A question on the Wallet,
I want to upgrade to the latest wallet
so do I have to download the blockchain again or can i extract it from the outdated wallet and just update it?
No need to download the blockchain again unless you face an issue synchronizing. You can check intructions for upgrading here (very simple: essentially you close Sia and replace the old installation. Next startup can take a long time): https://siawiki.tech/client/updating_the_interface
Thanks Hakkane, I got the updated wallet downloaded, installed and running the synchronization to bring it up to date.
No need to download the entire blockchain again.
In general I admit did not expect such growth of the general from this coin for all history. Probably it is connected with the general growth of all cryptocurrencies. And differently I understand nothing. I regret that earlier when there was an opportunity to buy coins very cheap, I did not make it.
If you are looking at cheap coins, SIA is currently $0.027 so if you are looking for a long term investment in a real working
technology now is the time before the new mining equipment starts landing and is implemented.