[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/bitcoin: security bump to version 0.21.1

Alexander Dahl post at lespocky.de
Thu May 13 17:34:18 UTC 2021


Hello buildroot folks,

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:21:20PM +0200, Fabrice Fontaine wrote:
> Tag as a security bump as having an up to date bitcoin is important:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20200202085526.35742-1-james.hilliard1@gmail.com
> 
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.1.md

Instead of patching this thing, wouldn't it be better to remove
bitcoin support?  After all it's just a ponzi scheme with a humongous
bad environmental impact.  The electricity consumption is estimated
for around 180 TWh for 2021 alone, a lot sourced from dirty coal
power, with the potential risk of worsening power grid stability in
some places of the world.

I don't think it's ethically justifiable to support proof-of-work
stuff like this.

Greets
Alex

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
> ---
>  package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash | 4 ++--
>  package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk   | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> index 3c65c3d730..6ea3398037 100644
> --- a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> +++ b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.hash
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -# From https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.0/SHA256SUMS.asc
> -sha256  1a91202c62ee49fb64d57a52b8d6d01cd392fffcbef257b573800f9289655f37  bitcoin-0.21.0.tar.gz
> +# From https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.1/SHA256SUMS.asc
> +sha256  caff23449220cf45753f312cefede53a9eac64000bb300797916526236b6a1e0  bitcoin-0.21.1.tar.gz
>  
>  # Hash for license file
>  sha256  96fe807030b21f88305adc32af62f9aa19915f2783509fd6f52aea02cf83f644  COPYING
> diff --git a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> index 5f1684879c..142521835c 100644
> --- a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> +++ b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  #
>  ################################################################################
>  
> -BITCOIN_VERSION = 0.21.0
> +BITCOIN_VERSION = 0.21.1
>  BITCOIN_SITE = https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-$(BITCOIN_VERSION)
>  BITCOIN_AUTORECONF = YES
>  BITCOIN_LICENSE = MIT
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 
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