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Title: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on December 31, 2015, 07:48:43 PM

Latest
Size: 45GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory, ~60GB uncompressed.
Torrent link (ftp://95.211.210.185/shared/torrents/bitcoinBlockchain/blockchain.torrent)
Magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4bba72e2a6f40ed49761f8660506d43164677cce&dn=bitcoin.zip&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80)
Its basically the whole bitcoin data directory (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory), just copy the contents into yours, delete everything inside your data directory first except bitcoin.conf if its there and wallet.dat.

Archived
Size: 47GB
Format: bootstrap single file
Magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ca59d06dfa06265a173027028e5661df012c9ff9&dn=bootstrap.dat&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80)

Dedicated seed node locations:
N.America
Europe

Please support the torrent by seeding it. Will attempt to update every 1-3 months.

Want a http download link? (i do not host nor did I create this ~37 GB compressed ~50GB uncompressed bootstrap.dat)
https://flo.sh/4ufiles/bitcoin-qt/bootstrap/bootstrap.dat.20151210.zip

Official booststrap torrent, not being updated, last update was AUG 2014
https://bitcoin.org/bin/block-chain/

Bootstrap.dat file, created by armory ~27GB
Torrent Link (https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-media/bootstrap.dat.torrent)

I do not recommend using bootstrap.dat for newer clients(read here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1310261.msg13441451#msg13441451)), download the latest if you are using newer clients to prevent any syncing issues, it includes all files in the bitcoin data directory

Donation address: 12C3FbDKRU1PENTot2gwVXUWb2ieHW8wNN

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: Meuh6879 on December 31, 2015, 07:50:49 PM

Official location : https://bitcoin.org/bin/block-chain/

Don't use other place ... for this. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img903/9851/9mKOG6.gif

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: unamis76 on December 31, 2015, 07:52:16 PM

Thanks for your work, but this is useless with current Bitcoin Core versions :D No need to maintain it.

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: hamiltino on December 31, 2015, 07:56:48 PM

Official torrent is over 1 year old, its about 20GB in size. I know people are still using it though because of the high amount of peers and seeders.

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: OmegaStarScream on December 31, 2015, 08:42:14 PM

Synchronization with the network is much more faster with Bitcoin latest versions now , which makes it useless to downlaod the torrent and then reindex .

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: Amph on January 01, 2016, 07:46:42 AM

also the total size is near 60 giga, so you must have missed a huge portion, i remember 47 giga was the case of last year

talking about this, do someone know how much is the average increase of the chain per year?

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: hamiltino on January 01, 2016, 08:05:42 AM

It's still the most up to date bootstrap torrent I know of. Will update it in a month or so though. Got a dedicated seedbox for it aswell. But yeah your right i just checked that the blockchain is 65gb atm, thought my bitcoind client finished synching it.

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: gkv9 on January 01, 2016, 12:40:11 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 01, 2016, 08:05:42 AM

Quote from: Amph on January 01, 2016, 07:46:42 AM

also the total size is near 60 giga, so you must have missed a hige portion, i remember 47 giga was the case of last year

talking about this, do someone know how much is the average increase of the chain per year?

Thanks to both of you for updating regarding current total amounts as I have only 50 GB stored on my lappy currently, and I wasn't knowing the remaining amount...
I am on older version, what should I do???
Shall I download the newer version??? Is it safe???
Also, will this data work on it or will I need to delete the previous version with all the blocks downloaded and need to start from scratch???

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: hamiltino on January 01, 2016, 01:34:33 PM

So your bitcoin client has synced 50GB already?? If it has then you don't need this. Also if you ever wanted to use a bootsrap.dat file, i would probably delete everything in the bitcoin data directory except wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf(if your created it).

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: dan91 on January 01, 2016, 02:06:19 PM

My bitcoin-d chain is 63GB but that is with indexing turned on.

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 05:58:00 AM

Just added a second seed node. One is europe one in N.America, anyone using the torrent now should be getting faster speeds.

Thinking to also just zip the whole bitcoin data directory and use that instead, Using the bootstrap.dat leaves out the index folder and other files which I think speeds up the client sync process.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 11:33:51 AM

Updated.

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on January 03, 2016, 01:12:35 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 05:58:00 AM

Using the bootstrap.dat leaves out the index folder and other files which I think speeds up the client sync process.

Compared to what? Core 0.11.2 without bootstrap?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: maku on January 03, 2016, 01:20:12 PM

OK, So there is really a reason after reinstalling my wallet on new PC I want rather download block chain from remote source than using wallet itself for this?
I still need huge bandwidth for it, still need good internet speed, is this way with torrents etc. any faster, even 1%?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on January 03, 2016, 01:26:35 PM

Quote from: maku on January 03, 2016, 01:20:12 PM

Core devs say bootstraps are useless with most recent versions of Core, but OP clearly seems to disagree :D It would be interesting to run tests on two equal machines on the same network or on the same machine, synced twice.

I'm inclined to believe in Core devs. But they don't own the truth either.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 01:34:54 PM

Quote from: maku on January 03, 2016, 01:20:12 PM

Hey,

Your going have to see for yourself. There are many factors that could impact performance on the torrent; seed/peer ratio, ISP torrent throttling..etc. Right now though there are very few peers, if any so you should get very good speeds.

This torrent was also designed for people who were having trouble with the wallet while syncing, (database errors forcing the user to constantly reindex, this can happen from OS crashes or abrupt termination of the bitcoin process). With torrents the file will never get corrupt.

The blockchain data is also compressed by about 30%, so you download 30% less data than if your were using the client.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 02:44:37 PM

Just some updates on the speeds I'm getting in oz:

2-3Mib/s average I expect much higher speeds if i was pulling data closer to the seedbox locations, still very good considering my ISP does throttle torrent speeds.

Will post whether the client needs to reindex shortly after importing the blockchain data.

And if anyone wants to document the speeds they are getting and comparing it to their bitcoin-qt/d download speed in this thread, I would appreciate it.

