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Version 0.3.14

4 messages BitcoinTalk Satoshi Nakamoto, jimbobway, Jeff Garzik, LZ October 21, 2010 — October 22, 2010
Satoshi Nakamoto October 21, 2010 Source · Permalink

Version 0.3.14 is now available http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.3.14/

Changes:

  • Key pool feature for safer wallet backup Gavin Andresen:
  • TEST network mode with switch -testnet
  • Option to use SSL for JSON-RPC connections on unix/osx
  • validateaddress RPC command eurekafag:
  • Russian translation
jimbobway October 21, 2010 Source · Permalink

How does the keypool feature work and why is it safer?

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik) October 21, 2010 Source · Permalink
Quote from: jimbobway on October 21, 2010, 8:02:44 PM

How does the keypool feature work and why is it safer?

This gives a bit of info: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1414.0

Among other things, a key pool means that you are more likely to be able to recover your wallet from an older backup.

Previously, this scenario

  • send some money
  • lost your wallet
  • restore from older backup

might result in you losing all your bitcoins, even the ones you did not send.

LZ October 22, 2010 Source · Permalink
Quote from: Jeff Garzik on October 21, 2010, 8:14:19 PM

send some moneylost your walletrestore from older backup

No, it is not correct. It should be:

  • send some money
  • be sure got it
  • close Bitcoin
  • backup wallet
  • send some money
  • …
  • send some money
  • lost your wallet
  • restore from older backup