URGENT MANDATORY SOFTWARE UPGRADE - Feathercoind 0.8.6.2
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yes it would, but I am going to ask why, after I just gathered all of my coins from my pool(s), and the block index/chain WAS up to date, did the new 0.8.6.2 go ahead and go through the entire blockchain index AGAIN, and take all that time to do what was already done?
I wasn’t having any problems. Isn’t that called a waste of time?
did we actually CHANGE block chains?
I thought this was for the upcoming HARD FORK, and shouldn’t affect anything.
If it wasn’t supposed to affect anything, then why all the new stuff, when all we needed was a new -qt file?
It is “re-indexing” my block chain file(s), and will probably take hours. [after 40 minutes it is still 20 weeks behind], WHEN I WAS ALREADY CAUGHT UP!!!
All we really should have needed was a new feathercoin-qt.exe and not all of this creating a new directory, under program files, etc.
I, already had all of that and nothing was wrong with it. I had to redo all of my stuff because of this.
I know…boo hoo, but it was a waste of time.
I don’t get it.
“If it [ain’t] broke, don’t fix it”.
NOTE THIS:
You should ALWAYS make a note, too, to back up your wallet.dat file, just because, any time you issue a new fix.
NEVER EVER trust a new file to do what it says.
ALWAYS back up your wallet file, preferrably on usb stick. And Encrypt it, so no one can steal it, even if they DO find it.
And, while you are at it, keep a copy in a text file of your password, on yet, another usb stick. If you forget it, you know where to go and get it.
Cut and paste it, so you have an EXACT copy of it, capital letters, symbols, etc, into a text file (use wordpad ,notepad, whatever, something simple and easy to use).
If you are old. like me, then leave someone a message to where all of this is, so they can find it (all of it, wallet.dat file(s) and the encrypted password text file(s) ) if something happens to you.
I have my usb sticks chained together, so I know where both are, marked with a silver marker pen as to which is which. One has wallets, one has passwords. BOTH would have to be in my machine, at the same time, in order for someone to steal my wallet(s) contents.
I back up, at least once a week, so I am never far behind the blockchain(s) for my different coins.
A small 4gb usb stick is all you need, nothing fancy, as long as they work.
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I’ve just sent a reminder message via support ticket to d2 - since it’s the pool I mine on.
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URGENT MANDATORY FEATHERCOIN SOFTWARE UPGRADE - 0.8.6.2.
Don’'t forget, there is an URGENT mandatory upgrade of Feathercoind. Before the 24th April 2014 12:00.
**It is now essential that all Pools, solo miners, wallets and exchanges upgrade to version 0.8.6.2 or above. **
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It would be great if Pools could leave a message that they are updated to 0.8.6.2 - so we can identify any that need a reminder.
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gosh, you staff members really answered my questions AND , my concerns…
You would think that as a staff member, you wouldn’t duplicate your own posts.
BTW. MY pool operator posted the update days ago, after he made it.
please wake up. You are not making the FTC people look very good.
You’re supposed to be computer professionals.
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yes it would, but I am going to ask why, after I just gathered all of my coins from my pool(s), and the block index/chain WAS up to date, did the new 0.8.6.2 go ahead and go through the entire blockchain index AGAIN, and take all that time to do what was already done?
I wasn’t having any problems. Isn’t that called a waste of time?
did we actually CHANGE block chains?
I thought this was for the upcoming HARD FORK, and shouldn’t affect anything.
If it wasn’t supposed to affect anything, then why all the new stuff, when all we needed was a new -qt file?
It is “re-indexing” my block chain file(s), and will probably take hours. [after 40 minutes it is still 20 weeks behind], WHEN I WAS ALREADY CAUGHT UP!!!
All we really should have needed was a new feathercoin-qt.exe and not all of this creating a new directory, under program files, etc.
I, already had all of that and nothing was wrong with it. I had to redo all of my stuff because of this.
I know…boo hoo, but it was a waste of time.
I don’t get it.
“If it [ain’t] broke, don’t fix it”.
I am guessing that you were on 0.6.4.4 before. From that version to 0.8.x you go through a conversion from BDB to LevelDB which is painfully slow but is a one time thing thankfully.
Right now Feathercoin is a bit broke which is why we are making these changes. The multipools are squeezing the life out of us and we have a much better solution to deal with this. With this change people who choose to mine us solely will get a much better result, roughly about a third more coins. We will also be able to handle more transactions over all and the ability to double spend will be significantly reduced. This is the first fork in a two step process with further work to come. We would not do this if it was not absolutely necessary for our longevity which we are committed to.
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Don’'t forget, there is an URGENT mandatory upgrade of Feathercoind.
**It is now essential that all Pools, solo miners, wallets and exchanges upgrade to version 0.8.6.2 or above. **
URGENT MANDATORY SOFTWARE UPGRADE - 0.8.6.2.
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thank you
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Don’'t forget, there is an URGENT mandatory upgrade of Feathercoind.
**It is now essential that all Pools, solo miners, wallets and exchanges upgrade to version 0.8.6.2 or above. **
URGENT MANDATORY SOFTWARE UPGRADE - 0.8.6.2.
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Updated.
+1
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Just had a reply from coinotron pool and they are now on version 0.8.6.2 and ready.
:)
