can't find bitcoind in the downloaded zip #35162

issue ECBSJ opened this issue on April 27, 2026
  1. ECBSJ commented at 12:46 AM on April 27, 2026: none

    i recently downloaded bitcoin core via https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-31.0/

    i downloaded: bitcoin-31.0-arm64-apple-darwin.zip for my machine

    when i unzipped it, it created the bitcoinqt app only. i don't see any other files/folders that were created besides that.

    i was expecting it to create a folder directory like below:

    bitcoin-31.0/
    ├── bin/
    │   ├── bitcoind
    │   ├── bitcoin-cli
    │   └── ...
    

    because i want to use bitcoind, not bitcoinqt. i remember before it always created a bitcoind and the other stuff. now i just see the bitcoinqt app.

  2. achow101 commented at 1:19 AM on April 27, 2026: member

    The .zip only contains the GUI app bundle so that Bitcoin Core can be installed as GUI application.

    The daemon and util binaries can be found in the .tar.gz.

  3. achow101 closed this on Apr 27, 2026

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