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The Developer Guide aims to provide the information you need to understand Bitcoin and start building Bitcoin-based applications, but it is [not a specification][]. To make the best use of this documentation, you may want to install the current version of Bitcoin Core, either from [source][core git] or from a [pre-compiled executable][core executable].
Questions about Bitcoin development are best asked in one of the [Bitcoin development communities][dev communities]. Errors or suggestions related to documentation on Bitcoin.org can be [submitted as an issue][docs issue] or posted to the [bitcoin-documentation mailing list][].
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