<p>it should work, but filesystem access from within WSL might be slower then using the windows server. There are some benchmarks available. Perhaps another alternative to consider would be running Bitcoin Core in vagrant. I don't know if and how bitcoind would be slower.</p>

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2018-08-02T18:02:38.467Z
Looking for anyone that has actually got it installed and tested.
Patoshi パトシ
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Francis Siefken
<p>Does the bitcoin core for ubuntu work with windows 10 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) command line? What issues are there if any since its install the ubuntu version under windows 10.</p>

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2018-07-12T16:22:15.863Z
What do you mean by Bitcoin Core for Ubuntu? The release Linux binaries are statically linked and should work on every distro. If you're talking about the PPA, perhaps not so much.
Pieter Wuille
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Does bitcoin 0.16.1 work with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Windows 10?
Patoshi パトシ
# Does bitcoin 0.16.1 work with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Windows 10?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-12)

Does the bitcoin core for ubuntu work with windows 10 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) command line? What issues are there if any since its install the ubuntu version under windows 10.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, ubuntu, windows, installation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What do you mean by Bitcoin Core for Ubuntu? The release Linux binaries are statically linked and should work on every distro. If you're talking about the PPA, perhaps not so much.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-18. Score: 1

it should work, but filesystem access from within WSL might be slower then using the windows server. There are some benchmarks available. Perhaps another alternative to consider would be running Bitcoin Core in vagrant. I don't know if and how bitcoind would be slower.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Looking for anyone that has actually got it installed and tested.  

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