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I’m currently running Bitcoin Knots on my Start9 server but would like to switch back to #Bitcoin Core. However, I’m unable to install or update Bitcoin Core while Knots is still running.

I’m hesitant to uninstall Knots before installing Bitcoin Core, as I’m concerned it might disrupt my Lightning channels.

Can I safely uninstall Knots and install Bitcoin Core without affecting my existing blockchain data or requiring a full re-download?

Additionally, when I attempt to update Bitcoin Core, I receive the following error (see photo)

Would appreciate any guidance on the best way to proceed. Thanks in advance.

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❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Maybe nostr:npub1q8gth72n0mcl6rwls905rsvfvuu0dgaq7cq028rc9d7c3ygnp4xq84awvk

Filou 10mo ago

Yeah you will almost certainly need to download the chain from scratch. If you want to attempt this you would need to stop lightning during the process. Remove knots, install core and then let it sync. Once it’s fully synced you can start LN again. Might be worth checking with Start9 team if there is a way to do this since you may even have trouble removing knots without removing LN since it’s technically a dependency. Hard to say for sure without giving it a try.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Thanks nostr:npub1q8gth72n0mcl6rwls905rsvfvuu0dgaq7cq028rc9d7c3ygnp4xq84awvk just sent them an email.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

When you say, stop lighting, are saying to close all channels, or just stop transactions?

The Daniel 🖖 10mo ago

You would not need to close your channels, but LND would be unable to operate until you have resynced Bitcoin Core.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

nostr:npub1q8gth72n0mcl6rwls905rsvfvuu0dgaq7cq028rc9d7c3ygnp4xq84awvk ?

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Ah yes nvm nostr:npub1q8gth72n0mcl6rwls905rsvfvuu0dgaq7cq028rc9d7c3ygnp4xq84awvk misread this than you nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx 🤘🏼

Filou 10mo ago

You should be able to ‘stop’ the lightning app in the Start9 interface so it’s shut down during the process. Then once you have a new version of Bitcoin running and fully synced you should be able to start it up again. You just don’t want it running during the migration and probably won’t be able to uninstall or upgrade bitcoind while it’s active.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Perfect thanks F. Appreciate your help brother

Rizful.com 10mo ago

This is not something I would attempt personally, but others might disagree with me. My experience is that you need to have an extreme amount of caution and making changes to your bitcoind set up if you have a lightning node running on the computer.

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 10mo ago

Afaik you can go from core>>knots but you CAN NOT go the other way round without starting over from scratch.

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Logen 10mo ago

I’ve heard the same thing, this is exactly why I hesitated moving to knots and still haven’t on my start9.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Fuck okay thank you. So, what would be the recommended steps here? I have some lightning channels open

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 10mo ago

You'd have to force close your channels to shut it down. Then start IBD over again on core.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

See recent post

Bitcoin Mechanic 10mo ago

Happy to help out if needed here.

❒ PictureRoom 10mo ago

Nope got it fixed