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: unent on January 03, 2016, 03:15:58 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 05:58:00 AM

Thinking to also just zip the whole bitcoin data directory and use that instead, Using the bootstrap.dat leaves out the index folder and other files which I think speeds up the client sync process.

Using 7zip would make a smaller download than using zip.

If you created a portable Bitcoin qt wallet in your c drive, then 7zipped the whole folder it might be faster to sync because it would already be indexed up to the block you synced it to before 7zipping it.

You can make Bitcoin qt portable by creating a shortcut to bitcoin-qt.exe before syncing, opening the shortcut's properties, then clicking the shortcut tab, then changing the target field from

C:\bitcoin-0.10.2\bin\bitcoin-qt.exe

to this

C:\bitcoin-0.10.2\bin\bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=.

Adding the -datadir=. makes qt put the blocks and chainstate folders in the same folder as bitcoin-qt.exe, instead of in appdata.

If you always remember to start bitcoin-qt.exe using the shortcut rather than the exe itself the wallet will remain portable and put the blockchain in the same folder as bitcoin-qt.exe.

There are file splitters you could use to break the giant 7zip file into smaller chunks. People could download each chunk individually, then recombine them using the same file splitter software you used.

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 03:29:47 PM

Quote from: unent on January 03, 2016, 03:15:58 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 05:58:00 AM

Thinking to also just zip the whole bitcoin data directory and use that instead, Using the bootstrap.dat leaves out the index folder and other files which I think speeds up the client sync process.

Ok so for my next update i will probably use 7zip if it indeed compresses to a smaller size. I actually use linux as my os, so i can't follow these instructions, do you have linux intructions? If making a portable bitcoin client prevents the need to reindex then
i will do this. I'll see if importing the bitcoin data directory from this torrent requires re-indexing first, if it does then i will try and make it portable.

I could make separate portable versions for windows, linux and mac.

Title: Re: **Download the latest bootstrap.dat file here, updated regularly **
Post by: unent on January 03, 2016, 03:34:44 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 03:29:47 PM

Quote from: unent on January 03, 2016, 03:15:58 PM

Quote from: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 05:58:00 AM

Thinking to also just zip the whole bitcoin data directory and use that instead, Using the bootstrap.dat leaves out the index folder and other files which I think speeds up the client sync process.

I don't use Linux so I don't have any instructions for it, but the Linux users here will probably soon tell you how to do it with Linux.

This is a good file splitter software for Windows, and there must be similar software for Linux available.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/gsplit.html

There are download links for the Linux 7zip here if you don't already have it.

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: LFC_Bitcoin on January 03, 2016, 07:14:20 PM

I've downloaded the entire blockchain via bitcoin.org several times on different computers. The most recent time took about 3 days. I'd still never download it anywhere else though. Can't be too careful in this game.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 03, 2016, 07:39:51 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 03, 2016, 07:14:20 PM

Understandable, at the very least this could serve as a proof of concept that you can get a completely synced bitcoin core client faster by using torrents and compressed blockchain, it also mitigates database corruption issues during sync. Maybe the core devs will provide a torrent for an updated compressed blockchain in the future.

It would be great if a respected bitcoin community member could do a security check on the torrent to ensure that it is clean.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 04, 2016, 02:41:51 AM

Ok so after getting the latest blockchain downloaded from the torrent without using any bootstrap file, just using all the files from the bitcoin data directory, no reindexing was needed. This means there is no need to make a portable version of the client and the bootstrap.dat files should not be used for the latest bitcoin clients as they don't include the index folder and other files. Using the bootstrap.dat would take much longer to sync and i am not sure if it is ever worth using a bootstrap file anymore, maybe if you are using older clients.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: hamiltino on January 07, 2016, 08:19:47 AM

There was a problem with the magnet link and the download host blocked me from using direct links, they require money for it but I managed to get around it by inspecting the source. They must of caught on.

torrent download link is now hosted on my seedbox.

Also thinking about adding a github download link, that way people can inspect the files before downloading, costs are starting to add up a bit though but I will see. (requires me to pay for github storage)

Title: Re: **bootstrap.dat torrent updated 2016**
Post by: bbopa637 on March 30, 2016, 09:07:18 AM

Quote from: unamis76 on December 31, 2015, 07:52:16 PM

Thanks for your work, but this is useless with current Bitcoin Core versions :D No need to maintain it.

Bitcoin core 12.0 is the worst version I have ever used!! I can't syncronize for about 2 weeks! When I close bitcoin client it creates log file 300+ MB. There was written the same srting infinity. Then I close it with task manager, and when I start it's "activating better...." and so whole day! Need to delete whole folder and start that stupid client again!!! 65Gb+ it's crazycoin!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: bbopa637 on March 30, 2016, 09:10:52 AM

From where I can download whole blockchain?? in official https://bitcoin.org/bin/block-chain/ is listed
README.txt 14-Jun-2015 16:09 2757
bootstrap.dat.torrent 24-Aug-2014 01:40 215716
bootstrap.dat.torrent.gpg 24-Aug-2014 01:40 216414
bootstrap.txt 24-Aug-2014 01:40 1174
The shame on Bitcoin! Latest update on 2014 year! I hate it now! Give me a link to download 2016 Bitcoin Roaming folder please!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: SparklingFire on May 03, 2016, 11:40:01 AM

Thanks a lot wayneyoyo ! :)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: jirislav on May 17, 2016, 09:14:36 PM

Here I've uploaded today's (17-05-2016) BTC blockchain

zipped size: 61.75 GB
unzipped size: 80.5 GB

----> magnet link HERE <----- (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:20ce95f6de5723a0f95ce20463f31b7f903a5ad4&dn=BTC-blockchain-16-05-17.zip&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce)

Please note that this blockchain is derived from wayneyoyo's (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=143675) blockchain from 1 Apr 2016
Also note that it took me about 3 days syncing newest blockchain from wayneyoyo's blockchain, so I decided to create another torrent after I sync it so you guys gain 3 more days :)

donation address: 1BEVTTtjRCJ3rgx97P5dEc1uDgi9B8MPrc

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lordmick on May 18, 2016, 01:04:03 AM

I also made one.. up to block #412154

Date 05/17/2016 8:00 AM EST

there is a bootstrap.dat or the blocks folder on two differant torrent you can chose the one you want.

both of it are 7z ultra compressed it took me several hours to make those..

