How to Update Qtum
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Updating your Qtum wallet is quite easy, however, this process changes depending on which operating system you're running, in this document we'll go over the following OS:
Keeping your Qtum wallet up-to-date is one of the most important tasks that any staker, holder, developer and any type of Qtum user must do.
The process itself is quite simple, however it does vary depending on the operating system you're using.
Here's a video on how to update your Qtum wallet - you can use this document as support for the video.
In this example, we will update to 27.1 Qtum wallet version on Windows, it is outdated and won't be part of the hardfork, (we need to update ASAP).
However, if we're running the wallet (staking or just left it open), we need to do the following;
Close the wallet
Download latest Qtum wallet version from either one of these links: For v27.1:
Install the latest wallet using the windows installer
Once the installer finishes, launch the wallet
Voila! you've updated Qtum to the latest version available!
If you have downloaded Qtum-Qt.app and want to run it on macOS, you may encounter security restrictions. This guide provides specific instructions for using a self-signed certificate to allow Qtum-Qt.app to run.
Open Keychain Access (Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access).
In the Keychain Access menu, select Certificate Assistant > Create a Certificate.
Enter a name for your certificate (e.g., "Qtum Certificate").
Set Identity Type to Self-Signed Root.
Set Certificate Type to Code Signing.
Click Create to generate the certificate.
Open Terminal.
Use the following codesign command to sign Qtum-Qt.app with the newly created certificate:
Replace "Qtum Certificate" with the name of your certificate, and ensure /path/to/Qtum-Qt.app/ points to the actual location of the app on your system.
Remove Qtum from Apple's quarantine: sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine Qtum-Qt.app
Open Qtum-Qt.app
You should see something like this:
*Note: The same procedure can be used to sign qtumd, qtum-cli and other command line binaries.
We are updating to Qtum 27.1, anything below this version is outdated and won't be part of the hardfork, (we need to update ASAP).
Qtum-qt will let you know that your current Qtum version is outdated and gives you the link to download the latest version.
x86_64 CPU types: (intel and AMD)
ARM cpu types
Make sure to choose the right version for your processor, then proceed to download and update manually
Below we're updating from a qtum 25.1 to 27.1 using the repository which can be simpler for most Linux users:
After udpdating:
Here's a video on how to update your Qtum wallet - you can use this document as support for the video.
Alternatively you can use the Qtum repositories:
