Thanks Core devs for 0.14

[pereira4]

Testing out Bitcoin Core 0.14 for the first time. The boot time was decreased (again, how do they do it? it keeps getting faster). Nice performance, and now the wait to sync isn't desperating thinking you are making 0 progress because of the new window that shows remaining blocks.

Remember to download your Bitcoin Core 0.14 today and run a full node.

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[Lauda]

Nice performance, and now the wait to sync isn't desperating thinking you are making 0 progress because of the new window that shows remaining blocks.

There is a very trivial way to check what is going on with the synchronization. Help - Debug Console; look whether this number is incrementing:


Full release notes (in case someone missed them, but they are stickied in this section): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.14/doc/release-notes.md
The mentioned performance improvements are described there.

[Hazir]

0.14 might not be that different when you look at front end panel, but there are some pretty interesting changes under the hood.

- "Assumevalid" blocks  - should significantly speed up verification of blocks, it automates validation process by assuming that all transactions up to a certain block are valid

- Improved Fee Estimation - this is much needed functionality in the time of current high fees, with standard setting most transactions made from Bitcoin Core should confirm within an hour

- devs added option to boost your transaction by increase fee of already existing transaction

There are more upgrades and changes in Bitcoin Core 0.14 but these are the most interesting features IMO.

[mmo_online_1981]

Great update for BTC( I think only)