Bootstrap is 45.5GB compressed and 69.6GB uncompressed

Blocks folder is 47.2GB compressed and 78.7GB uncompressed

http://cryptorrency.com/bootstrap (http://cryptorrency.com/bootstrap)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: wayneyoyo on June 04, 2016, 04:58:25 PM

Bitcoin blockchain data 4 June 2016.
Size: 59.35GB
Uncompressed size: 77.1GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.

torrent magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:abbcf8ac716fe2a4746869fe243b6e15ab0fe518&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce)

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: ReiMomo on June 06, 2016, 11:44:25 PM

Is there a way to download it via http?

I've never been able to synchronize with wallet. This time it was 2 days remaining then computer turned off/on then I got a corrupt database again.

Is there a way to repair it?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: ahmedjamal1998 on June 06, 2016, 11:49:15 PM

Thanks to OP this is good work. But I remember someone told me not to take the block chain from anywhere on the internet unless officially.
He said something like another bitcoin network ( I don't really know much about these things).

So is it like safe or???

Thanks.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: briann6 on June 23, 2016, 12:56:15 PM

Here is a new full blockchain

https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/15041083/bitcoin_blockchain_06-22-2016

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: wayneyoyo on June 25, 2016, 02:06:29 AM

Bitcoin blockchain data 23 June 2016.
Size: 61.4GB
Uncompressed size: 79.7GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.

torrent magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1ce85cde10c8bd00e9536d641ffb1e614e8a8b27&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce)

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: wayneyoyo on July 10, 2016, 01:53:40 PM

Bitcoin blockchain data 10 July 2016.
Size: 63.06GB
Uncompressed size: 81.7GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.

torrent magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1167a963420e56ce31de68889c78af2c302e327e&tr=udp://tracker.internetwarriors.net:1337/announce&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969/announce&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce)

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mor3dan on July 30, 2016, 01:56:51 PM

Hey all users,
Hey wayne yoyo (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=143675),
I created torrent-release. With the Bitcoin blockchain data
The release includes bitcoin blockchain data, from date 29.07.2016
And one more changing, blockchain data NOT PACKED IN ARCHIVE
You can download what you want
And most Interesting, i added in my torrent-release newest version of app.
Bitcoin Core 0.13.00rc1, x86 and x64 Windows setups
Updates done monthly.

Blockchain date: 29.07.2016
Bitcoin Core version: 0.13.00rc1 x86/x64 Windows setup
Size: 83.6Gb

TODO list:

Update blockchain date regulary
Add Portable-version of Bitcoin Core
Support this torrent 24/7 with 100Mb/sec connection

Full sync, indexed with 0.13.00rc1 Bitcoin Core

Magnet download link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cb1111d9f59cae91f4d5b1a2dd33581bd8a48167&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt.nnm-club.info%3A2710%2F00c183d4d4ed1a4375c6efd6d2f618fb%2Fannounce)

And If you want to help me support this torrent (24/7) with high-speed, you can donate

Donation address BTC : 1DsFTBPCioBzt5X88UQJUTRL3GzaSTwrw4 (bitcoin:1DsFTBPCioBzt5X88UQJUTRL3GzaSTwrw4?message=Donate)
QR-code: http://i5.imageban.ru/out/2016/07/30/c544bbbe4d0e89396100e40cf08d025e.png

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: DeathAngel on July 30, 2016, 03:58:11 PM

I don't like things like this, this forum is littered with potential scams & people trying to get you to click on stuff that could infect your computer with malware.

I'm not saying this is definitely something to worry about but I certainly won't be downloading it.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mor3dan on July 30, 2016, 04:42:55 PM

Quote from: DeathAngel on July 30, 2016, 03:58:11 PM

Hey, don't worry)

see this:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/59175a27962e255cdc71ea7c76ef8cd1b015dd5abb8c8308fcf43c7a766ca19a/analysis/ (https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/59175a27962e255cdc71ea7c76ef8cd1b015dd5abb8c8308fcf43c7a766ca19a/analysis/)
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/800f13f4e4c3385c5a65b0bb8fcedf82689af3404440a828598b56fa0a53b7af/analysis/ (https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/800f13f4e4c3385c5a65b0bb8fcedf82689af3404440a828598b56fa0a53b7af/analysis/)

And if you dont like directly-link

You can use torrent-tracker

Links on my release:

https://nnmclub.to/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1038939 (https://nnmclub.to/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1038939)
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5261533 (http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5261533)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: maydna on July 30, 2016, 05:11:38 PM

geezz its a big data for me, its 45GB, how long for me to download that? i am not sure i can hold it for days. and if my internet connection is fast like other people, i will download it from the source for the safe way.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: European Central Bank on July 30, 2016, 05:26:12 PM

isn't downloading via torrent now slower than doing it directly through core? I thought they'd changed how it works in recent releases.

Quote from: maydna on July 30, 2016, 05:11:38 PM

downloading's the easy part. when your computer indexes it is when it's gonna hurt.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on July 30, 2016, 05:36:01 PM

Quote from: European Central Bank on July 30, 2016, 05:26:12 PM

isn't downloading via torrent now slower than doing it directly through core? I thought they'd changed how it works in recent releases.

According to developers, yes, after 0.10 things are handled differently and just syncing is faster.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: BitcoinChicken on July 30, 2016, 05:47:43 PM

Omg so much amount of GB for one mobile app on mobile phone i an really confused why so many GB if many users will not be avaiable to download full file?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on July 30, 2016, 05:57:22 PM

Quote from: BitcoinChicken on July 30, 2016, 05:47:43 PM

Omg so much amount of GB for one mobile app on mobile phone i an really confused why so many GB if many users will not be avaiable to download full file?

Mobile phone? Bootstraps are for Bitcoin Core...

