diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix
index 63c45b3ba07..0acd616eeaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   name = "bitcoin" + (toString (optional (!withGui) "d")) + "-" + version;
-  version = "0.15.1";
+  version = "0.16.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [ "https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-${version}/bitcoin-${version}.tar.gz"
              "https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-${version}/bitcoin-${version}.tar.gz"
            ];
-    sha256 = "1d22fgwdcn343kd95lh389hj417zwbmnhi29cij8n7wc0nz2vpil";
+    sha256 = "0h7flgsfjzbqajwv8ih686yyxxljhf8krhm8jxranb4kglww1glc";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
     homepage = http://www.bitcoin.org/;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ roconnor AndersonTorres ];
     license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    # bitcoin needs hexdump to build, which doesn't seem to build on darwin at the moment.
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index 37df75ae110..09cf5a057f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ callPackage, boost155, boost164, openssl_1_1_0, haskellPackages, darwin, libsForQt5, miniupnpc_2, python3 }:
+{ callPackage, boost155, openssl_1_1_0, haskellPackages, darwin, libsForQt5, miniupnpc_2, python3 }:
 
 rec {
 
   aeon = callPackage ./aeon { };
 
-  bitcoin  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { boost = boost164; miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = true; };
-  bitcoind = callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { boost = boost164; miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = false; };
+  bitcoin  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = true; };
+  bitcoind = callPackage ./bitcoin.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; withGui = false; };
 
   bitcoin-abc  = libsForQt5.callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { withGui = true; };
   bitcoind-abc = callPackage ./bitcoin-abc.nix { withGui = false; };