Davide Grilli
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Documentation: - Add CHANGELOG.md following Keep a Changelog format with complete version history - Add doc/TAPROOT.md: comprehensive technical specification for BIP340/341/342/350 - Add doc/taproot-guide.md: user-friendly guide for wallet users and developers - Update README.md: add Taproot highlights, documentation links, and version history - Add doc/release-notes/release-notes-2.0.0.md - Update doc/bips.md with Taproot BIP entries (340, 341, 342, 350) - Remove standalone doc/release-notes.md (replaced by versioned directory) Documentation covers the complete Taproot implementation backported from Bitcoin Core v24.2, including Schnorr signatures, bech32m addresses, and BIP9 deployment timeline for mainnet activation (March 2026-2027). CHANGELOG.md contains detailed history from v1.1.0 to v2.0.0 with real commit information extracted from GitHub repository tags.
Palladium Core
Setup
Palladium Core is the original Palladium client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Palladium transactions, which requires a few hundred gigabytes of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
To download Palladium Core, visit palladiumcore.org.
Running
The following are some helpful notes on how to run Palladium Core on your native platform.
Unix
Unpack the files into a directory and run:
bin/palladium-qt(GUI) orbin/palladiumd(headless)
Windows
Unpack the files into a directory, and then run palladium-qt.exe.
macOS
Drag Palladium Core to your applications folder, and then run Palladium Core.
Need Help?
- Ask for help on Discord.
Building
The following are developer notes on how to build Palladium Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.
- Dependencies
- macOS Build Notes
- Unix Build Notes
- Windows Build Notes
- FreeBSD Build Notes
- OpenBSD Build Notes
- NetBSD Build Notes
- Gitian Building Guide (External Link)
Development
The Palladium repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
- Developer Notes
- Productivity Notes
- Release Notes
- Release Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- JSON-RPC Interface
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- Shared Libraries
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
- Benchmarking
Resources
- Discuss on the PalladiumTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss project-specific development on #palladium-core-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- Discuss general Palladium development on #palladium-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- palladium.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- ZMQ
- PSBT support
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.