Title: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: achow101 on March 10, 2020, 04:13:58 PM 0.19.1 Release Notes Bitcoin Core version 0.19.1 is now available from: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/ (https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/) This minor release includes various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues) To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/ (https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/) How to Upgrade If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is possible, but it might take some time if the datadir needs to be migrated. Old wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported. Compatibility Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.10+, and Windows 7 and newer. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems. Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as frequently tested on them. From Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 onwards, macOS versions earlier than 10.10 are no longer supported, as Bitcoin Core is now built using Qt 5.9.x which requires macOS 10.10+. Additionally, Bitcoin Core does not yet change appearance when macOS "dark mode" is activated. In addition to previously supported CPU platforms, this release's pre-compiled distribution provides binaries for the RISC-V platform. 0.19.1 change log Wallet
RPC and other APIs
GUI
Tests and QA
Platform support
Miscellaneous
Credits Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex (https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/). Code: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: Carlton Banks on March 25, 2020, 01:54:18 PM Surprised to see this thread is not stickied?
Anyway, here is the trackerless, decentralized (i.e. DHT-only) link for those wishing to download version 0.19.1 using Bittorrent: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8b6ad1da5bbb24656234efc2370abc14781a6f83 (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8b6ad1da5bbb24656234efc2370abc14781a6f83) IMO, decentralized network technologies are becoming more important, as we now have renewed impetus from government/corporate bullies seeking to censor the internet ::) Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: gmaxwell on April 04, 2020, 02:37:12 PM IMO, decentralized network technologies are becoming more important, as we now have renewed impetus from government/corporate bullies seeking to censor the internet ::) Back in 2011 (or 2012? I forget) we tried doing releases with trackerless torrents and found that they essentially didn't work. The trackerless stuff works well enough to make DOS attacking trackers somewhat ineffective for extremely popular torrents, but for niche torrents they mostly didn't work at all (partially due to the background DDOS level against the bittorrent DHT stuff). I don't think anything has changed regarding this.Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: Carlton Banks on April 08, 2020, 10:23:46 AM Back in 2011 (or 2012? I forget) we tried doing releases with trackerless torrents and found that they essentially didn't work. The trackerless stuff works well enough to make DOS attacking trackers somewhat ineffective for extremely popular torrents, but for niche torrents they mostly didn't work at all (partially due to the background DDOS level against the bittorrent DHT stuff). I don't think anything has changed regarding this. try it. I found it worked for me, and always has done. even LTS bugfix releases like 0.17.2 downloaded for me using only DHT peers, and my own bittorrent peer typically serves a few hundred MB to other peers. Seeding ratio for the LTS releases tends to be < 1.0 however (although maybe that's just a representation of how popular those releases are) could it be that implementations of bittorrent's DHT design have improved since 2011-12? not sure, but I've been using a DHT trawler (https://github.com/boramalper/magnetico) recently to discover torrents from the DHT, and the daemon typically finds 40,000-60,000 per day (rate limited to 20 Mbit/s using a wonderful linux utility called Traffic Control (https://lartc.org/howto), which I understand you're familiar with ;) thanks for that!) Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: distributedconsensus on May 15, 2020, 02:12:03 PM Already installed from scratch and running smooth. Took 7 hours to synchronize to the tip of the chain. Not bad at all. I was surprised by some changes in the way bitcoin-cli works now, I guess I will need to recycle myself once again.
As a side note, I am still surprised how the general public perceives Bit Coin, most out there are so confused right now. Instead of entering the Bitcoin environment to stay, they think of profiting in fiat money that, by now, should be already known to be obsolete. I guess we need strategic companies accepting payments in BTC, like Electricity paid in the same currency taking in consideration not the value by trade but the value considering the maximum amount of coins that will circulate. I am kind of surprised how long it is taking to the whole society to see the point... I guess it is like the internet at the beginning or even the cell phones, people will just get it when it is already a reality and something normal in their daily lives. Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: 0daybug on May 16, 2020, 07:18:00 AM This version is still using confined Snap packages (https://snapcraft.io/bitcoin-core) so it is not possible to choose any data directory outside the user's home. This prevents anyone with small OS disks (like SSDs) to use it.
Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: karter_18 on May 23, 2020, 09:49:28 PM Hi
Can anyone help out with a wallet issue? It’s a fresh install and I’m getting: error:incorrect or no genesis block found. Wrong datadir for network? The install hasn’t asked me for a directory yet. In on Windows 10 64 bit OS thanks Title: Re: Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 Released Post by: achow101 on June 03, 2020, 04:31:24 PM 0.20.0 has been released (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5253096.0)
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