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Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT. Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.
wrong. XT is just as safe, or SAFER than Core.
To quote Celean on reddit:
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Running XT at this time is equivalent with running Core. It's the same network, and the same Bitcoins. At some point in the future, if 75% mining majority is reached (but not before January 2016), the network will split whenever a miner creates a block larger than 1MB. This will not be accepted by Core unless they adopt a large blocks patch, but will be accepted by XT, and at this point there will effectively be two chains.
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).
even though it is safer, it is less sustainable and may not be newbie friendly in case of XT.
Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT. Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.
wrong. XT is just as safe, or SAFER than Core.
To quote Celean on reddit:
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Running XT at this time is equivalent with running Core. It's the same network, and the same Bitcoins. At some point in the future, if 75% mining majority is reached (but not before January 2016), the network will split whenever a miner creates a block larger than 1MB. This will not be accepted by Core unless they adopt a large blocks patch, but will be accepted by XT, and at this point there will effectively be two chains.
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).
Running XT means that you will always be on the largest (75%+) chain, regardless of whether the fork actually happens or not. Running Core means that you will be left behind if a 75% majority is reached. Regardless of which version you run, coins will be safe (on both chains) as long as you acquired them prior to the fork, and for some time the chains will largely mirror each other, but eventually they will diverge due to different coinbases (mining rewards).
It sounds like the coin is about to officially fork but has any mining pool actually switched over? I support the larger blocks but don't see a true fork happening until the major players switch.
Jesus Christ, are you this fcking lazy?
I'm gonna let others to spoonfed you then
Yes, Just avoid Bitcoin XT. Stick with Bitcoin Core. it is safe and no fork issue.
I am in a favour of block size increase and I would like to check out new release. Did anybody check out the link and the download? Is it malicious or is it safe to use?
Thanks guys!
Thanks guys!
To anyone that keep asking this vs core:
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XT 0.11A has the following upgrades over Core:
Bigger blocks
Double spend relaying
Better DoS attack defences
BIP 65 / getutxos support
DNS seed list refresh
Bigger blocks
Double spend relaying
Better DoS attack defences
BIP 65 / getutxos support
DNS seed list refresh
So what is the point in switching?
Support bigger blocks so bitcoin can scale.
Is BitcoinXT client better than Bitcoin Core client?
Is equal currently, please read the rest of the discussion.it has some improvements (beside bigger blocks) and there is no risk in running XT
the majority of businesses, users and miners are in favor of bigger blocks because we need software that scales in the next 8-12 months.
Is BitcoinXT client better than Bitcoin Core client?
Is equal currently, please read the rest of the discussion.I'd advise people not to move over to XT at this moment. With 3% of the hash rate they're an unknown quantity. Stick to what we know works & holds a level of trust at the moment.
Ya, I agree with this line of thinking for the moment for sure.
I'd advise people not to move over to XT at this moment. With 3% of the hash rate they're an unknown quantity. Stick to what we know works & holds a level of trust at the moment.
@to the last two folks:
this version supports bigger blocks. it scales. if want to go to the moon with BTC, you should use it
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Why is Bitcoin forking?
Satoshi’s plan brought us all together. It changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of us across the globe. Some of us quit our jobs, others devoted their spare time to the project, still others founded companies and even moved across the world. It’s the idea of ordinary people paying each other via a block chain that created and united this global community.
That’s the vision I signed up for. That’s the vision Gavin Andresen signed up for. That’s the vision so many developers and startup founders and evangelists and users around the world signed up for.
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A long time ago, Satoshi put in place a temporary kludge: he limited the size of each block to one megabyte. He did this in order to keep the block chain small in the early days, until what we now call SPV wallets were built (‘client only mode’). As seen in the quote above, it was never meant to be permanent and he talked about phasing it out when the time came. In the end it wasn’t needed — I wrote the first SPV implementation in 2011 and with my esteemed colleague Andreas Schildbach, together we built the first and still most popular Android wallet. Since then SPV wallets have been made for every platform. So Satoshi’s reason for the temporary limit has been resolved a long time ago.
https://medium.com/@octskyward/why-is-bitcoin-forking-d647312d22c1
In Satoshis words i trust
this version supports bigger blocks. it scales. if want to go to the moon with BTC, you should use it
.Why is Bitcoin forking?
