📅 Original date posted:2016-01-18
📝 Original message:On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:57:28PM +0100, xor--- via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 11:08:08 AM Wladimir J. van der Laan via bitcoin-
> dev wrote:
> > Preliminary release notes for the release can be found here:
> >
> > https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.12/doc/release-notes.md
>
>
> The part which lists raw Git pull requests says:
> > #6057 ac5476e re-enable wallet in autoprune
>
> But the main, handwritten part does not mention this.
> Is pruning really finished, i.e. could I safely use it as a wallet "end-user"?
It has been tested in git for almost half a year. This RC is the first binary
release that contains the functionality.
It is extremely unlikely that the wallet will eat your coins (always backup
nevertheless), but I can't guarantee there won't be some issue where the wallet
and chain get out of sync and you're forced to redownload the blockchain.
> IMHO it would be one of the most interesting feature for users, as it could
> fix the issue of taking >60 GB of disk space.
>
> So if it is finished, please mention that
> - it's finished
> - how to enable it.
How to enable it is still the same as mentioned in the 0.11 release notes:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.11.0/doc/release-notes.md#block-file-pruning
Wladimir
Wladimir J. van der Laan [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-07 17:47:54
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