Bitcoin 0.9.0 FINAL is available [Changelog] [Download] - page 5.

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Quote from: S4VV4S on March 20, 2014, 02:41:39 PM

OK, I just installed it and it says beta.
So is it the final release or a beta version?

This is the final version of Bitcoin 0.9.0 (its not a realase candidate).

All bitcoin realases have been beta since 2009, we will exit beta when Bitcoin reaches 1.0 version.

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Quote from: S4VV4S on March 20, 2014, 02:41:39 PM

OK, I just installed it and it says beta.
So is it the final release or a beta version?

Bitcoin as a whole has always been beta/experimental.

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OK, I just installed it and it says beta.
So is it the final release or a beta version?

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Quote from: GrapeApe on March 20, 2014, 01:59:46 PM

Quote from: J.Socal on March 20, 2014, 01:55:47 PM

I was using 0.8.4 before.I uninstalled it using windows uninstaller.restarted comp.Then installed 0.9.0..Its up and running already with all info from previous version.Is this normal?I thought It was suppose to install the blockchain again?

Yes that is normal you only need to redownload/reindex the blockchain if you were using 0.7.2 or earlier.

Quote from: C. Bergmann on March 20, 2014, 01:26:38 PM

I made it, and I think I have it. But ... what happened to the -datadir commandline? I need to redirect bitcoin core on another directory to load the blockchain ...

edit: datadir= is still in my .conf, but it still has to download all the blocks

I'm not sure what to tell you and Newar about this I've never had to use the -datadir command. I suppose if your wallet is intact and accessible by QT it could be worse.

Like I said a few post back installing Berkley DB 4.8 may have something to do with this but you should check with someone smarter than me...

I am guessing you are using windows?
You will need to create a .bat file in your Bitcoin.exe directory and just have a shortcut of that on your desktop or something.

@echo off
bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=X:\BitCoin

That did the trick for me Wink

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Quote from: J.Socal on March 20, 2014, 02:06:25 PM

Is there a way to delete transaction history?

Well if you must just move your current wallet.dat file to another directory and start QT when it doesn't find a wallet.dat file it will create a new one then you can make note of the newly created address and switch your old wallet.dat file back in there making sure to make a backup of the new one and not to get things mixed up and screwed up and then send all the coins to the new address. Don't get confused and mix things up you can loose your coins.....

Edit: To echo what Canary said once the transaction is entered into the blockchain it's there forever.

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Quote from: J.Socal on March 20, 2014, 02:13:37 PM

On my wallet I mean..Guess only way is to fully uninstall it and reinstall.

Your transactions are on blockchain. Your wallet file has your private key/s. When the client reads a tx on blockchain for which it has a private key, it lists them. That's what you're asking about?

You can't delete your tx's from blockchain.
You can delete your wallet file and get a new one, but even Satoshi himself said that you should keep your wallets around.

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On my wallet I mean..Guess only way is to fully uninstall it and reinstall.

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Quote from: J.Socal on March 20, 2014, 02:06:25 PM

Is there a way to delete transaction history?

There is really no good way to do this with Bitcoin.

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Is there a way to delete transaction history?

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Quote from: J.Socal on March 20, 2014, 01:55:47 PM

I was using 0.8.4 before.I uninstalled it using windows uninstaller.restarted comp.Then installed 0.9.0..Its up and running already with all info from previous version.Is this normal?I thought It was suppose to install the blockchain again?

Yes that is normal you only need to redownload/reindex the blockchain if you were using 0.7.2 or earlier.

Quote from: C. Bergmann on March 20, 2014, 01:26:38 PM

I made it, and I think I have it. But ... what happened to the -datadir commandline? I need to redirect bitcoin core on another directory to load the blockchain ...

edit: datadir= is still in my .conf, but it still has to download all the blocks

I'm not sure what to tell you and Newar about this I've never had to use the -datadir command. I suppose if your wallet is intact and accessible by QT it could be worse.

Like I said a few post back installing Berkley DB 4.8 may have something to do with this but you should check with someone smarter than me...

J.Socal

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I was using 0.8.4 before.I uninstalled it using windows uninstaller.restarted comp.Then installed 0.9.0..Its up and running already with all info from previous version.Is this normal?I thought It was suppose to install the blockchain again?

