<p>The documentation on <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node" rel="nofollow">bitcoin.org</a> is currently out of date.</p>

<p>As of Bitcoin Core 0.12, there is no need for the <code>rpcuser</code> and <code>rpcpassword</code> in <code>bitcoin.conf</code> anymore, as <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.12.0#rpc-random-cookie-rpc-authentication" rel="nofollow">cookie authentication</a> is now used when they are not present.</p>

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2016-03-19T17:20:52.483Z
Thanks, I'm out of upvotes but will upvote you when I get the chance again in 6h. Where can I find the most up to date docs for Bitcoin?
Anthony
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Pieter Wuille
<p>Turns out that <code>$ bitcoind</code> is just downloading the blockchain, the docs here: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node</a> seem to be incorrect. :\</p>

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Anthony
<p>running <code>$ bitcoind -server</code> just hangs, when I look at my debug.log file it's going really crazy:</p>

<pre><code>2016-03-19 01:26:51 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000005f9ff6fe1e9e19f6f64dd9c1167077b7de4b93146df2e6f1004  height=192099  log2_work=68.48247  tx=5576861  date=2012-08-03 09:07:41 progress=0.022371  cache=46.6MiB(128445tx)
</code></pre>

<p>The docs show me that running bitcoind should have asked me to set a password, but I never got that. Is something going wrong? Thanks</p>

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# bitcoind not booting, tons of output in debug.log file

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-19)

running $ bitcoind -server just hangs, when I look at my debug.log file it's going really crazy:
2016-03-19 01:26:51 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000005f9ff6fe1e9e19f6f64dd9c1167077b7de4b93146df2e6f1004  height=192099  log2_work=68.48247  tx=5576861  date=2012-08-03 09:07:41 progress=0.022371  cache=46.6MiB(128445tx)

The docs show me that running bitcoind should have asked me to set a password, but I never got that. Is something going wrong? Thanks

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The documentation on [bitcoin.org](https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node) is currently out of date.

As of Bitcoin Core 0.12, there is no need for the `rpcuser` and `rpcpassword` in `bitcoin.conf` anymore, as [cookie authentication](https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.12.0#rpc-random-cookie-rpc-authentication) is now used when they are not present.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, I'm out of upvotes but will upvote you when I get the chance again in 6h. Where can I find the most up to date docs for Bitcoin?  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-03-19. Score: 1

Turns out that `$ bitcoind` is just downloading the blockchain, the docs here: <https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node> seem to be incorrect. :\


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