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namecoin / namecoin-core

Namecoin full node + wallet based on the current Bitcoin Core codebase.
https://www.namecoin.org/
MIT License
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Downgrading namecoin-core to earlier version overwrites wallet.dat #296

Closed Coinomatron closed 5 years ago

Coinomatron commented 5 years ago

I had namecoin-core v-0.17.99 running and saw on namecoin.org

"No graphical interface for name wallet. Use the Name Tab Beta (see below) if you require this functionality."

So I did, that version is v-0.13.99. First, it had to rebuild the block database. After that, I had no balance anymore. Turns out it has overwritten my previous wallet.dat

Restoring from a backup doesn't work, as the client on start-up says: "Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet requires newer version of Namecoin Core"

For now, I've reverted to 0.17.99

domob1812 commented 5 years ago

That is most likely an issue that Namecoin inherits from upstream Bitcoin Core. So I'll close this for now, but feel free to reopen if this issue only appears on Namecoin and not on Bitcoin itself.

Coinomatron commented 5 years ago

K thanks.