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Smithovski on August 07, 2016, 04:49:43 AM

Quote from: mor3dan on July 30, 2016, 01:56:51 PM

Update blockchain date regulary
Add Portable-version of Bitcoin Core
Support this torrent 24/7 with 100Mb/sec connection

Hi! Full sync means I dont need to wait 7 days to sync after dowload that torrent?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: wayneyoyo on August 11, 2016, 03:56:13 PM

Bitcoin blockchain data 9 August 2016.
Size: 65.9GB
Uncompressed size: 85.4GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.11.2 on windows platform.

torrent magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:E44664E97CC29CB14EFFC3B9BE3D82B80F5B8DE0&tr=udp://tracker.internetwarriors.net:1337/announce&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969/announce&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce)

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: usefree on September 01, 2016, 10:59:33 AM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on August 11, 2016, 03:56:13 PM

Thanks.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 02:20:49 PM

Bitcoin blockchain data 10 September 2016.
Size: 68.95GB
Uncompressed size: 89.2GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.11.2 on windows platform.

torrent magnet link (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:46b6bf4896d091a3d1d0e1e92e5ec975406ab8f3&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce&tr=udp://tracker.internetwarriors.net:1337/announce&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969/announce)

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: glerant on September 30, 2016, 02:24:40 PM

Thanks! ;D

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 07:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 02:20:49 PM

A true hero.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on November 15, 2016, 01:13:25 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Data: 14 November 2016.
Block number: 438785
Size: ~ 60 GB [60,785 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 100 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.13.1 on Mac OSX platform.

Beware that after decompressing the 7zip file, you need additional 100 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download link: https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/ (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/)

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 7ce2a9e61abbf2b169fc5d606fde44b6
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= 1167e3f933612afc531e071d38c93665
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= b7ba2d026a7a27d67a26737f5333ea7b399a6e495a60c16099eb3d58824a1069
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= b1f1b474b55aae59a7644d3975a00cdbb6cbc7475e26e2fb23c13c29638b8e62

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mehmedchelebi on November 25, 2016, 03:22:30 PM

Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 07:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 02:20:49 PM

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: pereira4 on November 25, 2016, 03:43:08 PM

Quote from: European Central Bank on July 30, 2016, 05:26:12 PM

isn't downloading via torrent now slower than doing it directly through core? I thought they'd changed how it works in recent releases.

Quote from: maydna on July 30, 2016, 05:11:38 PM

downloading's the easy part. when your computer indexes it is when it's gonna hurt.

I don't think core's client is faster than bitorrent... with bitorrent I can reach speeds of around 800kb/s, I have never reached anywhere as close with core client. In any case like you said, it's when the validation of the blocks happen when most computers suffer. My computer is a modest one that was top of the line in 2010 but 6 years later is not that good anymore... it struggles to update the blockchain. Syncing is so damn slow. Unless I open the client everyday, if I miss a couple of days it starts getting really annoying.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on November 25, 2016, 05:57:19 PM

Quote from: mehmedchelebi on November 25, 2016, 03:22:30 PM

Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 07:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 02:20:49 PM

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

I think you still can, but according to release notes dating back to 0.10 (I think) you'll find that using a bootstrap is slower than simply syncing.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: EL_Criptico on November 29, 2016, 11:45:17 AM

Thanks for share! Can u update the blockchain archive? If i'm not mistaken, now its more then 100 GBs. :o

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Toxic_Cat on December 17, 2016, 04:26:20 PM

I'm getting error with sync this backups. Critical Error, Over and over, and starting download from beginning (error in 7-10 weeks)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: QuestionAuthority on December 17, 2016, 04:43:02 PM

Somehow Bitcoin just seems less user friendly after reading this thread. LOL

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Jet Cash on December 17, 2016, 04:43:45 PM

Wouldn't it be easier to buy the blockchain copy on a DVD?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: QuestionAuthority on December 17, 2016, 05:01:27 PM

Quote from: Jet Cash on December 17, 2016, 04:43:45 PM

Wouldn't it be easier to buy the blockchain copy on a DVD?

You mean a large box of dvd's. LOL

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on December 18, 2016, 12:55:19 AM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on December 17, 2016, 04:43:02 PM

Somehow Bitcoin just seems less user friendly after reading this thread. LOL

After reading this thread I only confirm the theory that says humans tend to complicate and make everything look way harder than it is.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on December 19, 2016, 12:42:15 AM

Quote from: mehmedchelebi on November 25, 2016, 03:22:30 PM

Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 07:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 02:20:49 PM

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

Yes, you can of course.
As far as I know the bootstrap blockchain file should work on any OS running an up-to-date version of bitcoin-qt.
Let me know if it fails on any (non standard OS) for whatever reason.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: GreenLighter on December 19, 2016, 12:43:06 AM

Be wary of third party bootstraps

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on December 19, 2016, 12:52:03 AM

Quote from: PatrickMacH on November 15, 2016, 01:13:25 PM

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 7ce2a9e61abbf2b169fc5d606fde44b6
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= 1167e3f933612afc531e071d38c93665
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= b7ba2d026a7a27d67a26737f5333ea7b399a6e495a60c16099eb3d58824a1069
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= b1f1b474b55aae59a7644d3975a00cdbb6cbc7475e26e2fb23c13c29638b8e62

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Is there a need for this file to be updated on a regular basis? i.e. once a week or once a month?

Hint for users short of disk space:
Depending on your usage scenario you may be better running a bitcoin-qt node in pruning mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNfdLyRZyVU). For example that's perfect for miners helping to reduce the node hosting costs. Miners running a P2Pool node can send me a hint and I'm happy to provide the patch needed to support bitcoin-qt pruning mode.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on December 19, 2016, 12:58:13 AM

Quote from: GreenLighter on December 19, 2016, 12:43:06 AM

Be wary of third party bootstraps

That's why I'm providing checksums on the file(s), the source bitcoin-qt client version and OS used to create the bootstrap file.
It would be perfect if another user can cross check the values bootstrapping the same blocks (or a future block) to verify the results.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mr.bitcoinerf11 on December 19, 2016, 05:35:42 AM

thanks for that :o

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on January 13, 2017, 07:23:16 PM

Hi,

Quote from: PatrickMacH on November 15, 2016, 01:13:25 PM

is there any need for an updated bootstrap.dat?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on February 09, 2017, 12:12:00 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]
Date: Fr. 20. Jan. 2017.
Block number: #449028
Size: ~ 63 GB [64,438 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 110 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.13.1 on Mac OSX platform.

