are essential. Contributions from node operators, reviewers, developers, and documentation writers are welcome.
Bitcoin Roots gives node operators conservative policy controls without asking them to leave Bitcoin consensus.
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