C. Bergmann

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I made it, and I think I have it. But ... what happened to the -datadir commandline? I need to redirect bitcoin core on another directory to load the blockchain ...

edit: datadir= is still in my .conf, but it still has to download all the blocks

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Quote from: wumpus on March 20, 2014, 11:50:00 AM

Quote from: C. Bergmann on March 20, 2014, 11:46:54 AM

How to uninstall the old client? Just delete the folder and the appdata? Do I have to delete the blocks also?

Run the uninstaller. If you never ran an installer, you don't need to do anything and you can just remove the old .exe.

Do not remove the data! (blocks and/or wallet) Do make sure that you back up your wallet before upgrading. Although the uninstaller doesn't touch the data, it doesn't hurt to be careful.

Thank you.
I don't have the option "uninstall".
I have a backup of the wallet.dat

So I just have to delete the old .exe? That's everything?

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Quote from: Newar on March 20, 2014, 12:50:41 PM

That worked, thank you. Next stumbling block: It seems the data directories for the blocks and wallet have changed? The client starts with 270 weeks back. Where can I set the datadir?

I didn't have to set my directory but this may help as a terminal command option -datadir= Specify data directory

Edit: I don't know if this has anything to do with it but you may have to install Berkley DB 4.8 but others here will know better than me about that. Don't do it based on my advice. I did to avoid the error I was getting when compiling my own.

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Quote from: GrapeApe on March 20, 2014, 12:28:36 PM

Quote from: wumpus on March 20, 2014, 12:21:36 PM

Quote from: Newar on March 20, 2014, 12:02:39 PM

It explains it, but how do you execute it? Stumped.

Either from the command line, or launch it from an (executable) script.

Open a terminal cd into the directory that bitcoin-qt is in and type "./bitcoin-qt &" without the quotes the & is there to just free it up from the terminal you opened it up with so you can close it out of the way.

That worked, thank you. Next stumbling block: It seems the data directories for the blocks and wallet have changed? The client starts with 270 weeks back. Where can I set the datadir?

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Quote from: wumpus on March 20, 2014, 12:21:36 PM

Quote from: Newar on March 20, 2014, 12:02:39 PM

It explains it, but how do you execute it? Stumped.

Either from the command line, or launch it from an (executable) script.

Open a terminal cd into the directory that bitcoin-qt is in and type "./bitcoin-qt &" without the quotes the & is there to just free it up from the terminal you opened it up with so you can close it out of the way.

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Quote from: Newar on March 20, 2014, 12:02:39 PM

It explains it, but how do you execute it? Stumped.

Either from the command line, or launch it from an (executable) script.

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Quote from: GrapeApe on March 20, 2014, 11:02:53 AM

Quote from: wumpus on March 20, 2014, 10:58:50 AM

Quote from: GrapeApe on March 20, 2014, 10:55:58 AM

Uuhh yeah thanks... It's checked, but for some reason gedit is set as default application to open it with and if I remove it as default app Ubuntu doesn’t know what to do with it. It's no big deal I was just curious why Ubuntu isn't recognizing it as an executable. All of the binaries in the bin directory are doing this...

It's because we are compiling/linking with -pie. This adds address space randomization, which is a security/hardening feature that makes exploits more difficult. But it means that the executable is seen as a shared library by naive tools such as "file" and seemingly the Gnome file manager.

Yep that explains it perfectly. Thanks to all that responded and a Big Thanks to the devs.

Edit: And yes I am using the Gnome file manager.....

It explains it, but how do you execute it? Stumped.

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Quote from: C. Bergmann on March 20, 2014, 11:46:54 AM

How to uninstall the old client? Just delete the folder and the appdata? Do I have to delete the blocks also?

Run the uninstaller. If you never ran an installer, you don't need to do anything and you can just remove the old .exe.

Do not remove the data! (blocks and/or wallet) Do make sure that you back up your wallet before upgrading. Although the uninstaller doesn't touch the data, it doesn't hurt to be careful.

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Don't delete the data folder (answered earlier in this thread). Especially not your wallet.dat!!! Well, at least not until you're 100% sure you've backed up the latest version properly.

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