From ddeca457e9663bdefac7262dda9c2ad9c55f5f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya Kulkarni Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:08:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] windows instructions --- README.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 425e015..be970d6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ zcash-qt-wallet is a z-Addr first wallet UI frontend for zcashd that runs on Win # Installation -zcash-qt-wallet needs a zcash node running zcashd. Download the zcash node software from https://z.cash/download/ and start zcashd. If you are running Windows, you can get [WinZEC](https://winzec.com/) - -## Prerequisites: zcashd -zcashd needs to run with RPC enabled and with a RPC username/password set. Add the following entries into ~/.zcash/zcash.conf - -``` -rpcuser=username -rpcpassword=password -``` -zcash-qt-wallet should auto-detect zcashd and WinZEC. If you are running zcashd on WSL, then please set the connection parameters in the File->Settings menu. - -## Installing zcash-qt-wallet Head over to the releases page and grab the latest binary. https://github.com/adityapk00/zcash-qt-wallet/releases @@ -29,6 +17,18 @@ tar -xvf zcash-qt-wallet-v0.1.9.tar.gz ### Windows Unzip the release binary and double click on zcash-qt-wallet to start. +## Prerequisites: zcashd +zcash-qt-wallet needs a zcash node running zcashd. Download the zcash node software from https://z.cash/download/ and start zcashd. If you are running Windows, you can get [WinZEC](https://winzec.com/) + +zcashd needs to run with RPC enabled and with a RPC username/password set. Add the following entries into ~/.zcash/zcash.conf + +``` +rpcuser=username +rpcpassword=password +``` +zcash-qt-wallet should auto-detect zcashd and WinZEC. If you are running zcashd on WSL, then please set the connection parameters in the File->Settings menu. + + ## Compiling from source zcash-qt-wallet depends on Qt5, which you can get from here: https://www.qt.io/download