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Title: What if I delete blk0001.dat files Post by: Shahrukh on January 14, 2014, 03:14:59 PM Yesterday I installed and ran butcoind on linux server and since yesterday it consumed around 10 or so GB of disk space so what I am thinking is what if I delete old files of block info like I have upto blk12345.dat can I delete upto blk5000.DAT will that create issues ?
Title: Re: What if I delete blk0001.dat files Post by: Sammey on January 14, 2014, 03:20:57 PM Yesterday I installed and ran butcoind on linux server and since yesterday it consumed around 10 or so GB of disk space so what I am thinking is what if I delete old files of block info like I have upto blk12345.dat can I delete upto blk5000.DAT will that create issues ? In short, yes. It will probably cause issues. Edit: Unless you're looking to delete them all and redownload all of the blockchain. Also, you'll need all of the blockchain, which means multiple blk*.dat files that take up allot of space. If you don't want to take up so much space you should look into a alternate client, such as Electrum or MultiBit. Title: Re: What if I delete blk0001.dat files Post by: michagogo on January 14, 2014, 08:07:29 PM You won't immediately notice anything wrong, until the moment when the software tries to access a block from one of those files, which could happen for a variety of reasons, including a node requesting it over the network. When that happens, it'll crash.
Title: Re: What if I delete blk0001.dat files Post by: Eternity on January 15, 2014, 09:49:52 AM You have to have all of them as the transactions are loaded in them.
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