Mac OS latest Bitcoin core latest release will not run as Mac OS, "you can't open the application 'Bitcoin core'" #25834

similar to #24140, but different error message.

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@ErgoTechKG

What binary are you trying to run? Version? SHA256 hash?

@ErgoTechKG Googling this error message makes me believe that the problem is related your system.

downloaded bitcoin core and build yesterday macOS 12.5 Monterey M1 Mac Pro

there's no issue ... build dmg ... and install it work great version 23.0

try this 👍 ` #!/usr/bin/env bash

is_arm64() { [ "$(uname -sm)" == "Darwin arm64" ] }

is_arm64 && echo "Running on Apple Silicon chip with MacOS"

export HOMEBREW_BREW_GIT_REMOTE="https://github.com/Homebrew/brew" # put your Git mirror of Homebrew/brew here export HOMEBREW_CORE_GIT_REMOTE="https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core" # put your Git mirror of Homebrew/homebrew-core here /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)" brew update --force --quiet chmod -R go-w "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew --prefix)/share/zsh" export OPENBLAS=$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew --prefix openblas) export CFLAGS="-falign-functions=8 ${CFLAGS}"

brew install wget brew install unzip brew install virtualenv brew install python3 brew install git brew install automake libtool boost pkg-config libevent brew install berkeley-db@4 brew install qt@5 brew uninstall qt brew install qrencode brew install miniupnpc brew install libnatpmp brew install zeromq pip3 install ds_store mac_alias ./autogen.sh ./configure --without-bdb --with-gui=yes make deploy

echo "Done."`

I've installed the v23 macOS DMG on macOS monterey on both x86 and arm64 and could not reproduce the issue. @ErgoTechKG try reinstalling the app, or is this already fixed for you?

I can reproduce a similar issue by downloading the binary here https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/

After downloading, installing the dmg (dragging into the applications folder), and opening the application:

After pressing OK and navigating to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy (you need to allow the app by clicking on "Open Anyway")

Go back to the applications folder and reopen the app again (you get another alert dialogue and you have to click on open):

This is not completely broken, but it's really bad UX for a first time user.

I believe to improve upon this experience we would need to follow the steps listed here. It might not be possible within the constraints of this build system.

https://developer.apple.com/developer-id/

I even attempted an alternative option by installing with the home-brew cask and the outcome is the same https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/bitcoin-core

Please ignore my comments. This conversation is already happening here https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15774

<img width="1015" alt="Norton kills BTC-Downloads" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/125405780/219325517-20fd4eb9-077a-4a06-b6f7-2dea20ce51ef.png"> Norton kills my BTC Core downloads from https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/)

I think this is essentially a duplicate of https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15774

No, I think the error message is different. But there is no further replies from OP available, so closing for now.

Is this still an issue with a recent version of Bitcoin Core? If yes, what are the steps to reproduce?