Bitcoin Core (Bitcoin-Qt) 0.9.1 released - update required

[bitpop]

How do I install this for Linux Mint? On the previous version there was just a bitcoin-qt file which I could click on and run. Now the extracted folder contains several files, none of which are executable. I am stupid and know almost nothing about using the terminal, compiling libraries, etc. Can someone give me a simple explanation please?

Go to bin 64

I have done that and clicked bitcoin-qt. I get the following error:

Could not display "/home/robert/Programs/bitcoin-0.9.1-linux/bin/64/bitcoin-qt". There is no application installed for shared library files. Do you want to search...

That's right they made the resources static. I don't know any more. Try 32?

[Siegfried]

How do I install this for Linux Mint? On the previous version there was just a bitcoin-qt file which I could click on and run. Now the extracted folder contains several files, none of which are executable. I am stupid and know almost nothing about using the terminal, compiling libraries, etc. Can someone give me a simple explanation please?

Go to bin 64

I have done that and clicked bitcoin-qt. I get the following error:

Could not display "/home/robert/Programs/bitcoin-0.9.1-linux/bin/64/bitcoin-qt". There is no application installed for shared library files. Do you want to search...

That's right they made the resources static. I don't know any more. Try 32?

Tried both. Thanks anyway.

[jambola2]

Edit: using electrum is safe.

Was scared shitless , until I saw this.

[bitpop]

If you guys are worried, transfer everything to a paper wallet you made offline and let this blow over.

[Quantus]

I was running Bitcoin_qt 9.0. I downloaded the Bitcoin qt 9.1 setup.exe file and ran it. Am I good?


EDIT: I did't uninstall anything prior to installing 9.1 is that ok?

[pandacoin]

I have 0.8.5 version. Should I upgrade too? Backup before upgrade?

[fryarminer]

What about Mycelium - is it safe?

[bitpop]

I was running Bitcoin_qt 9.0. I downloaded the Bitcoin qt 9.1 setup.exe file and ran it. Am I good?


EDIT: I did't uninstall anything prior to installing 9.1 is that ok?

Good double check about version

[bitpop]

I have 0.8.5 version. Should I upgrade too? Backup before upgrade?

You don't have to but yes and yes

[bitpop]

What about Mycelium - is it safe?

Safe just check their site for updates

[DeathAndTaxes]

I have 0.8.5 version. Should I upgrade too? Backup before upgrade?

If you don't use RPC over SSL then there is no need to upgrade, of course an upgrade won't hurt.

As for "backup before upgrade"?  ALWAYS backup before upgrade, every single upgrade and periodically between upgrades.  You never need to ask that question again because there is never a scenario where if you are deciding if you should make a backup that it would be a bad idea to do so.  Always use dates in the names of backups so you don't write over previous versions.

[pandacoin]

Thanks. I already update my wallet regularly with timestamps. I mean will backup process and old backups affected for this? I use vanity addresses I created. Should I create new normal addresses?
I upgraded to 0.9.1 without a problem.

[bitpop]

Thanks. I already update my wallet regularly with timestamps. I mean will backup process and old backups affected for this? I use vanity addresses I created. Should I create new normal addresses?
I upgraded to 0.9.1 without a problem.

Reusing addresses is bad anyway, I say start fresh. Don't lose old wallets tho.

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Okay, I'm using (According to the debug screen):

v0.8.6-beta
Which has
OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012


Never clicked on any "payment" thingys and I've only received BTC and sent BTC from it.
My bitcoin.conf is empty.

Never heard of this "rpcssl" option so I've never used it.
Am I good? Or must I update to 0.9.1?
Thanks guys  

[mufa23]

I hate being forced into new updates. Like MoonShadow once said (and I am paraphrasing): "I like to wait until they have ironed out the bugs with new releases before I update". I've been following that same rule, and only update if it's absolutely necessary. Which is why I never even upgraded to v0.9

That's a good policy. I also do that. You don't need to update from versions older than 0.9.0 unless you're using rpcssl. Most people aren't.

How can you tell when you are using rpcssl? What activates/turns it on? I've never manually ran any RPC commands that had to do with SSL. Just importing privkeys.

Even if you are using RPC you would have had to manually create a SSL private key and SSL cert using openssl and then manually install those by setting params in the bitcoin.conf in order to be be exectuing those RPC calls over SSL.

If all of those sounds foreign the simple answer is unless you already knew you were using RPC over SSL you weren't using it.

Sounds good then. Just running with whatever default settings comes when you install it. Minus the "-detachdb" and "-datadir" (to download the blockchain to a different hard drive) commands. I don't even have the "bitcoin.conf" file, so nothing to worry about. Thanks! (off topic: i'm enjoying your RNG thread btw)

I have 0.8.5 version. Should I upgrade too? Backup before upgrade?

As for "backup before upgrade"?  ALWAYS backup before upgrade, every single upgrade and periodically between upgrades.  You never need to ask that question again because there is never a scenario where if you are deciding if you should make a backup that it would be a bad idea to do so.  Always use dates in the names of backups so you don't write over previous versions.

+1
I cannot stress this enough! ALWAYS backup before doing anything with your wallet. Between upgrades, when you import keys, etc... And keep the backups in multiple secure places.

[7Priest7]

Never heard of this "rpcssl" option so I've never used it.
Am I good? Or must I update to 0.9.1?
Thanks guys  

The HeartBleed vulnerability has been around ~2 years.
OpenSSL is the program effected. The OpenSSL team has only discovered this vulnerability yesterday.
It is not specific to bitcoin-qt.
Anytime you have bitcoin-qt open you are potentially at risk.

[Siegfried]

How do I install this for Linux Mint? On the previous version there was just a bitcoin-qt file which I could click on and run. Now the extracted folder contains several files, none of which are executable. I am stupid and know almost nothing about using the terminal, compiling libraries, etc. Can someone give me a simple explanation please?

Please.

[almightyruler]

How do I install this for Linux Mint? On the previous version there was just a bitcoin-qt file which I could click on and run. Now the extracted folder contains several files, none of which are executable. I am stupid and know almost nothing about using the terminal, compiling libraries, etc. Can someone give me a simple explanation please?

Please.

Almost sounds like you've downloaded a source archive. Are you sure you've downloaded https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.1/bitcoin-0.9.1-linux.tar.gz , 36MB in size?

I had a quick look at this archive and the executables appear to be there:

bin/32/bitcoin-qt
bin/64/bitcoin-qt

[seriouscoin]

Armory offline and online are both safe right?

I'm using Armory 0.8.x

[gweedo]

Armory offline and online are both safe right?

I'm using Armory 0.8.x

Yes because it doesn't bitcoind rpcssl.