Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 Released

[tesla1994]

The bug is very serious. I suggest that for at least one month we all put a signature message to remind that everyone should upgrade. I already did it 

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[schyter]

If you have used the bitcoin code for your altcoin then you gotta upgrade as well

[achow101]

I was thinking of adding bitcore to my portfolio. I don't have lots of space in my drive though can you also do staking in Bitcore?

Bitcore is completely unrelated to Bitcoin Core. Questions about bitcore are off topic for this thread.

[GarySeven]

I downloaded the BTC blockchain and created a couple of wallets with the new version on a USB hard drive. I ran a few mined coins through the wallets and into CoinBase with no problems.

The trouble began when I inadvertently unplugged the hard drive. This is my second day attempting to recover the blockchain. Actually the first attempt resulted in a disk error and scan which was pretty fast but now it seems that I'm having to download the whole blockchain again which of course takes a day or so.

I'm hoping that my wallets are still intact after recovery. I have two workers pointed at those wallets so I am curious to see if the coins mined during the down time will be there.

I also wonder what happens if I ever shut down the node on purpose. I am assuming the wallets will be there but will I have to download the whole damn chain when I restart Core?

[achow101]

I downloaded the BTC blockchain and created a couple of wallets with the new version on a USB hard drive.

I would recommend against using USB drives for the blockchain. You are more likely to run into database corruption errors and accidentally corrupt the database by prematurely unplugging the drive (as you have done).

I'm hoping that my wallets are still intact after recovery.

If you are able to start Bitcoin Core with those wallets, then the wallets should be fine. Of course, you should double check that the private keys are correct by signing and verifying a few messages with your addresses.

I have two workers pointed at those wallets so I am curious to see if the coins mined during the down time will be there.

A wallet does not need to be online in order to receive Bitcoin.

I also wonder what happens if I ever shut down the node on purpose. I am assuming the wallets will be there but will I have to download the whole damn chain when I restart Core?

Bitcoin Core requires downloading and verifying the blockchain to work. The blockchain can be pruned, in which case blocks are discarded after they have been verified and area few hundred blocks deep into the blockchain. If you do not have a copy of the blockchain, it will need to be redownloaded.

[GarySeven]

Am I reading this right... 0.17.0 has just been released?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.17.0

[achow101]

Am I reading this right... 0.17.0 has just been released?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.17.0

It has been tagged and will be released in the next few days. The releases occur a few days after the tag is made so that the deterministic builds are done.

[Masterkai]

What about Bitcoin having like 11 forks?

[Rath_]

What about Bitcoin having like 11 forks?

Developers of every single fork will have to take care of that issue on their own. Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin, has already got its client patched. I wouldn't expect any reaction from the developers of, for example, Bitcoin Diamond, Emerald and any other Bitcoin clone which nobody uses.

@achow101 Do you happen to know why the minimum transaction fee is going to be lowered in the 0.18 release and not in the 0.17 one?

[achow101]

@achow101 Do you happen to know why the minimum transaction fee is going to be lowered in the 0.18 release and not in the 0.17 one?

The PR for that change was too close to the 0.17 branch off date and it did not have sufficient review to be merged.

[achow101]

Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 has been released