New version is released. Lets check it out

[Mickeyb]

I am in a favour of block size increase and I would like to check out new release. Did anybody check out the link and the download? Is it malicious or is it safe to use?
Thanks guys!

[tadakaluri]

Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT.  Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.

[meono]

It sounds like the coin is about to officially fork but has any mining pool actually switched over? I support the larger blocks but don't see a true fork happening until the major players switch.

Jesus Christ, are you this fcking lazy?

I'm gonna let others to spoonfed you then

[Hexadecibel]

Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT.  Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.

wrong. XT is just as safe, or SAFER than Core.

To quote Celean on reddit:

Running XT at this time is equivalent with running Core. It's the same network, and the same Bitcoins. At some point in the future, if 75% mining majority is reached (but not before January 2016), the network will split whenever a miner creates a block larger than 1MB. This will not be accepted by Core unless they adopt a large blocks patch, but will be accepted by XT, and at this point there will effectively be two chains.
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).

[lottery248]

Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT.  Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.

wrong. XT is just as safe, or SAFER than Core.

To quote Celean on reddit:

Running XT at this time is equivalent with running Core. It's the same network, and the same Bitcoins. At some point in the future, if 75% mining majority is reached (but not before January 2016), the network will split whenever a miner creates a block larger than 1MB. This will not be accepted by Core unless they adopt a large blocks patch, but will be accepted by XT, and at this point there will effectively be two chains.
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).

i guess this would end up with major amount of storage waste due to the blockchain synchronization problem.
even though it is safer, it is less sustainable and may not be newbie friendly in case of XT.

[abyrnes81]

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