Satoshi’s plan brought us all together. It changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of us across the globe. Some of us quit our jobs, others devoted their spare time to the project, still others founded companies and even moved across the world. It’s the idea of ordinary people paying each other via a block chain that created and united this global community.
That’s the vision I signed up for. That’s the vision Gavin Andresen signed up for. That’s the vision so many developers and startup founders and evangelists and users around the world signed up for.
...
A long time ago, Satoshi put in place a temporary kludge: he limited the size of each block to one megabyte. He did this in order to keep the block chain small in the early days, until what we now call SPV wallets were built (‘client only mode’). As seen in the quote above, it was never meant to be permanent and he talked about phasing it out when the time came. In the end it wasn’t needed — I wrote the first SPV implementation in 2011 and with my esteemed colleague Andreas Schildbach, together we built the first and still most popular Android wallet. Since then SPV wallets have been made for every platform. So Satoshi’s reason for the temporary limit has been resolved a long time ago.
https://medium.com/@octskyward/why-is-bitcoin-forking-d647312d22c1
In Satoshis words i trust
Is BitcoinXT client better than Bitcoin Core client?
Is equal currently, please read the rest of the discussion.Thx, I will stay with bitcoin Core if they are equal. Why change?
So what is the point in switching?
Is BitcoinXT client better than Bitcoin Core client?
Is equal currently, please read the rest of the discussion.
Is BitcoinXT client better than Bitcoin Core client?
What is this download link , seems BitcoinXT link..
but i guess this is unofficial , shouldn't you Post a Virus Total scan along with That.
I alert people not to Download any S/W from the above Link unless OP does not Provide Virus Scan Result.
VirusTotal scan of bitcoin-0.11.0-win64.zip (https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/releases/download/v0.11A/bitcoin-0.11.0-win64.zip):
- https://www.virustotal.com/it/file/d69d7d76078c7a11dcc68ec158aa64c9b0dbdfebf227c5a625b933a91d94ed62/analysis/1439657647/
Scan the othes, here you can find the complete list :
- https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/releases/tag/v0.11A
What is this download link , seems BitcoinXT link..
but i guess this is unofficial , shouldn't you Post a Virus Total scan along with That.
I alert people not to Download any S/W from the above Link unless OP does not Provide Virus Scan Result.
What software is this, you just giving away a download link without explaining what is this.
Is this a Bitcoin wallet
Is this a Bitcoin wallet
it's bitcoin XT, but that link seems suspicious
Mayben someone can give a little help to Anna Mendoza
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bitcoin-xt/_YeEuaUu3Xk/R1n7ZGcnAwAJ
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Hi there,
I'm pleased to announce the release of Bitcoin XT 0.11A!
Download it from our new website:
https://bitcoinxt.software/
I'd like to thank Anna Mendoza for her hard work on the new logo and website, thanks Anna!
XT 0.11A has the following upgrades over Core:
Bigger blocks
Double spend relaying
Better DoS attack defences
BIP 65 / getutxos support
DNS seed list refresh
There are reproducible downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux 32/64 bit. There is also an apt repository that contains the reproducible binaries for Linux 64 bit, so those of us running XT on Linux servers can get software updates more easily. You can get the instructions on how to configure that from the website as well.
If you would like bigger blocks without any of the other features, you should compile the only-bigblocks branch of XT git yourself. That will produce a program that identifies itself as Core but contains Gavin's patches to vote for+eventually build 8mb+ blocks.
I'm pleased to announce the release of Bitcoin XT 0.11A!
Download it from our new website:
https://bitcoinxt.software/
I'd like to thank Anna Mendoza for her hard work on the new logo and website, thanks Anna!
XT 0.11A has the following upgrades over Core:
Bigger blocks
Double spend relaying
Better DoS attack defences
BIP 65 / getutxos support
DNS seed list refresh
There are reproducible downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux 32/64 bit. There is also an apt repository that contains the reproducible binaries for Linux 64 bit, so those of us running XT on Linux servers can get software updates more easily. You can get the instructions on how to configure that from the website as well.
If you would like bigger blocks without any of the other features, you should compile the only-bigblocks branch of XT git yourself. That will produce a program that identifies itself as Core but contains Gavin's patches to vote for+eventually build 8mb+ blocks.
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