tldr; Bitcoin Core Version 30 (v30) and its update v30.1 have been pulled due to a critical bug that could delete wallet files, potentially causing users to lose funds. The issue affects users who migrated legacy Berkeley DataBase (BDB) wallets without backups or used the pruning feature. Developers are working on a patched version, v30.2, and advise users to back up their files. The bug highlights concerns over backward compatibility and has sparked debates among developers. The bug does not impact users with hardware wallets.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
frozengrandmatetris on
severe lack of client diversity. core is by far the most popular client, followed by a fork of core. everything that isn’t those two make up a tiny sliver. there is also libbitcoin, but most of the community ignores it and it is underfunded.
many people in the bitcoin community openly deny that client diversity is even necessary.
-arni- on
If I had satoshi era coins in a decades old wallet.dat I’d be shitting my pants no matter what
kingoliviersammy on
Why don’t more people use bitcoin knots?
xgiovio on
Well is a little bug, it will be fixed. Backup your wallets.
setokaiba22 on
I feel something like this is really damaging to the space as a whole. My bank can’t just suddenly delete my money or history (sure it can go under but in the UK your accounts are protected to £85k plus… more than enough for me)
Thin_Possession7118 on
Interesting. I was recently dabbling with something like this trying to access an old wallet.dat with no avail. I remember ChatGPT having steps that included something about the Berkeley data base and needing to migrate or update or something
rgnet1 on
For those that don’t understand, the software update (that only affects people using Bitcoin Core, typically miners or OGs) can in limited circumstances wipe the “wallet.dat” file on the user’s hard drive in a failed attempt to migrate it to a new format.
Now, if the user had a single brain cell, they would have backed up that wallet.dat file years ago. A single backup of the file means your computer could explode and you still have your private keys. You do not need to constantly backup the wallet.dat. The wallet.dat contains, in binary format, the “seed words” that normies are familiar with protecting for their hardware wallets.
So to not backup your wallet.dat on something other than a single computer is as stupid as writing seed words on a piece of paper and putting it in the back pocket of old jeans.
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tldr; Bitcoin Core Version 30 (v30) and its update v30.1 have been pulled due to a critical bug that could delete wallet files, potentially causing users to lose funds. The issue affects users who migrated legacy Berkeley DataBase (BDB) wallets without backups or used the pruning feature. Developers are working on a patched version, v30.2, and advise users to back up their files. The bug highlights concerns over backward compatibility and has sparked debates among developers. The bug does not impact users with hardware wallets.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
severe lack of client diversity. core is by far the most popular client, followed by a fork of core. everything that isn’t those two make up a tiny sliver. there is also libbitcoin, but most of the community ignores it and it is underfunded.
many people in the bitcoin community openly deny that client diversity is even necessary.
If I had satoshi era coins in a decades old wallet.dat I’d be shitting my pants no matter what
Why don’t more people use bitcoin knots?
Well is a little bug, it will be fixed. Backup your wallets.
I feel something like this is really damaging to the space as a whole. My bank can’t just suddenly delete my money or history (sure it can go under but in the UK your accounts are protected to £85k plus… more than enough for me)
Interesting. I was recently dabbling with something like this trying to access an old wallet.dat with no avail. I remember ChatGPT having steps that included something about the Berkeley data base and needing to migrate or update or something
For those that don’t understand, the software update (that only affects people using Bitcoin Core, typically miners or OGs) can in limited circumstances wipe the “wallet.dat” file on the user’s hard drive in a failed attempt to migrate it to a new format.
Now, if the user had a single brain cell, they would have backed up that wallet.dat file years ago. A single backup of the file means your computer could explode and you still have your private keys. You do not need to constantly backup the wallet.dat. The wallet.dat contains, in binary format, the “seed words” that normies are familiar with protecting for their hardware wallets.
So to not backup your wallet.dat on something other than a single computer is as stupid as writing seed words on a piece of paper and putting it in the back pocket of old jeans.