I don't know if I should kick myself for not buying at 43, or to pat myself on the shoulder for not making any transactions while this issue is happening...
Topic: Alert: chain fork caused by pre-0.8 clients dealing badly with large blocks - page 25. (Read 155565 times)
March 11, 2013, 09:13:33 PM
March 11, 2013, 09:17:17 PM
I smell a mass sell off along the horizon...
I sure hope so ;)I was away from the computer for a few hours and all this happened. The bitcoin world is so exciting!
March 11, 2013, 09:16:41 PM
And why are we downgrading and not pushing 0.8 fork if bug is in 0.7 ?
I'm also wondering this. I'll upgrade right now if that will help fix the issue.
March 11, 2013, 09:16:27 PM
Will it ever be possible to upgrade to a client which can support these large blocks? Seems to me we're going to be stuck like this.
March 11, 2013, 09:15:33 PM
And why are we downgrading and not pushing 0.8 fork if bug is in 0.7 ?
March 11, 2013, 09:15:16 PM
Sent a lodgement to a well known BTC marketplace just before this hit, from a .7.2 Beta client. Obviously gone from the client but will it ever confirm and if no can I recover em?
Yes. This problem was with the formation of one block, and a block is naught but a container of transactions. All the same transactions are still being put into blocks by the 0.7 miners. The wallet version you run is completely unrelated to the problem, this problem only pertains to the version of mining software. AFAWCT absolutely all transactions will be handled properly, save the block rewards for the miners who mine into the losing chain of course.
March 11, 2013, 09:13:23 PM
I stand corrected. I thought there were more than 10k nodes worldwide.
Edit: On a side note, that's pretty unsettling. This currency is supposed to play a world-wide role and only 10k computers have the bitcoin program running?
Edit: On a side note, that's pretty unsettling. This currency is supposed to play a world-wide role and only 10k computers have the bitcoin program running?
March 11, 2013, 09:11:25 PM
PANIC SELL!!
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
On which exchange?
He's bullshitting. There really isn't a big issue. In fact, I usually don't upgrade my software until there are other versions out after the one I upgrade to, so that I can avoid any issues like this. So everyone just relax.
The issue isn't with 0.8, it's with 0.7 and lower. Because people like you didn't upgrade, we had to endure this chain fork.
Yep, my 600mhash is really fucking the network.
If all the pools, miners, merchants, and users upgraded, this would have been a non-issue.
And that is true. But I am on 0.7.2, and like I said in my post, I refuse to upgrade software to 0.8 until something newer comes out, or unless my transactions will cease to work properly because I'm on 0.7.2. Trying to pin this on me is comical at best. There are hundreds of thousands of users who haven't even upgraded to 0.7.2, not to mention the ones who haven't upgraded to 0.8. So I am the least of your troubles.
Hundreds of thousands of users? I see less than 10k nodes:
http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/branches.html
March 11, 2013, 09:10:41 PM
Sent a lodgement to a well known BTC marketplace just before this hit, from a .7.2 Beta client. Obviously gone from the client but will it ever confirm and if no can I recover em?
March 11, 2013, 09:10:21 PM
PANIC SELL!!
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
On which exchange?
He's bullshitting. There really isn't a big issue. In fact, I usually don't upgrade my software until there are other versions out after the one I upgrade to, so that I can avoid any issues like this. So everyone just relax.
The issue isn't with 0.8, it's with 0.7 and lower. Because people like you didn't upgrade, we had to endure this chain fork.
Yep, my 600mhash is really fucking the network.
No raindrop takes responsibility for the flood, they say. ;3
Sad but true.
March 11, 2013, 09:09:59 PM
Well talk about bad timing. Literally as the news flash hit, I sent a large amount of coin from one PC to another. The receiving PC runs 0.8 and the sending was much much older. The transaction seems to have worked, and the recipient PC is picking up confirmations, so I am hoping these transactions are all safe.
If the coins you sent were old enough (not from a block mined during the fork) you will be just fine. Even if the receiving PC is on the wrong chain in a few hours the good chain will pick up and have your transaction.
March 11, 2013, 09:07:49 PM
Granted I'm mining, but just rolled back to 0.7.0 and can update to current block just fine. Seems to be no issue now hopefully.
I mine on deepbit. Anyone knows if deepbit is at .8 or .7? I can't find it anywhere.
March 11, 2013, 09:09:50 PM
If all the pools, miners, merchants, and users upgraded, this would have been a non-issue.
but is that realistic? 
March 11, 2013, 09:09:20 PM
I made a purchase yesterday through localbitcoins.com before this all went down. I had that transferred to one of my blockchain wallets. It has at this point over 70 confirmations - is this entire transaction safe? I'm very new to this and I think I picked abad day to buy my first BTC
Perfectly safe.
Remarkable!
can we get a dumb down version, of what will happen to all the transactions that happened / happening during this bug?
March 11, 2013, 09:08:49 PM
PANIC SELL!!
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
On which exchange?
He's bullshitting. There really isn't a big issue. In fact, I usually don't upgrade my software until there are other versions out after the one I upgrade to, so that I can avoid any issues like this. So everyone just relax.
The issue isn't with 0.8, it's with 0.7 and lower. Because people like you didn't upgrade, we had to endure this chain fork.
Yep, my 600mhash is really fucking the network.
If all the pools, miners, merchants, and users upgraded, this would have been a non-issue.
And that is true. But I am on 0.7.2, and like I said in my post, I refuse to upgrade software to 0.8 until something newer comes out, or unless my transactions will cease to work properly because I'm on 0.7.2. Trying to pin this on me is comical at best. There are hundreds of thousands of users who haven't even upgraded to 0.7.2, not to mention the ones who haven't upgraded to 0.8. So I am the least of your troubles.
March 11, 2013, 09:08:10 PM
PANIC SELL!!
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
Price has just dropped to $30...
Im buying at $29
On which exchange?
He's bullshitting. There really isn't a big issue. In fact, I usually don't upgrade my software until there are other versions out after the one I upgrade to, so that I can avoid any issues like this. So everyone just relax.
The issue isn't with 0.8, it's with 0.7 and lower. Because people like you didn't upgrade, we had to endure this chain fork.
Yep, my 600mhash is really fucking the network.
No raindrop takes responsibility for the flood, they say. ;3
March 11, 2013, 09:07:46 PM
is it safe to redeem private keys on gox?
GoxUSD, GoxBTC and any other Gox-currency is safe, BTC traded on Gox is not on the block-chain, only in Gox database, it's virtual BTC so to speak. The only time Gox touches the block chain is for deposits and withdrawals.
So - yes it is safe.
This exactly. I'm just kicking myself for not transferring more cash in to buy more.
I made a purchase yesterday through localbitcoins.com before this all went down. I had that transferred to one of my blockchain wallets. It has at this point over 70 confirmations - is this entire transaction safe? I'm very new to this and I think I picked abad day to buy my first BTC
Perfectly safe.
March 11, 2013, 09:07:09 PM
I made a purchase yesterday through localbitcoins.com before this all went down. I had that transferred to one of my blockchain wallets. It has at this point over 70 confirmations - is this entire transaction safe? I'm very new to this and I think I picked abad day to buy my first BTC
Perfectly safe.
Phew! thanks. I'll hold on to them, I think after this little blip we'll return to normalcy.
March 11, 2013, 09:06:33 PM
I made a purchase yesterday through localbitcoins.com before this all went down. I had that transferred to one of my blockchain wallets. It has at this point over 70 confirmations - is this entire transaction safe? I'm very new to this and I think I picked abad day to buy my first BTC
Perfectly safe.
March 11, 2013, 09:06:06 PM
I made a purchase yesterday through localbitcoins.com before this all went down. I had that transferred to one of my blockchain wallets. It has at this point over 70 confirmations - is this entire transaction safe? I'm very new to this and I think I picked abad day to buy my first BTC
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