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Carlton Banks

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I have 17.1 and i'm getting warning: unknown block versions being mined.. But i'm not mining

like we used to get pre segwit..

it's likely because of miners using ASIC boost. the way that warning is triggered is currently up for debate (there's also a proposal to standardise ASIC boost, which would solve the problem another way)

no need to worry

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Quote from: Hoowallet.com on March 06, 2019, 04:45:50 AM

You guys are doing this on your own volition as there is no official organization for BTC?

What do you mean by "official" ?

BTC governance is decentralized with 3 types of constituents: devs, miners and users.
None of these groups can do things on their own without regards to what the other two are doing.

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I now wonder when CORE wallet out of beta test will be released.
0,17 - the same numbering of beta soft products

Carlton Banks

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Quote from: Hoowallet.com on March 06, 2019, 04:45:50 AM

You guys are doing this on your own volition as there is no official organization for BTC?

There's a handful of people (3 or 4 I think) that have merging rights to add or remove from Bitcoin's code. Then there's dozens of contributors who offer changes. The 3-4 that push the merge button only do so when they get the agreement of at least another 3 or 4 code contributors who are regulars on the project. If it's something totally trivial, like changing documentation, the mergers might not bother wasting time getting agreement first, though.

It's pretty informal overall (and typical for an open source project in that regard).

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You guys are doing this on your own volition as there is no official organization for BTC?

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Whats is bitcoin core ? Sorry newbie

bitcoin core is one bitcoin client software implementation.

see also here:
https://bitcoincore.org/en/about/

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Quote from: achow101 on February 17, 2019, 02:10:51 AM

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welp i am 17.1 and getting warning: unknown block versions being mined.. and i not mining Sad

That's unrelated to whether you are mining or not.

I believe that warning is being caused by miners using asicboost which modifies the version number.

That is the case.

This is now the majority of the Bitcoin mining network.

Getting close to half the blocks generated have asicboost version numbers, so that implies a large % of the network is now asicboost enabled - since those miners produce both types of blocks.

Bitmain S9s have had this option in the chips for over 2.5 years and almost anyone using one has enabled it in the past few months due to Bitmain releasing new firmware to support it.
Almost any new mining hardware released will include some form of asicboost.

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can we withdraw b2x to bitcoincore 0.17 wallet? or is only for BTC?

Bitcoin Core is a Bitcoin wallet. It does not support altcoins.

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Quote from: Icon on February 17, 2019, 01:29:19 AM

welp i am 17.1 and getting warning: unknown block versions being mined.. and i not mining Sad

That's unrelated to whether you are mining or not.

I believe that warning is being caused by miners using asicboost which modifies the version number.

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welp i am 17.1 and getting warning: unknown block versions being mined.. and i not mining Sad

like we used to get pre segwit..

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Quote from: Amph on February 14, 2019, 05:04:28 AM

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Quote from: Amph on February 10, 2019, 04:42:48 AM

i guess it's not mandatory we can skip it?

Yes, in fact there's no mandatory update, but only critical/important software update. Just hope you won't encounter one of bug which fixed on newest version.

so i have the "unknown rule" msg i can ignore it i suppose

Yes. Most of the times that means you're using older version of Bitcoin Core or block mined with AsicBoost.

But IMO it's still better to update your Bitcoin Core

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Quote from: Amph on February 10, 2019, 04:42:48 AM

i guess it's not mandatory we can skip it?

Yes, in fact there's no mandatory update, but only critical/important software update. Just hope you won't encounter one of bug which fixed on newest version.

so i have the "unknown rule" msg i can ignore it i suppose

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i guess it's not mandatory we can skip it?

Carlton Banks

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Quote from: Icon on January 16, 2019, 03:21:37 PM

Question i know what the datadir does, but what does the blocksdir do?

