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This reverts commit 78d3da0c4e17ce356905c3b745d9773eb458988e. Because while eliminating the call to System#exit does mean that JavaFX's LauncherImpl can properly report errors and stack traces, it also means that Bitsquare never shuts down (probably due to non-daemon threads). When System#exit is removed (or replaced with Platform#exit), closing the Bitsquare window (or clicking Exit from the system tray menu) results in the application no longer being able to function at the UI level (because the JavaFX toolkit has essentially been shut down), but the process does not exit either. So in the meantime, this change is being reverted, and we just have to deal with not getting stack traces at the command line when uncaught exceptions bubble up through the #start method (specifically, exceptions that occur before the UncaughtExceptionHandler has had a chance to be set). A solution to this could be to provide a custom subclass of JavaFX's own Application class that implements a template #start / #doStart methods trying and catching anything that is raised from #doStart and printing the stack trace on its own.
What is Bitsquare?
Bitsquare is a cross-platform desktop application that allows users to trade fiat money (dollars, euros, etc) for bitcoin without relying on centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, Bitstamp or (the former) Mt. Gox.
By running Bitsquare on their local machines, users form a peer-to-peer network. Offers to buy and sell bitcoin are broadcast to that network, and through the process of offering and accepting these trades via the Bitsquare UI, a market is established.
There are no central points of control or failure in the Bitsquare network. There are no trusted third parties. When two parties agree to trade fiat money for bitcoin, the bitcoin to be bought or sold is held in escrow using multisignature transaction capabilities native to the bitcoin protocol.
Because the fiat money portion of any trade must be transferred via traditional means such as a wire transfer, Bitsquare incorporates first-class support for human arbitration to resolve any errors or disputes.
You can read about all of this and more in the overview, whitepaper, arbitration and risk analysis documents. Several screencasts are available as well.
Status
Pre-alpha and under heavy development.
Building from source
- Install the latest JDK (8u20 or better)
- Clone this repository
- Build and launch the Bitsquare JavaFX client by running:
./gradlew run
Pass command line arguments to the app via the Gradle -Pargs property as follows:
./gradlew run -Pargs="--help"
Or, build an executable jar with the appJar task:
./gradlew appJar
Run the app as follows:
java -jar build/libs/bitsquare-<version>-app.jar
Pass the --help flag to see what options are available:
java -jar build/libs/bitsquare-<version>-app.jar --help
To build a headless bootstrap node jar, run the bootstrapNodeJar task:
./gradlew bootstrapNodeJar
Run the bootstrap node:
java -jar build/libs/bitsquare-<version>-bootstrapNode.jar
See doc/build.md for additional information.
Staying in Touch
Contact the team and keep up to date using any of the following:
- The Bitsquare Website
- The #bitsquare IRC channel on Freenode (logs)
- Our mailing list
- @bitsquare_ on Twitter
- Get in contact with us
- GitHub Issues
License
Bitsquare is free software, licensed under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License.
In short, this means you are free to fork this repository and do anything with it that you please. However, if you distribute your changes, i.e. create your own build of the software and make it available for others to use, you must:
- Publish your changes under the same license, so as to ensure the software remains free.
- Use a name and logo substantially different than "Bitsquare" and the Bitsquare logo seen here. This allows for competition without confusion.
See LICENSE for complete details.