Why Bitcoin's Core Developers Want Multiple Versions
Recent debates about whether people should be allowed to make their own changes to the bitcoin protocol have highlighted an important notion: perhaps developing Bitcoin Core, the reference version of the code, isn't the only way for people to contribute. A recent alteration to the bitcoin code that made its way into a Linux variant called Gentoo left some people fuming before the developer switched it off by default. "These will never be merged into the bitcoin repository on Github, but people that want to use them can," bitcoin lead developer Wladimir J van der Laan said. But what is....
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Lately, the community has been keeping a warm discussion around what should be the updates implemented to the bitcoin core. Many developer teams have been presenting and working on their own versions of the new release. Now a new Bitcoin Core Candidate Release has been announced and Binaries for the Bitcoin Core version 0.11.2rc1 are now available. Release candidates are test versions for releases that are launched in beta versions to be tested. This is a release candidate for a new version release to update the bitcoin core software. It aims to implement security and bug fixes, the BIP65....
On February 16th, 2015, version 0.10.0 of Bitcoin Core was released. This update brings a whole new set of features and changes to improve the way Bitcoin Core is used. Upgrading is easy. First, you will be asked to shut down a previous versions that are running, if applicable. Then, run the new installer, and you are good to go. Do note that because the new release takes advantage of headers-first synchronization and downloading blocks in parallel, it is not backward compatible with older versions of Bitcoin Core. Like mentioned above, the new Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 is a major....
Bitcoin.org announced that the new bitcoin core version 0.11.0 is already ready for downloading. Users may also opt to upgrade the previous 0.10.0 version to access new features and implement bug fixes. To upgrade, users simply need to shut down the older version then run the installer, which is compatible for both Windows and Mac. Downgrading to older versions are still possible but there might be compatibility issues with versions earlier than 0.10.0 because of the headers-first synchronization and parallel block download features. Bitcoin Core Version Changes. In particular, downgrading....
Many people are keeping a close eye on the block size debate for very different reasons. Solving the Bitcoin block size problem has been a top priority for developers over the past few months. Multiple solutions have been proposed, although only two of them are in actual “contention” right now. Bitcoin Core developers have begun development of a third solution that would shift the block size to 2MB. It is always good to have options on the table. Even though Segregated Witness has not been denied by the mining community yet, it is due time to consider alternatives. Bitcoin Core developers....
A new post on the open-source Bitcoin.org website indicates its contributors have reason to believe the online resource may be targeted by malicious actors following an upcoming software release by Bitcoin Core developers. Bitcoin.org contributor Cobra-Bitcoin published a post today in which he indicated that certain resources the website intends to post following the Bitcoin Core development update could be the target of unspecified "state-sponsored attackers". At issue, the post asserts, is that Bitcoin.org generally posts binaries, or executable software versions of Bitcoin....