Bitcoin Unlimited Ubuntu PPA repo updated to version 1.7.0

The Bitcoin Unlimited Ubuntu PPA repository has been updated to serve BU version 1.7.0 is available at:

 

https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin-unlimited/+archive/ubuntu/bucash

 

This release is compatible the Bitcoin Cash protocol. To update already installed packages:

 

sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade 

 

To install

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin-unlimited/bucash sudo apt-get update sudo apt install bitcoind bitcoin-qt 

 

starting from this update the repository is serving also ElectrsCash(*) v.1.0, for now just for the amd64 architecture. To install it just execute this command:

sudo apt install electrscash 

 

See the official announcement and the release notes for more details:

https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/dgc8mq/bitcoin_unlimited_170_has_just_been_released/

https://github.com/BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited/blob/bucash1.7.0.0/doc/release-notes-bucash.md

 

(*) ElectrsCash is an efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server written in Rust

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