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Title: Where exactly am I supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file Post by: mikejones on October 22, 2014, 11:56:20 AM For both Windows and MAC where exactly am i supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file??
Please specify exact location rather than general location. Title: Re: Where exactly am I supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file Post by: allgoodthings1 on October 22, 2014, 01:08:21 PM Go to this page on bitcoin.org and see the paragraph under "You will need to be patient".
Title: Re: Where exactly am I supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file Post by: sandykho47 on October 22, 2014, 01:13:40 PM 1. Go to bitcoin-qt folder
2. Put bootstrap.dat at folder named "data" 3. Open bitcoin-qt application 4. Wait for bitcoin-qt finished read bootstrap.dat I think my explanation is very clear :) Title: Re: Where exactly am I supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file Post by: pedrog on October 22, 2014, 01:25:30 PM Put the file in the bitcoin data directory.
check: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory Title: Re: Where exactly am I supposed to put the bootstrap.dat file Post by: mikejones on October 22, 2014, 11:19:40 PM Not sure why I assumed you nerds couldn't just give a direct answer... Anyways you put the bootstrap.dat file in the following directories based on your O/S
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin <--- Windows ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ <--MAC |