aleksej996
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August 03, 2017, 03:15:54 PM |
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I don't see why you wouldn't upgrade.
New versions of Bitcoin Core use the same data directory as the old one where blockchain is stored. I don't know about your installation procedure, but you just need to keep the data directory, that is it. If you want, you can simply rename the data directory, uninstall the current client and install the new one. That way you can be sure that uninstalling the old client won't remove the directory, but it might be unnecessary to do that if installing the new client will just overwrite the executables. If you are compiling from source then it shouldn't touch your data directory, for other installation methods I am not sure.
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