Beware that after decompressing the 7zip file, you need additional 110 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download link: https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/ (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/)

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 50335eb3db1ffeadde4bd57c33df9389
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 82e3182b959a8bed2280e0885f622625
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 0cd1543c8c849edb5260ac7e6cc368918603a09bd257a2df552ca724b4b54889
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 9ef0005fca51f336d24bff094140f0801771d8a2ea2ad893ad7f452a9c33c547

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain. You can donate using your CC or Bitcoin.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: sajjads24 on February 13, 2017, 05:02:37 AM

Quote from: PatrickMacH on February 09, 2017, 12:12:00 AM

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 50335eb3db1ffeadde4bd57c33df9389
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 82e3182b959a8bed2280e0885f622625
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 0cd1543c8c849edb5260ac7e6cc368918603a09bd257a2df552ca724b4b54889
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 9ef0005fca51f336d24bff094140f0801771d8a2ea2ad893ad7f452a9c33c547

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain. You can donate using your CC or Bitcoin.

Hi
plz insert magnetlink or torrent file ?

thanks

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: QuestionAuthority on February 13, 2017, 04:07:00 PM

So this is just another paid service now, right?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on February 15, 2017, 01:06:41 AM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on February 13, 2017, 04:07:00 PM

So this is just another paid service now, right?

Offering this large file for direct secure https download is not possible without donations for me due to the hosting costs.
To prevent abuse, you must donate a sum, which you can define yourself, to be able to download.

The client itself is synchronizing quite fast for free without the need for a bootstrap file. Therefore using a best compressed bootstrap.dat file to speed up the initialization of Bitcoin-Qt in some scenario is a niche product primary for business purposes.

I think it's a matter of decency to donate if this service helps you to save time or to optimize your business.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: QuestionAuthority on February 15, 2017, 02:18:22 PM

Quote from: PatrickMacH on February 15, 2017, 01:06:41 AM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on February 13, 2017, 04:07:00 PM

So this is just another paid service now, right?

I don't disagree that you should be compensated for your time. I simply think this should now be moved to marketplace with all the other paid services.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: noobwhosuckatlife on April 07, 2017, 12:21:22 PM

sad...we're selling bootstrap.dat now

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Namiks on April 07, 2017, 01:45:08 PM

Quote from: noobwhosuckatlife on April 07, 2017, 12:21:22 PM

sad...we're selling bootstrap.dat now

Almost laughable to see how far we have come.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mmo_online_1981 on April 07, 2017, 01:52:35 PM

Now, Blockchain requie over 120G, it too big for my PC,
other way to used Bitcore?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Namiks on April 07, 2017, 02:23:04 PM

Quote from: mmo_online_1981 on April 07, 2017, 01:52:35 PM

Now, Blockchain requie over 120G, it too big for my PC,
other way to used Bitcore?

You can try to find a third-party--yet reputable--wallet.

The best I know of is https://electrum.org/#download, although I don't remember if that would solve your issue or not. I believe the wallet's blockchain syncing is different. Best look into it beforehand.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: ranochigo on April 07, 2017, 02:33:43 PM

Quote from: mmo_online_1981 on April 07, 2017, 01:52:35 PM

Now, Blockchain requie over 120G, it too big for my PC,
other way to used Bitcore?

You can enable pruning with Bitcoin Core. This keeps the size of the blockchain at whatever you set in your configuration. Create a Bitcoin.conf and put prune=550 if you want to keep it at 550mb. The full blockchain will still be downloaded but it will be deleted as it synchronizes.

Quote from: Namiks on April 07, 2017, 02:23:04 PM

To be fair, there isn't an official wallet. Yes, it doesn't download the full blocks and it will be significantly smaller.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: rooster2000bka on April 08, 2017, 06:02:09 AM

Quote from: Namiks on April 07, 2017, 02:23:04 PM

Quote from: mmo_online_1981 on April 07, 2017, 01:52:35 PM

Now, Blockchain requie over 120G, it too big for my PC,
other way to used Bitcore?

I had try electrum, but I want more on my mobile! Can you help me

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: dirtycat on May 07, 2017, 05:38:45 AM

Is there anyone still posting new updates?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Sr.Urbanist on May 07, 2017, 11:46:14 PM

Quote from: rooster2000bka on April 08, 2017, 06:02:09 AM

I had try electrum, but I want more on my mobile! Can you help me

Jaxx.io

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: mraksoll on May 30, 2017, 12:14:47 PM

bootstrap.dat 30.05.2017 computer by up 24/7
About updating i think update it every 1 - 2 weeks.

torrent (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BxrFIV7GH6dAZEhweTJ1Z1ZaR3M)
magnet (magnet:?xt=urn:btih:C8DA8AEF13A002CEA2269FBC89AF3C5BF8528D79&dn=bootstrap.dat&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce)

it's free but you can donate me some coins for pay internet end electric :)

BTC 15kFJAUt51wJbi45Lyhy62MWejqtsEVB2o
DOGE D9BCGtYk8Y66cn1eWSLUZFXuSeYekdekJT

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: irlandescoin on May 31, 2017, 10:45:30 AM

any update for this now?

june of 2017,

that is the best solution?

it is the third parties reliable? torrents and links too?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 03, 2017, 02:52:48 PM

Updated 2 Jun 17

https://www.dropbox.com/s/03mmhkyc2gi5i3s/Bootstrap%20Bitcoin%20Blockchain%2002%20Jun%2017.zip?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/03mmhkyc2gi5i3s/Bootstrap%20Bitcoin%20Blockchain%2002%20Jun%2017.zip?dl=0)

BTC: 14VbJUwQswTxf7VVn86nmqdseW7SjPh5FR
ETH: 0x600a9777936051daca6338b5fd397b546ea4313e

