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From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x?
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:04:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD2Ti28baaYbbYvNxUgb2PNz0UjURkE5ROtmdSJ8nxvp4+fFKA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17182C57-07C5-4E35-9F04-DC2B8C96A8EB@ceptacle.com>

>> 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).



  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-16 22:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-14  2:49 [Bitcoin-development] Ok to use 0.8.x? grarpamp
2013-03-14  4:01 ` Gavin Andresen
2013-03-14  8:33   ` Michael Gronager
2013-03-16 22:04     ` grarpamp [this message]
2013-03-16 22:17       ` Peter Todd

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