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Title: Please delete thread Post by: Investing123 on January 03, 2016, 04:18:04 AM Please delete thread
Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: cisahasa on January 04, 2016, 09:54:48 PM I have experience creating blockchain bootstrap.dat files, and am offering a service to create a bootstrap file for any altcoin. Examples: Archcoin - https://mega.nz/#F!UxFGFDyY!sbyQqeLXJtzLh8vuDUKVGQ (https://mega.nz/#F!UxFGFDyY!sbyQqeLXJtzLh8vuDUKVGQ) Blitzcoin - https://mega.nz/#F!ohFQEDQQ!6OB2S2hP2hh72Mk301M_ZA (https://mega.nz/#F!ohFQEDQQ!6OB2S2hP2hh72Mk301M_ZA) Cost: BTC0.01 PM if interested will give the guide to do it free dont send me btc or anything, Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: SockPuppetAccount on January 05, 2016, 02:18:30 AM Go to roaming file. Find blk0001.dat, copy and paste it elsewhere and rename it to bootstrap.dat
With some coins, the blockchain will be split into multiple files labeled sequentially blk0000.dat, blk0001.dat, blk0002.dat, ......... In those cases, simply use command line to copy and merge the files and name it bootstrap.dat That's it. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: matrix zion on January 05, 2016, 04:15:42 AM Go to roaming file. Find blk0001.dat, copy and paste it elsewhere and rename it to bootstrap.dat what is command to merge miltiple files into single file?With some coins, the blockchain will be split into multiple files labeled sequentially blk0000.dat, blk0001.dat, blk0002.dat, ......... In those cases, simply use command line to copy and merge the files and name it bootstrap.dat That's it. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: SockPuppetAccount on January 05, 2016, 04:59:43 AM Go to roaming file. Find blk0001.dat, copy and paste it elsewhere and rename it to bootstrap.dat what is command to merge miltiple files into single file?With some coins, the blockchain will be split into multiple files labeled sequentially blk0000.dat, blk0001.dat, blk0002.dat, ......... In those cases, simply use command line to copy and merge the files and name it bootstrap.dat That's it. Copy /b file1+file2+file3+file4+........ newfile EXAMPLE: Copy /b blk0001.dat+blk0002.dat+blk0003.dat bootstrap.dat Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: YarkoL on January 05, 2016, 08:11:16 AM This is how you construct a real bootstrap.dat :
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/contrib/linearize Not sure if that is being offered here, but doing it as a service would not be unreasonable. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: SockPuppetAccount on January 05, 2016, 09:53:40 AM This is how you construct a real bootstrap.dat : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/contrib/linearize Not sure if that is being offered here, but doing it as a service would not be unreasonable. I'll admit, I haven't the slightest clue of what exactly makes your method superior. I don't doubt you, just saying I've always done it my way without a problem. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: YarkoL on January 05, 2016, 10:47:18 AM This is how you construct a real bootstrap.dat : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/contrib/linearize Not sure if that is being offered here, but doing it as a service would not be unreasonable. I'll admit, I haven't the slightest clue of what exactly makes your method superior. I don't doubt you, just saying I've always done it my way without a problem. It's not my method. This will not (reliably) create a valid bootstrap.dat. A valid bootstrap.dat contains no orphans (block files contain orphans) and will have all the blocks in order (blocks in block files may be out of order). There is a script included with bitcoin core called linearize.py that is used to create bootstrap.dats. Actually I've never bothered to use linearize.py either, as just copying block data works reasonable well. But the point is, if you're offering this as a paid service, it would make sense to use the right tool, since the simple method is so simple. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: SockPuppetAccount on January 05, 2016, 03:33:31 PM It's not my method. I wasn't suggesting you came up with the method and created the script. I was referring to it as "your method" solely in the context of this thread. This will not (reliably) create a valid bootstrap.dat. A valid bootstrap.dat contains no orphans (block files contain orphans) and will have all the blocks in order (blocks in block files may be out of order). There is a script included with bitcoin core called linearize.py that is used to create bootstrap.dats. Actually I've never bothered to use linearize.py either, as just copying block data works reasonable well. But the point is, if you're offering this as a paid service, it would make sense to use the right tool, since the simple method is so simple. Agreed. 0.01 BTC would be a reasonable fee if he created the bootstrap properly with linearize.py (thanks to gmaxwell for yet again teaching me something I didn't know about crypto), but I assume he was just using the quick and dirty method I outlined. Title: Re: Altcoin Bootstrap Service Post by: Investing123 on January 06, 2016, 12:37:28 AM Thank you for your feedback.
I was unaware that my files would be considered an "unreliable" bootstrap since they are not linearized. Thanks for the info. I will remove my links until I figure out linearize.py. |