<p>Bitcoin-qt does not run bitcoind as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computing%29" rel="noreferrer">daemon</a>. If you check the running processes after you launch bitcoin-qt, you will  not see bitcoind being launched.  </p>

<p>They both utilize the same "Bitcoin Core" source code obviously, but bitcoind and bitcoin-qt are separate programs and one does not need the other to function. You can think of bitcoind as a GUI-less implementation of "Bitcoin Core" and bitcoin-qt as the GUI implementation of "Bitcoin Core".   </p>

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<p>When using bitcoin-qt wallet, all commands are executed externally with bitcoind?</p>

<p>I am asking because I saw an altcoin wallet-QT (DMD) which comes as a single file without any daemon file, does it mean the daemon is already built in the qt wallet?</p>

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Is bitcoin-qt using bitcoind? or bitcoind is already built in the bitcoin-qt wallet?
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# Is bitcoin-qt using bitcoind? or bitcoind is already built in the bitcoin-qt wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-27)

When using bitcoin-qt wallet, all commands are executed externally with bitcoind?

I am asking because I saw an altcoin wallet-QT (DMD) which comes as a single file without any daemon file, does it mean the daemon is already built in the qt wallet?

**Tags:** bitcoind, bitcoin-core, daemon


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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-27. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin-qt does not run bitcoind as a [daemon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computing%29). If you check the running processes after you launch bitcoin-qt, you will not see bitcoind being launched.

They both utilize the same "Bitcoin Core" source code obviously, but bitcoind and bitcoin-qt are separate programs and one does not need the other to function. You can think of bitcoind as a GUI-less implementation of "Bitcoin Core" and bitcoin-qt as the GUI implementation of "Bitcoin Core".


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