>
> In any case, I think wallet users want to know when an upgrade is
> available, and ability to click an 'update' button get a binary they can
> trust. It's not a problem unique to bitcoind, deterministic builds are
> awesome, but I don't think fully solve it.
>
Deterministic builds are one part of the equation. Matt Corallo actually
did implement auto-updating using gitian updater:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1453
It ran into lots of bike shedding and was eventually abandoned, but there
is no question whether it is possible with the current build process.
Wladimir
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