Build COIN from source

These steps are for Ubuntu. The source includes build instructions for other Linux systems, Windows and macOS.

1. Install the build tools

   $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libunbound-dev libsodium-dev libunwind8-dev liblzma-dev libreadline6-dev libexpat1-dev libpgm-dev qttools5-dev-tools libhidapi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libudev-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev python3 ccache doxygen graphviz

2. Get the source

   $ git clone --recursive REPOSITORY_URL

   Use the address behind View source on the Download page in place of REPOSITORY_URL, then cd into the folder it creates. The --recursive option fetches the libraries Coin bundles.

3. Build it

   $ make

   The first build takes a while. To use more processor cores, run make -j4 instead, with the number of threads you want to use.

4. Run it

   The programs end up in build/release/bin. Start coind from there and carry on with the Linux guide from step 4.

Check what you built

A node you build yourself joins the same network as the released one, starting from the same genesis block. Its message reads Coin | RandomX-v2 | mainnet | 2026-10-20. About the genesis block »