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November 29, 2015, 07:24:33 PM
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My Bitcoin client 11.1 is telling me it's obsolete and to upgrade.  Why is the relatively current client obsolete?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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Each block is stacked on top of the previous one. Adding another block to the top makes all lower blocks more difficult to remove: there is more "weight" above each block. A transaction in a block 6 blocks deep (6 confirmations) will be very difficult to remove.
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November 29, 2015, 08:16:20 PM
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My Bitcoin client 11.1 is telling me it's obsolete and to upgrade.  Why is the relatively current client obsolete?
It shouldn't be telling you that. There is no current warning out there. The only thing that I can think of that would cause this warning is that somehow you ended up on a fork of the blockchain.

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November 29, 2015, 08:30:17 PM
Last edit: November 29, 2015, 08:51:49 PM by os2sam
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My Bitcoin client 11.1 is telling me it's obsolete and to upgrade.  Why is the relatively current client obsolete?
It shouldn't be telling you that. There is no current warning out there. The only thing that I can think of that would cause this warning is that somehow you ended up on a fork of the blockchain.

How would I go about verifying that?  And what should I do about it you think?

Edit: I shut down the client and restarted it and now the warning message is no longer there.  Doesn't give me warm fuzzy feeling though.

I thought only a very small number of devs had the means of sending a warning like that?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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November 29, 2015, 08:52:38 PM
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My Bitcoin client 11.1 is telling me it's obsolete and to upgrade.  Why is the relatively current client obsolete?
It shouldn't be telling you that. There is no current warning out there. The only thing that I can think of that would cause this warning is that somehow you ended up on a fork of the blockchain.

How would I go about verifying that?  And what should I do about it you think?
Check the highest block you have and the block hashes. Make sure that they match the blocks at block explorers like blockr.io blocktrail.com and blockchain.info. If it doesn't something is wrong and you will need to resync. Otherwise, I have no idea.

Edit: just found out why. Read this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/363szi/bitcoin_core_09x_error_message_warning_this/. It still applies to this. Upgrade to 0.11.2 since the new blocks are version 4 blocks to enable OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY. Those v4 blocks are only supported with 0.11.2 and 0.10.4 as of now.

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November 29, 2015, 09:04:11 PM
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My Bitcoin client 11.1 is telling me it's obsolete and to upgrade.  Why is the relatively current client obsolete?
It shouldn't be telling you that. There is no current warning out there. The only thing that I can think of that would cause this warning is that somehow you ended up on a fork of the blockchain.

How would I go about verifying that?  And what should I do about it you think?
Check the highest block you have and the block hashes. Make sure that they match the blocks at block explorers like blockr.io blocktrail.com and blockchain.info. If it doesn't something is wrong and you will need to resync. Otherwise, I have no idea.

I ran "getblockchaininfo" and the last block and the hash matched what blockchain.info had.  But this is after restarting my client and now the error is gone.
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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November 29, 2015, 09:05:57 PM
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Edit: just found out why. Read this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/363szi/bitcoin_core_09x_error_message_warning_this/. It still applies to this. Upgrade to 0.11.2 since the new blocks are version 4 blocks to enable OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY. Those v4 blocks are only supported with 0.11.2 and 0.10.4 as of now.
Hmm.  That is talking about .9.5 but I guess it would pertain to my 11.1 version too.  But why has the warning disappeared now after the restart, I wonder?
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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