Upgrading bitcoin-qt

[ingvar_e]

I am upgrading from 0.14 to 0.18
I have copied the folder containing the 0.14 to a backup folder.
My plan was to just replace the exe file in the current folder.
Downloading  the 0.18 version gives me a  complete installation not just the exe file.

So that was not a valid procedure.
What is the correct procedure to upgrade?
If I understand things correctly I could do a clean install of 0.18 and use the current vallet
What is the vallet? the complete data folder?

[bob123]

If I understand things correctly I could do a clean install of 0.18 and use the current vallet

Yes.

What is the vallet? the complete data folder?

The wallet is the wallet.dat file in the data directory of core.

It is usually located in :
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Windows, which most probably is what you got since you are talking about a .exe),
~/.bitcoin/ (Linux) or
~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ (MacOS).

[ingvar_e]

Thanks bob123.

So I dont have to worry about that since that address will be the same  :-)

[bob123]

So I dont have to worry about that since that address will be the same  :-)

Your addresses are generated by your private keys.
And your private keys are derived from the seed which is 'held' by your wallet.dat file.

So yes. If you use the same wallet file with the new versions, your addresses will be the same.


Just make sure to backup your wallet.dat (if you don't have a backup yet) before installing the new version (just in case).

[HCP]

Downloading  the 0.18 version gives me a  complete installation not just the exe file.

Since you talk about .exe, I'm assuming you're on Windows... if you just wanted the executable and not the full install... you need to download the .zip, NOT the ".exe" (that's the full installer, that has "setup" in the file name)

So, from here: https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/
Click the "ZIP" link and download: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.18.0/bitcoin-0.18.0-win64.zip

Don't forget to verify the signatures!