Bitcoin Core 0.11.0 has been released

[chek2fire]

I want a shell script which check whether bitcoind is running or not and to relaunch it. Is there a way to do this? I have a home 24/7 node and sometimes it crash( power off etc) and i like to relaunch it.

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[chrisvl]

I want a shell script which check whether bitcoind is running or not and to relaunch it. Is there a way to do this? I have a home 24/7 node and sometimes it crash( power off etc) and i like to relaunch it.

its possible you can set a bash script to run every time when pc is booting up and start the bitcoind also you can set a cronjob to check e.g every hour if bitcoind run if run ok if not run start it check the example below

if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep bitcoind > /dev/null

then
exit #bitcoind already running

else
#start the bitcoind
/home/username/pathtobitcoind/bitcoind
fi

[chek2fire]

I want a shell script which check whether bitcoind is running or not and to relaunch it. Is there a way to do this? I have a home 24/7 node and sometimes it crash( power off etc) and i like to relaunch it.

its possible you can set a bash script to run every time when pc is booting up and start the bitcoind also you can set a cronjob to check e.g every hour if bitcoind run if run ok if not run start it check the example below

if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep bitcoind > /dev/null

then
exit #bitcoind already running

else
#start the bitcoind
/home/username/pathtobitcoind/bitcoind
fi

thx i have done it with this bash script

#!/bin/bash

while true; do
  sleep 5
  if [ ! "$(pidof bitcoind)" ]; then
    bitcoind maxconnections=50
  fi
done

[kevin1992]

tested the RC2-RC3 ... a good product 

[CoinCidental]

Mine is fucked, it keeps crashing with a reindex the block chain error

I'm going to have to delete the lot and start again from scratch

[lovenlifelarge]

Is there something currently wrong with the new bitcoin 0.11.0 x64 windows wallet??

[chrisvl]

Is there something currently wrong with the new bitcoin 0.11.0 x64 windows wallet??

why do you see something wrong ??

[lovenlifelarge]

Not indexing the last 40 hours of the blockchain

Error crashing not finding the blckchain

[chek2fire]

i have try to add to start bitcoind in every boot in crontab -e with this adds

@reboot bitcoind -daemon

or

@reboot /usr/bin/bitcoind -daemon

both of them are not working and in every reboot i have to start manual bitcoind
Any idea how can i auto the bitcoind start in every bott or reboot?

[TheRealSteve]

Should probably hit up bitcoin-dev, but:

Somebody on reddit mentioned that 0.11.0 requires OS X 10.7 or above.  The last release notes bullet item about dropping support for an OS X version was back in 0.9.0 mentioning that support was dropped for anything below OS X 10.6.


Speaking of release notes, the github repo does not have release notes for 0.11.0; https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/doc/release-notes

[vapourminer]

i like to see these new versions flowing out like the water

well, only if they are good. I see lots of "it sucks" "have to reindex, re download"  etc on this version.

I dont really feel like doing things that suck.

as my current version 0.10.2 works I havent updated yet.

[darkfur93]

I'm using Linux Mint 17.2 64-Bit
When using the official 0.11.0 binaries the file size is 30.2 MB (Double the size than earlier versions)
It's using QT-5 when past versions where using QT-4.

First picture is the official client running on my system and the second picture is a build I compiled myself configured to run QT-4.

Official build: https://i.imgur.com/IKKtpmr.png
My build: https://i.imgur.com/RCYG8mq.png

Is this caused by my system missing required dependencies to run QT-5 or bugs in the official build?

[shorena]

i like to see these new versions flowing out like the water

well, only if they are good. I see lots of "it sucks" "have to reindex, re download"  etc on this version.

I dont really feel like doing things that suck.

as my current version 0.10.2 works I havent updated yet.

Probably because everyone else does not post that they have no problems. Those that I see that constantly have to reindex seem to have hardware problems or otherwise issues with their OS. You can hardly blame QT for that. I run 0.11. without issues.

[vapourminer]

true that. I usually figure most problems are malware, outdated drivers, special config myself

but my version works well and a scratch blockchain would take a couple weeks with my crappy internet in thr sticks.. no cable or DSL

the risks outweigh the benefits in this case for me. what I have works so Ill pass.

[carlos2015]

tested the RC2-RC3 ... a good product 

[robertgoss]

if only we can fix this flooding of transactions with upgrades would be really great

[CoinCidental]

if only we can fix this flooding of transactions with upgrades would be really great

The flooding of dust has not affected any of my transactions as of yet   I don't think it's as big a panic issue as some people think....

[shorena]

if only we can fix this flooding of transactions with upgrades would be really great

In a sense its fixed. For you running bitcoin core there are two problems from the spam.

#1 most common is that you will have to pay a higher fee and its complicated to know how high a good fee is. Bitcoin core is the only client I know that has a feature for this for a while. Some other clients new implement similar features so it will be common soon(ish). If the spam pays 20k satoshi per kb bitcoin core will adjust your fee accordingly. The send tab also allows you to set this either to fast (and pay a high fee) or to "normal" and pay a lower fee.

#2 less common is that your client runs out of resources as it is no longer able to handle the high amount of transactions. With 0.11. you can now decide how high a fee should be for your client to recognize the transaction as valid. You also can directly influence how many (in size) free transaction your node will relay.

#3 a somewhat often complaint I see is that one runs out of disk space and my server is currently shut down because its indeed full. 0.11. also offers a solution for this with pruning I just did not find the time to fix the issue yet.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I've been having problems with v0.10.2 , it was taking forever to actually open the wallet & sometimes if I hadn't synced for a few days it'd get stuck on a certain 'hours to go' & literally not move. The wallet wouldn't even close sometimes.

I've just upgraded to v0.11.0 & it's absolutely fine, quicker & worked 1st time. Marvellous.

[juankburke]

any major improvement over the transaction spamming so far ?