Mahay (OP)
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June 01, 2011, 11:17:05 AM |
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Hello there.
I first heard about bitcoins in october 09 and generated them for ~1 year before I changed OS and didn't restart generating. With the recent press coverage I remembered about bitcoins and I (luckily) still had my old OS partition intact. The question is: I have the client version 0.1.5. Is it safe to use this for transaction? Do I NEED to update? Can I update from such and old version?
Many thanks,
Mahay
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wumpus
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June 01, 2011, 11:17:58 AM |
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It should be safe to upgrade.
Make sure you backup your wallet.dat a few times just in case, though. As long as you have a safe copy of your wallet nothing bad can happen.
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Bitcoin Core developer [PGP] Warning: For most, coin loss is a larger risk than coin theft. A disk can die any time. Regularly back up your wallet through File → Backup Wallet to an external storage or the (encrypted!) cloud. Use a separate offline wallet for storing larger amounts. |
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Mahay (OP)
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June 01, 2011, 11:20:32 AM |
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What changes are there in new clients?
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caveden
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June 01, 2011, 11:43:39 AM |
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There are important changes since that version, including bug fixes. I recommend you updating, but as said above, make backups of your wallet always.  |
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dacoinminster
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June 01, 2011, 02:20:51 PM |
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I first heard about bitcoins in october 09 and generated them for ~1 year . . .
Oh wow. That stash must be worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars by now. Congratulations!!! |
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fornit
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June 01, 2011, 05:10:53 PM |
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actually, you cant use a wallet.dat that old with the new clients. but if you sent me your wallet.dat, i can convert it manually to work with the current client software.  |
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SgtSpike
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June 01, 2011, 06:39:59 PM |
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Since no one is asking the question we are all wondering... how much exactly DO you have stored up in bitcoins right now?
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dacoinminster
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June 01, 2011, 06:43:57 PM |
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Since no one is asking the question we are all wondering... how much exactly DO you have stored up in bitcoins right now?
I recommend that you not answer that unless/until the wallet file is sitting in one or more safety deposit boxes, and no other copies exist. |
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June 01, 2011, 07:31:40 PM |
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so how many coins did you generate back then? what was your BTC/day rate...
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ribuck
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June 01, 2011, 11:43:08 PM |
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What changes are there in new clients?
The most important change was a fix of an overflow bug. This bug was "exploited", however the exploit failed after more than 50% of the clients switched to the bug-fixed version (0.3.9?). So you do need to backup your wallet.dat then install a recent copy of bitcoin then copy your backed-up wallet.dat over the freshly-installed empty one. |
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gusti
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June 02, 2011, 01:15:00 AM |
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yes, I'm also curious to know how many did you mine on that days
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If you don't own the private keys, you don't own the coins.
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