user27951: running $ bitcoind -server just hangs, when I look at my debug.log file it's going really crazy:
2016-03-19 01:26:51 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000005f9ff6fe1e9e19f6f64dd9c1167077b7de4b93146df2e6f1004  height=192099  log2_work=68.48247  tx=5576861  date=2012-08-03 09:07:41 progress=0.022371  cache=46.6MiB(128445tx)

The docs show me that running bitcoind should have asked me to set a password, but I never got that. Is something going wrong? Thanks

user27951: Turns out that $ bitcoind is just downloading the blockchain, the docs here: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node seem to be incorrect. :\

user208: The documentation on bitcoin.org is currently out of date.
As of Bitcoin Core 0.12, there is no need for the rpcuser and rpcpassword in bitcoin.conf anymore, as cookie authentication is now used when they are not present.

27951: <p>running <code>$ bitcoind -server</code> just hangs, when I look at my debug.log file it's going really crazy:</p>

<pre><code>2016-03-19 01:26:51 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000005f9ff6fe1e9e19f6f64dd9c1167077b7de4b93146df2e6f1004  height=192099  log2_work=68.48247  tx=5576861  date=2012-08-03 09:07:41 progress=0.022371  cache=46.6MiB(128445tx)
</code></pre>

<p>The docs show me that running bitcoind should have asked me to set a password, but I never got that. Is something going wrong? Thanks</p>
 27951: <p>Turns out that <code>$ bitcoind</code> is just downloading the blockchain, the docs here: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node</a> seem to be incorrect. :\</p>
 208: <p>The documentation on <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node" rel="nofollow">bitcoin.org</a> is currently out of date.</p>

<p>As of Bitcoin Core 0.12, there is no need for the <code>rpcuser</code> and <code>rpcpassword</code> in <code>bitcoin.conf</code> anymore, as <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.12.0#rpc-random-cookie-rpc-authentication" rel="nofollow">cookie authentication</a> is now used when they are not present.</p>
