RE: Dash Masternode - when is the optimal timing for updating?
You do not get penalized in any way for updating your Masternode software, as long as you perform the update in a reasonable short down time.
With dashman is even easier and faster.
Just execute:
~/dashman/dashman update
and you are done
Here's an actual update I just did:
:~$ sudo dashman/dashman update
[sudo] password for dashnode:
dashman version 0.1.25 (37-g38fb02f) - Fri Jan 12 13:23:23 CST 2018
gathering info, please wait... DONE!
*** a newer version of dash is available. ***
current version: 0.12.2.2
latest version: 0.12.2.3
download https://www.dash.org/binaries/dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz
and install to /home/dashnode/.dashcore? [y/N] y
--> Downloading https://www.dash.org/binaries/dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz... DONE!
--> Checksumming dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz... DONE!
--> Unpacking dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz... DONE!
--> Stopping dashd. Please wait...DONE!
--> Removing old version... DONE!
--> Launching dashd... DONE!
--> Waiting for dashd to respond...DONE!
--> updating sentinel... DONE!
--> updating crontab... DONE!
dash successfully upgraded to version 0.12.2.3
Installed in /home/dashnode/.dashcore
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dashnode dashnode 17 Jan 12 13:24 dash-cli -> dash-cli-0.12.2.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dashnode dashnode 2801592 Dec 31 2016 dash-cli-0.12.2.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 dashnode dashnode 27686465 Jan 11 17:00 dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 dashnode dashnode 1303 Jan 11 17:05 dashcore-0.12.2.3-linux64.tar.gz.DIGESTS.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dashnode dashnode 14 Jan 12 13:24 dashd -> dashd-0.12.2.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dashnode dashnode 11003120 Dec 31 2016 dashd-0.12.2.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dashnode dashnode 16 Jan 12 13:24 dash-qt -> dash-qt-0.12.2.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dashnode dashnode 35462144 Dec 31 2016 dash-qt-0.12.2.3
Exiting.
Took less than 30 seconds ;)
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the info. That would be great when you don't get penalized. Why I started to wonder is because my last block reward was on the 2nd of Jan. That is much longer than usual (around 8 days). Any idea if this is not caused by upgrading?
8 days is about right.
It usually takes from 7-10 days for the whole masternodes cycle to complete
Also today - no blocked mined ... really strange. Somehow my counter seemed to be reseted anyway and I don't know why ... Is there a way to see you spot in reward queue?