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

2013-03-16 Thread 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 othe

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

2013-03-16 Thread 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

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

2013-03-14 Thread 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?

2013-03-13 Thread 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. -- -- Gavin Andresen -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps

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

2013-03-13 Thread 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 broadcaste