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Title: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: biodieselchris on March 12, 2013, 07:08:55 PM Since i can't post on the technical board I thought I'd start a thread here.
Summary of latest advice for casual (non-miner) BTC users: If you are using BTC 0.8, switch back to 0.7 and wait this ting out before making any transactions. Interesting to note a t MTGox BTC buyers don't seem to really care. The price is holding $45 with little problem.... http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg1ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zv Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: asas63 on March 12, 2013, 07:35:34 PM There's something wrong with the wallet? If you could explain the problem and why i should change versions? That would be much appreciated.
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: Lubliana on March 12, 2013, 07:48:27 PM I join the question, what is going on ?
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: deepceleron on March 12, 2013, 07:54:05 PM This is incorrect advice. Users do not need to do anything now that the fork is resolved. Their current version of Bitcoin will work just fine. The only action needed was for a handful of mining pools to change their software to promote the desired version of the blockchain (and disable the creation of huge blocks).
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: asas63 on March 12, 2013, 08:04:09 PM False alarm folks...
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: Ivica on March 12, 2013, 08:06:37 PM tl;dr OP is wrong, if you are not miner - you don't have to do a single thing. Chill. Also problem was resolved in 25 blocks, ~4 hours.
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: biodieselchris on March 12, 2013, 11:53:59 PM with that resolved now we can move to discussion to why this happened and what that means for the confidence in bitcoin.
Title: Re: Latest BTC problem for newbs Post by: BTC Books on March 13, 2013, 12:07:21 AM with that resolved now we can move to discussion to why this happened and what that means for the confidence in bitcoin. What it means is that the more you know about how bitcoin works, the greater your confidence. So - as there are certainly plenty of people out there who have no clue - there will be FUD in the days ahead. The blockchain is a graceful thing, even under stress. Yesterday's events served to highlight that fact. Relax. When 0.8.1 comes out, do the upgrade. |