A small donation would be appreciated for the cloud storage, however not necessary.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: irlandescoin on June 06, 2017, 11:27:19 PM

Quote from: barto123 on June 03, 2017, 02:52:48 PM

That file isn’t here anymore
Someone might’ve deleted the file or disabled the link.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: irlandescoin on June 09, 2017, 01:48:31 PM

the torrent does not work anymore. :(

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 09, 2017, 02:48:11 PM

Quote from: irlandescoin on June 09, 2017, 01:48:31 PM

the torrent does not work anymore. :(

The torrent from the previous page, made on May 30th does work just fine. Another working torrent is from May 18th from the post that somebody deleted, but the web link still works.

http://blockchainbootstrap.com/index.html

Those are respectively 110.46 GB and 126.39 GB, unlike the torrent in the original post that was less than half of those.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 10, 2017, 08:23:07 PM

Apologies for that Dropbox link, they only allow a small of downloads per day. Trying Google drive now. *Bitcoin Blockchain Updated 10 Jun 17*

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQX3WA9rhJCMERON0FFdUdhUkE/view?usp=drivesdk (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQX3WA9rhJCMERON0FFdUdhUkE/view?usp=drivesdk)

Trying to help Bitcoin & get more nodes running to activate Segwit. These transaction fees are a killer!

If you run one of these clients https://uasf.bitcoinreminder.com/ (https://uasf.bitcoinreminder.com/) you will start showing support for BIP148 UASF - before Activation on 1 Aug 17. The more people that run it the better the chance we have of getting Segwit. The power is in the users hands!

BTC: 14VbJUwQswTxf7VVn86nmqdseW7SjPh5FR
ETH: 0x600a9777936051daca6338b5fd397b546ea4313e

A small donation would be appreciated for cost of the cloud storage, however not necessary.

Please let me know how you go with that link.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: OmegaStarScream on June 11, 2017, 08:19:48 PM

It's not longer recommended to download the bootstrap file for sometime now, having the latest bitcoin core version will make you download the files much faster.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 11, 2017, 09:15:13 PM

Quote from: OmegaStarScream on June 11, 2017, 08:19:48 PM

It's not longer recommended to download the bootstrap file for sometime now, having the latest bitcoin core version will make you download the files much faster.

I think it depends on your PC and internet connection. Still takes me weeks with the new client.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:19:08 PM

Quote from: OmegaStarScream on June 11, 2017, 08:19:48 PM

It's not longer recommended to download the bootstrap file for sometime now, having the latest bitcoin core version will make you download the files much faster.

Please don't listen to bullshit from non-technical people. Bitcoin Core does initial download faster only in certain conditions, that nowadays could be considered laboratory-like. With the real user environments (especially technical newbies or people outside USA) it is much more reliable and oftentimes faster to do this using Bittorrent or cloud file storage.

Depending on ones own level of paranoia there are two most common ways of initialization:

1) low-paranoia: download and unpack the pre-initialized "blocks" and "chainstate" directories

2) high-paranoia: download "bootstrap.dat" and do initialization and verification with local disks or LAN disk mounts

3) extreme-paranoia: do (1) or (2) and initialize new secure node totally over LAN without allowing Internet access from the secure node.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:31:50 PM

Quote from: giosal on June 11, 2017, 06:46:25 PM

i will create torrent as well shortly for latest blockchain with 1Gbps uplink

If you want to do it and have fast hardware do it properly: initialize an instance isolated from the Internet syncing to a single node in a reproducible way. Trim that single node to the exact height as the most recent checkpoint in the source code for that version.

Lots of people post torrents than have few seeders because their torrents are barely useable: created with multiple restarts of the Bitcoin client, needlessly keep track of orphaned blocks, keep track of transactions in somebody's wallet, etc.

This is especially important if you're using some web-server-grade cloud hardware without ECC memory or DDR3 memory susceptible to row hammer. People then wonder why their block storage doesn't pass self verification.

Edit: Oh and one more thing: don't compress it with RAR. The RAR decompression utilities create severely fragmented files. Both Bitcoin Core client and most of Bittorrent clients at least create files in a way to avoid fragmentation.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: gmaxwell on June 11, 2017, 10:38:47 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:19:08 PM

This is simply untrue.

Unless your internet connection is very slow the vast majority of time is spent in validation and data handling even on a 24 core host.

If you download separately you cannot overlap the download and validation. So unless your download is nearly infinitely fast it must be slower.

This experiment is conducted regularly in real conditions at least with every release (since we benchmark for synchronization performance regressions).

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:31:50 PM

created with multiple restarts of the Bitcoin client, needlessly keep track of orphaned blocks, keep track of transactions in somebody's wallet, etc.

Orphaned blocks are about 1% -- who cares if there is 1% of overhead in the files? The linearize tool in the contribs directory will create block files without them-- sure, but they're not a big deal. The main reason to exclude them is to get a reproducible file. The wallet _never_ has any effect on the content of the block files.

The risk with copying a chainstate, beyond the risk of being tricked onto a fork where the attacker has created a bunch of coins out of thin air is that the leveldb database files are not a safe external interface and it may well be possible to get remote code execution with a specially crafted database. BDB (used for the wallets) can easily be caused to crash with out of bounds memory accesses from crafted database files, for example.

I'm pretty sure that that a UTXO assume-valid type sync will be supported (even a default) in the future-- but that doesn't mean that copying database files from third parties is safe-- personally I'd never do it.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on June 11, 2017, 11:46:30 PM

Quote from: gmaxwell on June 11, 2017, 10:38:47 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:19:08 PM

Finally. Maybe this time these downloads are finally debunked and a bunch of people stop wasting their time.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: cr1776 on June 12, 2017, 12:29:48 AM

Quote from: unamis76 on June 11, 2017, 11:46:30 PM

Quote from: gmaxwell on June 11, 2017, 10:38:47 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:19:08 PM

Finally. Maybe this time these downloads are finally debunked and a bunch of people stop wasting their time.

