What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

The planned upgrade of the eCash network has successfully been completed. The first post-upgrade block is block number 896974.

Who needs to upgrade?

Who needs to upgrade?

Who needs to upgrade?

All operators of a Bitcoin ABC full node must upgrade to the latest major version 0.31.x (current latest version is 0.31.4). This is available at the Bitcoin ABC Releases Page.

What features are included in the Network Upgrade?

What features are included in the Network Upgrade?

What features are included in the Network Upgrade?

This upgrade does not include any new protocol features. However, because of the automatic replay protection that is part of the 6-month upgrade cadence, it is necessary for all full node operators to upgrade to 0.31.x.

Do I need to upgrade my wallet?

Do I need to upgrade my wallet?

Do I need to upgrade my wallet?

The network upgrade only affects full nodes. Other eCash software, including wallets such as Electrum ABC are not affected by the network upgrade.

How do I upgrade?

How do I upgrade?

How do I upgrade?

The process of upgrading your node is straightforward: simply stop the currently running node, download the new version, and start the new version. Here are some example instructions for upgrading from version 0.30.13 to version 0.31.4 on Linux:

1. Shut down the node:
   ./bitcoin-abc-0.30.13/bin/bitcoin-cli stop
2. Download the new version archive from the website:
   wget https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.31.4/linux/bitcoin-abc-0.31.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
3. Extract the archive:
   tar xzf bitcoin-abc-0.31.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
4. Restart the node with the new version:
   ./bitcoin-abc-0.31.4/bin/bitcoind -daemon
5. Clean up old version and archives (optional):
   • rm -rf bitcoin-abc-0.30.13
   • rm -f bitcoin-abc-0.30.13-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
   • rm -f bitcoin-abc-0.31.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz