Is Amory compatible with Bitcoin Core 30.2?

[_Miracle]

It's been awhile since I've synced my wallet (2021).
I'm on Bitcoin Core 17.1 and loading for the last week. The old computer is Windows 7

One of the gift wallets I gave in 2014 wants to cash some and learn to use it.

Can I transact with 17.1 once synced?
He will likely use Kraken and then a lite wallet.

Any advice for sites he may find interesting?

I used to have Bitcoin Wisdom running all the time but now JM Bullion tracks the things I pay attention to since Ounce.me is no more
CoinMarketCap.com and CoinDesk still seem to be functioning but are those sites going to be useful for a "new" user?

Thank you in advance.

[ABCbits]

Is Amory compatible with Bitcoin Core 30.2?

No, at least for version 0.95.5 or lower.

Also please note that 0.96.5 cannot talk to Core RPC starting 0.28.x

It's been awhile since I've synced my wallet (2021).
I'm on Bitcoin Core 17.1 and loading for the last week. The old computer is Windows 7

I don't use Armory, but i have 2 warning.
1. Windows 7 last updated on 2020. So there may be security issue.
2. Since 2021, Bitcoin blockchain grows a lot (especially UTXO/chainstate size). So sync time may take very long if you use HDD to store blockchain data and you don't allocate much RAM for Bitcoin Core.

Any advice for sites he may find interesting?

I used to have Bitcoin Wisdom running all the time but now JM Bullion tracks the things I pay attention to since Ounce.me is no more
CoinMarketCap.com and CoinDesk still seem to be functioning but are those sites going to be useful for a "new" user?

I just checked CoinMarketCap and CoinDesk, but i unable to find beginner/newbie section. I'm sure CoinDesk used to provide that in past. My personal recommendation is part of Beginners section on https://learnmeabitcoin.com/.

[_Miracle]

Is Amory compatible with Bitcoin Core 30.2?

No, at least for version 0.95.5 or lower.

Also please note that 0.96.5 cannot talk to Core RPC starting 0.28.x

I don't use Armory, but i have 2 warning.
1. Windows 7 last updated on 2020. So there may be security issue.
2. Since 2021, Bitcoin blockchain grows a lot (especially UTXO/chainstate size). So sync time may take very long if you use HDD to store blockchain data and you don't allocate much RAM for Bitcoin Core.

Armory is v.96.5 and shows the restored paper wallet as available to spend (but I've gotten hung up in those types of transactions before).

Thank you for the info.

[goatpig]

Can I transact with 17.1 once synced?

Should work.

Is Amory compatible with Bitcoin Core 30.2?

You have to disable pruning and blockxor for Armory to be able to read the chain data on disk.

[_Miracle]

Can I transact with 17.1 once synced?

Should work.

Is Amory compatible with Bitcoin Core 30.2?

You have to disable pruning and blockxor for Armory to be able to read the chain data on disk.

Can I sweep keys into an Electrum wallet? I'm still a few years behind.

I may want to keep Armory for myself Is there a version of core I should try to update to?

P.S.
GoatPig,
Thank you for the support over the years. I hope you are prospering.

[goatpig]

Can I sweep keys into an Electrum wallet? I'm still a few years behind.

Yes, that should work.

Technically, you could also just sign the tx and broadcast it. To that avail, turn off Core and make sure autobitciond is turned off in Armory settings. Then start ArmoryQt and let build its db off of the blockchain data up to the most recent block you have on disk. You will get to see your balance for that height (some time in 2021/22 I presume). If your coins have not moved in the present, then they're still "there" in 2021 or whatever snapshot of the past you're working with. You can create and sign a valid transaction from that snapshot.

Use the offline transaction UI and once you have signed the tx, extract it in binary instead of trying to broadcast it from ArmoryQt. At that point, you can copy the tx binary and broadcast it via any web tool/explorer. If the tx is valid, it will mine.

This should make sense if you consider the blockchain is an append only ledger. If your coins have not moved since 2014, all you need is that data from 2014. None of the data added to the chain in the interim affects your coins, so you don't need it to create the tx.

I may want to keep Armory for myself Is there a version of core I should try to update to?

Any modern version works. You have to create/amend your bitcoin.conf to have the following:

Code:

blocksxor=0
prune=0

Since you started to download the chain with an old version of Core, you should be fine to update Core so long as you amend bitcoin.conf first. You should not have to redownload any of the chain data.