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I just built a 0.12 (Bitcoin Core version v0.12.0.0-g188ca9c (64-bit) for a qt-wallet in a linux x64 system...
I'm lagging 4 days behind and I'm evaluating the performance on a quad core q8200 / 2.33ghz, 4gb ram / samsung 850evo. Validation threads are set manually to 4.
So, there are some points during the sync process where
- either network is downloading and cpu doing almost nothing
- network is not downloading much or at all and cpu is doing nothing (2-3% cpu use)
I use to think it was mechanical I/O lag as long as I had it in the mechanical disk, back in the 11.2 version, but now even that is excluded (due to SSD use / I'm also monitoring write/read/IO data and it's pretty low).
There are simply some points in which time is wasted for whatever reason and it's just plain faster to shut bitcoin-qt down, restart the wallet, and it immediately starts syncing faster again - chewing blocks fast instead of being stuck or doing them slowly.
11.1 used to be good, 11.2 I think had this type of performance regression / inconsistent syncing, 12 is similar - at least in my experience.
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February 22, 2016, 02:31:54 AM |
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I expect someone will make a torrent available of a fully pruned .bitcoin/ folder. You would need to trust them, but it would be a good fast way of getting your "full node" initialized if you do.
I don't think that will work, as you have to customise the pruning to your wallet. You can also set the pruning size, and I don't think all people will use the same value. No, you can prune a previously full node. Edit: Oh, an already pruned blockchain as a torrent download? That might work to drop in and have it generate a new wallet.dat. It doesn't generally work if you already have a wallet.dat that you want to use with it. |
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February 22, 2016, 03:24:10 PM |
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Bitcoin.org will probably update sometime between today and Monday - I'm not sure when. If you're really itching to try 0.12.0, I uploaded the binaries here: https://mega.nz/#F!Q9MUgQZD!Wq44qDAtHzGEvifAxQIZbA Verify them against the available gitian sigs. (Ie. look at the out_manifest section of the assert files in the gitian.sigs repo, compare those hashes to the files you download, and also gpg-verify the signatures on the assert files.) It's monday already and still no 0.12.0 in official site  Can you confirm if it will happen today? What happened. I am going to wait for the official site to update since it should be happening soon anyway and I don't have much free time this week so im not in a rush to update, but I thought it would be up today. |
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February 22, 2016, 03:29:28 PM |
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Bitcoin.org will probably update sometime between today and Monday - I'm not sure when. If you're really itching to try 0.12.0, I uploaded the binaries here: https://mega.nz/#F!Q9MUgQZD!Wq44qDAtHzGEvifAxQIZbA Verify them against the available gitian sigs. (Ie. look at the out_manifest section of the assert files in the gitian.sigs repo, compare those hashes to the files you download, and also gpg-verify the signatures on the assert files.) It's monday already and still no 0.12.0 in official site Can you confirm if it will happen today? What happened. I am going to wait for the official site to update since it should be happening soon anyway and I don't have much free time this week so im not in a rush to update, but I thought it would be up today. No idea why it hasn't officially been released yet. I will be asking this shortly in the mailing list. |
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February 22, 2016, 03:53:12 PM |
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It's supposed to be released today or maybe tomorrow.
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February 22, 2016, 04:45:44 PM |
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So, the prune mode, how does it compare to Electrum, relative to size and setup time?
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February 22, 2016, 06:02:27 PM |
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So, the prune mode, how does it compare to Electrum, relative to size and setup time?
It takes way longer, because you still need to download the entire blockchain. It uses way more space, because you still need to store a significant amount of data (~2 GB IIRC). |
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February 22, 2016, 09:16:45 PM |
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Anything I need to be aware of as a technical amateur? I'm running 0.11.2 simply as a way to store a portion of my stash safely. Anything I need to know when I upgrade to 0.12 ?
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February 22, 2016, 09:19:36 PM |
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Anything I need to be aware of as a technical amateur? I'm running 0.11.2 simply as a way to store a portion of my stash safely. Anything I need to know when I upgrade to 0.12 ?
You can check the release notes at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.12/doc/release-notes.md but no, I don't think there is anything really that you should be worried about when upgrading. |
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February 22, 2016, 09:48:32 PM |
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Anything I need to be aware of as a technical amateur? I'm running 0.11.2 simply as a way to store a portion of my stash safely. Anything I need to know when I upgrade to 0.12 ?
You can check the release notes at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.12/doc/release-notes.md but no, I don't think there is anything really that you should be worried about when upgrading. Thanks bro, as always literally one of the most helpful, knowledgable posters I've come across here  |
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February 23, 2016, 04:25:05 PM |
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Well this is odd. I just updated from 11.2 and now I have a 'Pending' amount in my wallet that was not there before and there are no transactions for that amount that show in my wallet or blockchain for my address.
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February 23, 2016, 06:04:54 PM |
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Well this is odd. I just updated from 11.2 and now I have a 'Pending' amount in my wallet that was not there before and there are no transactions for that amount that show in my wallet or blockchain for my address.
Did you do this transaction or is it an incoming one? It is weird that it doesn't show up on the blockchain, usually this is because it hasn't spread yet to the network, but im not sure how the pending stuff works tbh. |
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February 24, 2016, 01:01:51 AM |
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Well this is odd. I just updated from 11.2 and now I have a 'Pending' amount in my wallet that was not there before and there are no transactions for that amount that show in my wallet or blockchain for my address.
Not sure what would cause that, but a rescan might fix it. |
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February 24, 2016, 06:17:51 AM |
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Ok not sure what is going on.
I cant get Linux to recognize 0.12.0 exists. It is almost like my registry is not updating. I have also tried removing 0.11.2 and re installing using all the normal commands I use and when I try to load back on Ubuntu. I'm still on 0.11.2. I have never had a problem in the past. Any ideas?
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February 24, 2016, 07:04:12 AM |
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Ok not sure what is going on.
I cant get Linux to recognize 0.12.0 exists. It is almost like my registry is not updating. I have also tried removing 0.11.2 and re installing using all the normal commands I use and when I try to load back on Ubuntu. I'm still on 0.11.2. I have never had a problem in the past. Any ideas?
Most likely, it's installed in more than one place so you've still got a copy of the old version after you thought you removed it. What happens when you run " which -a bitcoin-qt"? |
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February 24, 2016, 08:54:50 AM |
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Ok not sure what is going on.
I cant get Linux to recognize 0.12.0 exists. It is almost like my registry is not updating. I have also tried removing 0.11.2 and re installing using all the normal commands I use and when I try to load back on Ubuntu. I'm still on 0.11.2. I have never had a problem in the past. Any ideas?
The repos take a few days usually, if you installed from a repo (apt-get install ...) you need to wait. |
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February 24, 2016, 02:35:32 PM
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Sorry was 2 am and had a few. Intended to say repository not registry. |
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February 24, 2016, 02:36:26 PM |
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Ok not sure what is going on.
I cant get Linux to recognize 0.12.0 exists. It is almost like my registry is not updating. I have also tried removing 0.11.2 and re installing using all the normal commands I use and when I try to load back on Ubuntu. I'm still on 0.11.2. I have never had a problem in the past. Any ideas?
The repos take a few days usually, if you installed from a repo (apt-get install ...) you need to wait. Thanks that was it. They have it fixed now. |
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