Noob: running bitcoind on Windows 10 - fail

[ThisCryptoFail]

Please Help!

I just heard about Bitcoin, it looks huge, and am trying to get it to work and see how it works.
I live in a very rural community and we do not have Internet yet, I had to do some dirty deeds to get my first minimal hardware, and to get this far to simply post.
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I installed QT and let it sync.
I want to learn how to run bitcoind on my local Windows PC and issue commands in hex to the network.

I can't get bitcoind to run.
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C:\bitcoin-0.17.0\bin\bitcoind -daemon -datadir=c:\bitcoin ( when I ran QT, I added -datadir=c:\bitcoin )
Error: -daemon is not supported on this operating system

Please Help!
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I am assuming I can't or should not run Bitcoin QT and the daemon at the same time. I'm trying to understand the bitcoin commands, from the command line (not the QT console) and believe that I can not run both at the same time, because both try to sync the blockchain, correct me if I'm wrong.

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Please donate BTC to my worthy cause, if you can ($3 USD ++): I am the very very worthy poor, would like to get a better computer to learn blockchain/crypto development, further my crypto education, that is, if I can get this going.
Need $2K for a linux cs development machine.
BTC: (EDIT: bitcoin address has been removed by Nandibear - Oct. 13, 2018)

Lisa

[nandibear]

Please Help! ...

Hi Lisa,

Your answer is here: bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/53069/windows-7-unable-to-start-bitcoin-server-using-daemon-in-regtest-bitcoind-r

Please also note that if you want to use bitcoin (receive and send) you don't necessarily need to download the entire blockchain or use Bitcoin-Qt.

You can use a lightweight client (e.g. Bitcoin.com wallet) and you wont need to download the blockchain transaction history nor store it.

The Bitcoin.com wallet application is a fully featured non-custodial wallet which gives users complete and sole control over their funds. You may download the wallet application (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS) here https://wallet.bitcoin.com/