Doubtful. 😀 Given the same thing has been said for several years now and makes no difference. Lol

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 12, 2017, 03:01:59 AM

Quote from: gmaxwell on June 11, 2017, 10:38:47 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:19:08 PM

Dude, you are so disconnected from reality that it isn't funny anymore.

Your "real conditions" consist of:

1) Not running Windows natively on the hardware as a matter of core dev team policy, but on virtualized high-end hardware.

2) Using well tested hardware, probably with ECC RAM and SSD storage.

3) Using static (or nearly static) IPv4 address that isn't shared with other users of the ISP providing cabled/fixed service.

The real users' conditions are vastly different:

1) Windows running natively, frequently on cheap computers or external drives connected with USB.

2) Untested hardware that had never run any sort of database application, only web browsers and games. Most users will try to put Bitcoin on a mechanical drive and to compound problems will run various online anti-virus and other lame security applications.

3) Outside of the USA static IPv4 are quite rare commodity, most users have either forcibly changed dynamic IPv4, shared IPv4 through CG-NAT or dual-stack-lite IPv6 deployments where only IPv6 is static and IPv4 is shared. Large fraction of Bitcoin users use various non-cabled ISPs either radio-line or cellular. Bittorrent deals with those much better than Bitcoin Core.

4) In practice the beginning users have to attempt initial synchronization several times until their resolve problems with their configuration following the usual recipe: blow away everything except wallet.dat and restart from scratch, very much in the days of MS-DOS on a PC-compatible. Downloading the data separately at least allows them to start cleanly in an reproducible configuration that allows sensible troubleshooting.

5) For many users the proper metric to optimize is not "minimum total time" but "minimum total costs". Especially those users on non-cabled ISPs have non-metered, well-performing connections only through 8 to 12 hours during night time. For them separating download (via Bittorrent or cloud file locker) and local synchronization makes obvious sense.

Quote from: gmaxwell on June 11, 2017, 10:38:47 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 11, 2017, 09:31:50 PM

created with multiple restarts of the Bitcoin client, needlessly keep track of orphaned blocks, keep track of transactions in somebody's wallet, etc.

It isn't the 1% waste that is the problem. It is lack of reproducibility and lack of possibility of making sensible incremental backups and incremental synchronization amongst multiple machines.

Your paranoia is largely unfounded for two reasons:

1) even if you (or your friends stateside) don't know the providers of pre-initialized state directories, those people are frequently quite well-known outside of the USA and can be reasonably trusted.

2) most of the users desiring shortcuts to initialize don't have any coins in their wallet and don't plan on putting any just yet. They are planning on learning or demonstrating the technology.

3) the "crafted leveldb exploit to put user on a fake fork" is largely theoretical so far, whereas the practical exploits were social engineering related to fraudulent technical help with extremely fragile and problematic Bitcoin Core that has almost no internal RAS features (reliability - availability - serviceability) and laughable error messages like "there was checksum error, aborting".

Don't even get me started on using sensible storage architecture for Bitcoin Core. I tried to explain the benefits of storage layer abstraction to etotheipi in 2013:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144015.0

His position was that he rather have his company fail than use a database engine that is more than an educational toy. By the time they tried to switch to LightningDB he was out of money and out of patience from the prospective enterprise customers.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lkloon123 on June 13, 2017, 12:52:20 AM

I have uploaded the full blockchain to google drive
it's not the bootstrap file
choose the desired date and press download all

If the google drive server zipping proccess is slow, i will zip it first and upload next time.

for anyone who need it can go here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8_47uQqNMc0NE00UWdRZ1VtSlE?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8_47uQqNMc0NE00UWdRZ1VtSlE?usp=sharing)

Will upload it weekly

if u would like to donate
BTC : 1Q28ZD2kKa8M4ix89PwPmzMJeiPw2HYHS9

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: fran1985 on June 13, 2017, 07:19:23 AM

Quote from: lkloon123 on June 13, 2017, 12:52:20 AM

Hey! Thanks for that! Just got mine corrupted yesterday and needed to download it again. I will be seeding this till you upload a new one.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lkloon123 on June 13, 2017, 01:47:53 PM

Quote from: lkloon123 on June 13, 2017, 12:52:20 AM

Zip file included, u can choose which to download :D

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Celsiuss on June 13, 2017, 07:37:07 PM

Kinda newb here, but what's the purpose of this? Can't you simply download it the "normal" way? And I would imagine it would be hard to keep seeders seeding the torrent if you update it all the time.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 14, 2017, 02:13:08 AM

Quote from: Celsiuss on June 13, 2017, 07:37:07 PM

Kinda newb here, but what's the purpose of this? Can't you simply download it the "normal" way? And I would imagine it would be hard to keep seeders seeding the torrent if you update it all the time.

The purpose is (mostly) to save time and (possibly) wear and tear on the storage hardware.

Bitcoin Core uses extremely primitive methods for maintaining the blockchain storage: it is quite slow and needlessly, extremely, write-intensive: to write effectively about 125GB of data to disk it will actually write multiple terabytes more in the process of internal reorganizations and pointless optimizations.

Good quality SSD devices have no problem handling it, but cheap eMMC or SD-card devices can be completely worn out before the initial synchronization finishes. Flash storage is always limited by the write endurance: how many times the storage cell can be erased and rewritten.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lkloon123 on June 22, 2017, 04:25:52 AM

Quote from: lkloon123 on June 13, 2017, 12:52:20 AM

-- updated --
latest update : 20/2/2017

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 22, 2017, 10:17:35 PM

Quote from: barto123 on June 10, 2017, 08:23:07 PM

Does anyone require this link anymore? We currently have duplicates, probably not necessary.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 23, 2017, 01:48:33 AM

Quote from: barto123 on June 22, 2017, 10:17:35 PM

Does anyone require this link anymore? We currently have duplicates, probably not necessary.

Yours has a distinction of actually working. The one posted lkloon123 don't seem to work. They seem to hang on: Preparing download: zipping 1 file: progress circle gets stuck below 25%. In a dedicated Google Drive download utility they show as "files offline".

So maybe keep your until somebody confirms successful use of the other links?

