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Diffstat (limited to 'network/bitcoin')
-rw-r--r-- | network/bitcoin/README | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | network/bitcoin/bitcoin.SlackBuild | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | network/bitcoin/bitcoin.info | 6 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/network/bitcoin/README b/network/bitcoin/README index dbb629b665c5..95267d3eb4ce 100644 --- a/network/bitcoin/README +++ b/network/bitcoin/README @@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. +This Bitcoin client builds the backbone of the bitcoin network. +It downloads, verifies and distributes the blockchain to other +peers in the network. It uses lots of diskspace and bandwith. +If you just want to send and receive Bitcoins you should look at +a light client like Electrum. + +0.10.0 is a major version upgrade which makes use of headers-first +synchronization and parallel block download, the block files and +databases are not backwards-compatible with older versions of +Bitcoin Core or other software. + +Please make sure you read the Release notes first before upgrading: +https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.10.0 + qrencode is an optional but strongly recommended dependency. UPNP is disabled, it requires the optional dependency miniupnpc. - -Package provides both, bitcoin-qt (GUI) and bitcoind (CLI). diff --git a/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.SlackBuild b/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.SlackBuild index 64740d6a50b3..bc1df619ef48 100644 --- a/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.SlackBuild +++ b/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.SlackBuild @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. PRGNAM=bitcoin -VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.4} +VERSION=${VERSION:-0.10.0} BUILD=${BUILD:-1} TAG=${TAG:-_SBo} diff --git a/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.info b/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.info index 86974bdaf890..37882d96e110 100644 --- a/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.info +++ b/network/bitcoin/bitcoin.info @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ PRGNAM="bitcoin" -VERSION="0.9.4" +VERSION="0.10.0" HOMEPAGE="http://www.bitcoin.org" -DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/archive/v0.9.4.tar.gz" -MD5SUM="8f3c0c071e6c432c0c8b47bcdb8a9046" +DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/archive/v0.10.0.tar.gz" +MD5SUM="69fb3ebe5fc89f5fb55ca7c46818c3e8" DOWNLOAD_x86_64="" MD5SUM_x86_64="" REQUIRES="protobuf" |