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Building Bitok on Windows with MinGW

Prerequisites

Option A: MSYS2 (Native Windows)

  1. Download and install MSYS2 from https://www.msys2.org/
  2. Open MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal
  3. Install dependencies:
pacman -Syu
pacman -S --needed \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-boost \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-db \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-wxWidgets3.2 \
    make

Option B: Cross-Compile from Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64

# For dependencies, use MXE:
git clone https://github.com/mxe/mxe.git
cd mxe
make MXE_TARGETS='x86_64-w64-mingw32.static' boost wxwidgets openssl

Building

# GUI wallet
make -f makefile.mingw gui

# Daemon only
make -f makefile.mingw daemon

# Both
make -f makefile.mingw all

# Clean
make -f makefile.mingw clean

CPU Optimization

# For your specific CPU (best performance)
make -f makefile.mingw all MARCH=native

# For distribution (modern CPUs, 2015+)
make -f makefile.mingw all MARCH=x86-64-v3

# Maximum compatibility
make -f makefile.mingw all MARCH=x86-64

Output

  • bitok.exe - GUI wallet
  • bitokd.exe - Command-line daemon

Running

Data directory: %APPDATA%\Bitok\

bitok.exe                           # GUI wallet
bitokd.exe                          # Daemon
bitokd.exe -daemon                  # Background

Configure settings in %APPDATA%\Bitok\bitok.conf. See README.md for config options.

Troubleshooting

Berkeley DB Compatibility

Note: Different build methods use different BDB versions:

  • MSYS2 mingw-w64-x86_64-db installs BDB 5.3+
  • Ubuntu libdb5.3-dev installs BDB 5.3
  • MSVC/vcpkg uses BDB 4.8.30 (vcpkg only provides 4.8)

MinGW and Ubuntu builds share wallet format. MSVC builds have different wallet format.

If migrating wallet between BDB versions, use: bitokd -recover

Missing DLLs

Build is configured for static linking. If you get DLL errors, copy these from MSYS2:

  • libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
  • libstdc++-6.dll
  • libwinpthread-1.dll

Windows Defender

May flag cryptocurrency software. Add exclusion in Settings if needed.