Bitcoin QT OSX
Bitcoin-Qt version .eight.six final is now available from:
This is a upkeep release to fix a crucial bug we urge all users to upgrade.
Please report bugs employing the situation tracker at github:
How to Upgrade
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If you currently downloaded .8.6rc1 you do not need to re-download. This release is specifically the exact same.
If you are operating an older version,shut it down. Wait
until it has completely shut down (which may possibly take a few minutes for older
versions),then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over
/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
If you are upgrading from version .7.2 or earlier,the very first time you
run .eight.6 your blockchain files will be re-indexed,which will take
anyplace from 30 minutes to several hours,depending on the speed of
your machine.
.8.6 Release notes
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- Default block size improve for miners.
(see )
- Eliminate the all-outputs-have to-be-greater-than-CENT-to-qualify-as-totally free rule for relaying
(see )
- Reduce maximum size for totally free transaction creation
(see )
- OSX block chain database corruption fixes
– Update leveldb to 1.13
– Use fcntl with `F_FULLSYNC` as an alternative of fsync on OSX
– Use native Darwin memory barriers
– Replace use of mmap in leveldb for enhanced reliability (only on OSX)
- Fix nodes forwarding transactions with empty vins and acquiring banned
- Network code performance and robustness improvements
- Additional debug.log logging for diagnosis of network difficulties,log timestamps by default
- Fix Bitcoin-Qt startup crash when clicking dock icon on OSX
- Repair memory leaks in CKey::SetCompactSignature and Essential::SignCompact
- Fix rare GUI crash on send
- Different tiny GUI,documentation and build fixes
Warning
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- There have been frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems
in the course of the initial sync.
Hence it is advisable to use a 64-bit executable if attainable.
A 64-bit executable for Windows is planned for .9.