Lauda has it right

The idea is to put the chainstate folder on a fast disk (SSD flash), and the blocks folder on a cheap/slow/large disk (HDD mechanical).

chainstate changes all the time, and very rapidly while the blockchain is downloading first time. So it benefits from a fast disk
blocks do not change; Bitcoin writes a new block, then it's permanent. This only needs a slow disk, so you can use the cheap mechanical sort too

re: word seeds for wallets... don't know

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Quote from: Icon on January 16, 2019, 03:21:37 PM

Quote from: Carlton Banks on January 10, 2019, 02:38:31 PM

Quote from: IIOII on January 10, 2019, 01:57:29 PM

you certainly can run Bitcoin Core on a Raspberry Pi, you should be aware that the initial download and verification of the entire Bitcoin blockchain will take a lot of time (literally weeks on a slow computer like a Raspi). You also need a harddrive or flash storage

Another thing you can do is make smart use of the datadir and blocksdir parameters

Set datadir to a folder on a fast SSD (but not on the SD card)
Set blocksdir to a folder on a normal HDD

This will not only speed up syncing the blockchain, but also save the SD card from an early death (it actually speeds up sync on a regular PC too). And yes, definitely don't try to use your RasPi to sync the blockchain from zero, use a PC

Question i know what the datadir does, but what does the blocksdir do?

Main directory = datadir. Subdirectory containing blocks = blocksdir. The blocks directory uses up probably 96-97% of the required storage (minus the chainstate; the rest is trivial) to run Bitcoin Core. The blocksdir option allows you to change its location (e.g. to a HDD as is mentioned by achow).

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Quote from: Carlton Banks on January 10, 2019, 02:38:31 PM

Quote from: IIOII on January 10, 2019, 01:57:29 PM

you certainly can run Bitcoin Core on a Raspberry Pi, you should be aware that the initial download and verification of the entire Bitcoin blockchain will take a lot of time (literally weeks on a slow computer like a Raspi). You also need a harddrive or flash storage

Another thing you can do is make smart use of the datadir and blocksdir parameters

Set datadir to a folder on a fast SSD (but not on the SD card)
Set blocksdir to a folder on a normal HDD

This will not only speed up syncing the blockchain, but also save the SD card from an early death (it actually speeds up sync on a regular PC too). And yes, definitely don't try to use your RasPi to sync the blockchain from zero, use a PC

Question i know what the datadir does, but what does the blocksdir do?

Second why hasn't or (maybe it has already) bitcoin core wallet not allowed the 12 word seed phrase yet?

Thanks

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Quote from: Kolikalex55 on December 25, 2018, 01:33:29 PM

Apologize if I'm wrong. I was told that bitcoin is not controlled by anyone, but updates are coming out. As it turned out, he has no developers . How do updates happen ?) Thanks for the reply.

Hi, Bitcoin is a p2p network that need some software for work, the software of course need to make develop and had maintained, but the network can not be controller by any one, you need control at lest 51% of power of network if you want have the control of Bitcoin.
Regards.

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Why can't you please increase the block size to at least 8mb, Core? A bit more on-chain capacity could REALLY help the network....

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Quote from: achow101 on December 25, 2018, 03:22:05 PM

Quote from: Kolikalex55 on December 25, 2018, 01:33:29 PM

Apologize if I'm wrong. I was told that bitcoin is not controlled by anyone, but updates are coming out. As it turned out, he has no developers . How do updates happen ?) Thanks for the reply.

These are updates for a particular software called Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core is descended from the original Bitcoin software that Satoshi published. It is just the most popular of the many node software that people can run. The Bitcoin Core software is constantly being updated and changed, but that does not mean that Bitcoin itself changes. While the software may change, the same consensus rules are still being enforced and those do not change.

perfect reply.. I have full faith on you guys..

Carlton Banks

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Quote from: IIOII on January 10, 2019, 01:57:29 PM

you certainly can run Bitcoin Core on a Raspberry Pi, you should be aware that the initial download and verification of the entire Bitcoin blockchain will take a lot of time (literally weeks on a slow computer like a Raspi). You also need a harddrive or flash storage

Another thing you can do is make smart use of the datadir and blocksdir parameters

Set datadir to a folder on a fast SSD (but not on the SD card)
Set blocksdir to a folder on a normal HDD

This will not only speed up syncing the blockchain, but also save the SD card from an early death (it actually speeds up sync on a regular PC too). And yes, definitely don't try to use your RasPi to sync the blockchain from zero, use a PC

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