Upgrade to Aloha Coin BKI v1.2.x - nohea/alohacoin-bki GitHub Wiki

Upgrade Aloha Coin BKI from v0.1 (original) to v1.2

Why upgrade to version 1.2 ?

  • No consensus changes - rules stay the same - no hard fork or soft fork
  • Download blockchain fix (added seed node)
  • Added hardened checkpoints (fix if v0.1 client stuck on bad chain)

Download new v1.2.x client

http://software.nationofhawaii.info/pub/bki/

Pick the appropriate software for your computer:

sha256sum

320f1f4799d8633d3c39cde80e8c1466e718055613a97d9166533a22baf4872c linux/alohacoinbki-qt 4538fa115cd3e9be19fe8939f91f01cc313d67426c67745cf81db286f58ca69b linux/alohacoinbkid 53011c5d2a261017322f7a5d0af6c5ccd9e6c4e3059eb07171cdef4f7a55c962 mac/AlohaCoinBKI-Qt.dmg 795f73df3fb5f0ede056ae3e1eadcdbbd931e0aabf3650fabb34c2245de14e22 mac/alohacoinbkid f95589657811bca217c993f558875cbcfe9239ac9e2580bc07cfef624c9f4701 windows/alohacoinbki-qt.exe

Download to your desired location on your hard drive and run the client software.

The new software will create a new AlohaCoinBKI configuration folder and a new wallet.dat file.

Aloha Coin BKI v0.1 users

Your wallet.dat file contains the keys for your BKI coins. It is in the older "AlohaCoin" configuration folder, untouched. (this is not the folder you downloaded the software to)

If you already have coin in the old wallet, you need to transfer them to the new software for use. If you do not have Aloha Coin yet, you may skip these instructions.

To transfer coins to the new v1.2 software, you must:

  • Run your old Aloha Coin software
  • File-> Backup Wallet ...
  • save a backup of you wallet file in a safe place
  • call it something like myname-alohacoin-bki-wallet.dat
  • remember, anyone with access to this file can spend the coins
  • if you lose your wallet.dat file, you lose all your coins. Please make backups.
  • Download and run the new Aloha Coin BKI v1.2.x software
  • Let it start downloading the blockchain
  • quit all Aloha Coin software (OK if chain not downloaded yet)
  • locate the old and new folders (system-dependent location, see next section)
  • in the new AlohaCoinBKI folder, rename "wallet.dat" to "wallet-default.dat"
  • copy/paste the wallet.dat file from the old AlohaCoin folder to the new AlohaCoinBKI folder
  • start the new AlohaCoinBKI software
  • wait for the full blockchain to dowload (to the present date)
  • view/use your Aloha Coin BKI

Operating system-specific locations for your Aloha Coin configuration folder:

Macintosh / MacOS

  • old folder location: ~/Library/Application Support/AlohaCoin
  • new folder location: ~/Library/Application Support/AlohaCoinBKI

You cannot see this hidden folder in Finder unless you follow these steps:

  • Open a Finder window
  • Shift-command-G (Go to the folder)
  • type in the box: ~/Library/Application Support
  • click OK
  • You will see the old AlohaCoin and the new AlohaCoinBKI folder (if you have run both versions at some point)

Microsoft Windows

  • old folder location: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\AlohaCoin
  • new folder location: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\AlohaCoinBKI

Linux

  • old folder location: ~/.alohacoin
  • new folder location: ~/.alohacoinbki

Well-connected nodes

If you want your node/client to connect to more nodes, or are having trouble connecting to peers, you can open a port on your router and map to your computer's internal ip address.

Aloha Coin BKI listens on TCP port 3698