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Title: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: jgarzik on March 23, 2013, 04:16:12 PM Reminder:
Once a supermajority (95%) of mining reaches block version 2, version 1 blocks will be rejected. Effectively, this is a network-wide upgrade. This event seems likely to occur in the next week. Version 2 block specification: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0034 bitcoind 0.7.2 was the first to support block v2. Watching for the event: http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/top.php The text is at the bottom: "We are currently at 100 out of the latest 1000 blocks on version 1 (10.00%) and 899 out of the latest 1000 blocks on version 2 (89.90%)" Users should not be impacted. Some ancient miners will produce newly-invalid blocks (v1), that will get ignored. The easy solution is to mine using a recent bitcoind (0.8.1 or later ideally). If you are a miner and need help upgrading to v2, ping us on #bitcoin-dev or bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net. Particular impact might be felt in the merged-mining and 'getwork' mining communities, because they are most likely to be running ancient software that is difficult to upgrade. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: cypherdoc on March 23, 2013, 04:56:36 PM One of the devs should really speak to deepbit.
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: jgarzik on March 23, 2013, 05:25:12 PM One of the devs should really speak to deepbit. Deepbit has already upgraded. That's one of the reasons this network event is approaching sooner rather than later. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: cypherdoc on March 23, 2013, 06:14:10 PM One of the devs should really speak to deepbit. Deepbit has already upgraded. That's one of the reasons this network event is approaching sooner rather than later. Now that is Bullish news. :) Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: cypherdoc on March 23, 2013, 06:41:29 PM Next up 0.8.1
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: jgarzik on March 25, 2013, 07:35:28 AM This event is now past.
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: Hexadecibel on March 26, 2013, 03:35:20 PM Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: 420 on March 27, 2013, 07:25:31 PM waiting on two transactions, 0 confirmations. whats going to happen to my bitcoins?
probably sent from old versions Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: cypherdoc on March 28, 2013, 10:32:36 AM Has deepbit upgraded to 0.8.1?
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: whiskers75 on March 30, 2013, 03:51:17 PM waiting on two transactions, 0 confirmations. whats going to happen to my bitcoins? probably sent from old versions AFAIK, the tx's aren't stored in a (v1 OR v2) block yet... They need a miner to put it in a v2 block. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: MysteryMiner on March 31, 2013, 06:54:47 PM waiting on two transactions, 0 confirmations. whats going to happen to my bitcoins? probably sent from old versions AFAIK, the tx's aren't stored in a (v1 OR v2) block yet... They need a miner to put it in a v2 block. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: knight22 on April 02, 2013, 02:33:06 AM Can someone explain me how block v2 is an improvement?
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: jgarzik on April 02, 2013, 04:26:17 AM Can someone explain me how block v2 is an improvement? Prevents duplicate transaction id's from being creating, and assists in block verification, by putting block height into the special "coinbase" transaction #0 found in every block. See BIP 34: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0034 Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: Nemesis on April 02, 2013, 04:35:11 PM so do user have to upgrade the client?
if so what about the alternative clients? Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: MysteryMiner on April 02, 2013, 09:05:03 PM so do user have to upgrade the client? According to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0034#Backward_compatibility it is backwards compatible. Only miners are required to upgrade.if so what about the alternative clients? Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: Mark Oates on April 08, 2013, 11:22:23 PM I have 0.7.0-beta. How will this affect me?
From what I understand, it looks like my client wouldn't recognize v2 blocks. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: jgarzik on April 08, 2013, 11:52:06 PM I have 0.7.0-beta. How will this affect me? From what I understand, it looks like my client wouldn't recognize v2 blocks. Older clients will recognize v2 blocks just fine. This is largely a mining issue. Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: sinistral on April 10, 2013, 11:14:06 PM According to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0034#Backward_compatibility it is backwards compatible. Only miners are required to upgrade. Upgrading is only a concern for solo miners and pool operators, correct? :oTitle: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: Mike Hearn on April 21, 2013, 05:19:17 PM This thread should be unstickied now.
Title: Re: Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Post by: Maged on April 22, 2013, 11:12:02 PM This thread should be unstickied now. Sure thing. |