Topic: Bitcoin Core version 0.10.2 released (Read 867 times)

You dont need to download the data again after an update. The existing data will be used its just the executable part of bitcoin core that is replaced.

@dothebeats you could probably buy a USB stick or set of DVDs with the bootstrap.dat. As long as your connection is fast enough to stay synced it would only require you to download a few days worth of blockchain data.

That's good to hear since loading the full blockchain takes a while on my PC
Still using a pre 0.10 edition myself so will need to upgrade soon

I can see where that would be a problem for somebody with slow internet or data caps.

Luckily The Bitcoin Core Developers have been making headway in regards to the speed at which the blockchain downloads.

The only problem I have in installing Bitcoin Core in my machine is the long download time of the block chain. Because of slow internet, it will take me weeks to complete the download. Tried the torrent, even that will take me a week or so of synchronization.

And a user friendlier version of the download page here: https://bitcoin.org/en/download
 

there is still the problem of synching hanging at the start of core? it appear soemtimes and it is very annoying, i don't think it's only a problem related to the nodes

That's what I meant, the Blockchain.
So, it's faster to download with the bitcoin core itself. Thx for the help

I didn't use the bitcoin core a long time, and i don't want to use it in the feature. I believe lots of people have then same feeling as me, we just use SPV wallet.

I assume you are referring to the blockchain?

As of version 0.10.0 it is actually faster to download the blockchain directly with Bitcoin Core instead of the via the torrent.

If you would like to download Bitcoin Core via a torrent that link is here: https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.2/bitcoin-0.10.2.torrent

I hope this helps.

this is the torrent link https://bitcointalk.org/bitcoin-0.10.1.torrent

thank you for the update by the way

If that possible to download the synchronization data manually? I mean, download it with Torrent?

Bitcoin Core version 0.10.2 is now available from:

https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.2/

This is a new minor version release, bringing minor bug fixes and translation updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues

Upgrading and downgrading
=========================

How to Upgrade
--------------

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).

Downgrade warning
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Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software:

Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work anymore as a result of this.

The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is stored on disk, which earlier versions won?t support.

If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.

This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.

Notable changes
===============

This fixes a serious problem on Windows with data directories that have non-ASCII characters (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6078).

For other platforms there are no notable changes.

For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md

0.10.2 Change log
=================

Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.

Wallet: - 824c011 fix boost::get usage with boost 1.58

Miscellaneous: - da65606 Avoid crash on start in TestBlockValidity with gen=1. - 424ae66 don?t imbue boost::filesystem::path with locale ?C? on windows (fixes #6078)

Credits
=======

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

- Cory Fields
- Gregory Maxwell
- Jonas Schnelli
- Wladimir J. van der Laan

And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research:
- dexX7
- Pieter Wuille
- vayvanne

As well as everyone that helped translating on Transifex - https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/