[Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[grarpamp]

Assuming a new install and first time connection to the net,
is using 0.8.x [1] safe to use, for all (or select?) purposes,
regarding the current fork issue?

If not, is there a recommended branch, tag, or commit, for
all such (or select?) purposes, until such time as an upgrade
alert is broadcasted?

Thanks.

[1] Regarding possible 0.8.x flavors...

There are only 'branch master' and 'tag v0.8.0' here:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

There are no 0.8.x branch or tags here yet:
https://git.gitorious.org/bitcoin/bitcoind-stable

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[Gavin Andresen]

Bitcoin version 0.8.0 is safe to use for everything EXCEPT creating blocks.

So: safe for everybody except solo miners / pool operators.

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Gavin Andresen

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[Michael Gronager]

> Bitcoin version 0.8.0 is safe to use for everything EXCEPT creating blocks.
> 
> So: safe for everybody except solo miners / pool operators.

And even solo miners / pool operators can use it if connected to the network only through a 0.7 node.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[grarpamp]

>> Bitcoin version 0.8.0 is safe to use for everything EXCEPT creating blocks.
>>
>> So: safe for everybody except solo miners / pool operators.
>
> And even solo miners / pool operators can use it if connected to the network only through a 0.7 node.

I'll go ahead and use 0.8.x since it will be just transactions and queries.

I'm guessing this will all be fixed in a couple weeks and that ASIC and FPGA
miners will have their softcode updated, as will the pure softminers (GPU).

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?

[Peter Todd]

Hardware mining rigs do not need updating - they all are designed to connect directly to a pool and it is the pool that makes all block related decisions. All the miner, or as I prefer to call them hasher, sees is an 80 byte block header and possibly with stratum and getblocktemplate enough other information like a partial merkle tree to roll the extranonce.

On 2013-03-16, at 18:04, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Bitcoin version 0.8.0 is safe to use for everything EXCEPT creating blocks.
>>> 
>>> So: safe for everybody except solo miners / pool operators.
>> 
>> And even solo miners / pool operators can use it if connected to the network only through a 0.7 node.
> 
> I'll go ahead and use 0.8.x since it will be just transactions and queries.
> 
> I'm guessing this will all be fixed in a couple weeks and that ASIC and FPGA
> miners will have their softcode updated, as will the pure softminers (GPU).
> 
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