Edit: Further research shows that barto123 posted hyperlink to a file, but lkloon123 posted link to a directory of subdirectories (named with a date) that contain the actual RAR files. Google Drive must have different special cases for different browsers. I managed to start download of lkloon123's post by starting it in "Google ~~Internet Explorer~~ Chrome", pausing the download and then copy-pasting the end-file link to a browser not approved by Google.

Pain in the neck, but it could be made to work. I'll update one the RAR download finishes and passes verification in unrar.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 23, 2017, 04:45:29 PM

Quote from: 2112 on June 23, 2017, 01:48:33 AM

Quote from: barto123 on June 22, 2017, 10:17:35 PM

Does anyone require this link anymore? We currently have duplicates, probably not necessary.

I tested the link plus installing it into new wallet on different PC, should work if you have winRAR

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: barto123 on June 23, 2017, 04:47:53 PM

Quote from: barto123 on June 10, 2017, 08:23:07 PM

I will leave this up as there's most likely going to be a need for 2 links with all the UASF traffic. Bitcoin is growing really fast.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on June 23, 2017, 06:30:27 PM

Quote from: barto123 on June 23, 2017, 04:45:29 PM

I tested the link plus installing it into new wallet on different PC, should work if you have winRAR

Yeah, I can confirm it "works", i.e. downloads in full and restores correctly.

The question is "how much effort is required to use it on a clean computer, especially Windows?" When somebody doesn't already have Google Chrome and payware RAR utility this isn't so easy.

Depending on the country the attempt to use of directory-level Google Drive link in Microsoft Internet Explorer one ends up with either a hang (described above) or a prompt to upgrade browser.

I don't know if payware RAR utility is smarter, but the freeware unrar restores those directories in a heavily fragmented state. It doesn't make sense for anyone to pay for full RAR license (or lookup the ever-popular cracks) when all that's required is a one-time uncompressing. With heavily fragmented store Bitcoin Core client works much slower then when it would do the download itself.

Yeah, but it makes everything go much faster, especially for users of the ISPs which don't have fully routable IP addresses but have to use to use CG-NAT-ed shared IP addresses. Google Drive doesn't seem to do per-IP throttling unlike e.g. Mega.nz .

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on July 16, 2017, 03:34:54 AM

Quote from: mmo_online_1981 on April 07, 2017, 01:52:35 PM

Now, Blockchain requie over 120G, it too big for my PC,
other way to used Bitcore?

Usually you are not required to store the complete blockchain on your PC.
Did you consider to use pruning to reduce your storage requirements?

It's about adding a line "prune=[allowed blockchain storage in MB]" to your bitcoin.conf configuration file.
A value around 4488 [MB] which is currently about a month of backlog may be useful.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on July 16, 2017, 04:01:33 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Sa. 08 Jul. 2017 14:17:11
block number:   #47480
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~80 GB [81,657 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~116 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~130 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: OmegaStarScream on July 16, 2017, 05:31:31 AM

Quote from: PatrickMacH on July 16, 2017, 04:01:33 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Sa. 08 Jul. 2017 14:17:11
block number:   #47480
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~80 GB [81,657 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~116 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

It is no longer suggested to download the Bootstrap file anymore. It's better (and faster) to let the software download it and sync alone.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on July 22, 2017, 02:31:27 AM

Quote from: OmegaStarScream on July 16, 2017, 05:31:31 AM

Quote from: PatrickMacH on July 16, 2017, 04:01:33 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]
[...]
Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

It is no longer suggested to download the Bootstrap file anymore. It's better (and faster) to let the software download it and sync alone.

Yes, the recommended way is to sync the client alone.

But nevertheless an up-to-date bootstrap.dat file is useful for some usage scenarious like:

rolling out multiple installations
speeding up the initial sync (because the bootstrap.dat is already serialized)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on July 22, 2017, 02:33:03 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Tu. 18 Jul. 2017 16:13:56
block number:   #476400
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~80 GB [82,644 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~116 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on July 30, 2017, 10:04:36 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Sa. 29 Jul. 2017 09:31:58
block number:   #478100
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~82 GB [83,729 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~119 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Wanko on August 02, 2017, 08:12:32 AM

Die Idee ist gut aber an der Umsetzung scheitert es anscheinend. Hab "gespendet" damit ich den Downloadlink bekomme. (Es ist keine Spende sondern eine Bezahlung für "deine" Dienstleistung). Siehe da ich lade mit maximal 2,8mb/s runter(schwankt immer zwischen 1,2mb/s-2,8mb/s. Das ist ja wohl eine Frechheit. Geld verlangen für den download und dann nicht mal eine richtige Geschwindigkeit bereitstellen. Wahnsinn. Kann nur jedem davon abraten.

Hab übrigens eine 400.000er Leitung -> ziehe immer mit mindestens 55mb/s von richtigen Anbietern.

english:
The Idea is good but the downloadserver is horrible. I download the Bootstrap.dat with 2,8mb/s. My Internet download is normally 55mb/s. Really bad service which you have to pay for.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lungbubble on August 09, 2017, 10:23:36 PM

Okay, so people keep saying its "better" to download through the wallet program than to download a bootstrap.

Been syncing for under an hour, wallet claims it will take 7 weeks to fully sync from a clean install.

How is that faster than under a day that would be required to download a 50-100gb bootstrap?

Some claim re-indexing is not required with the newer clients as well so that would suggest to eliminate that.

Even with those things being the case, why is the download so slow?!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: unamis76 on August 09, 2017, 10:25:45 PM

Quote from: lungbubble on August 09, 2017, 10:23:36 PM

With the bootstrap you still have to validate the data. It's not just "the people" who say it's faster just syncing normally, it's the devs and the changelogs...

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on August 09, 2017, 10:26:56 PM

Quote from: lungbubble on August 09, 2017, 10:23:36 PM

How is that faster than under a day that would be required to download a 50-100gb bootstrap?

My assumpton is that they're considering that you will reindex (./bitcoin-qt -dbcache=600 -reindex) after you download it from somebody. Of course if you don't reindex then there is no way that downloading with the client could be faster provided that the source that you're downloading from isn't limiting its upload speed.

edit: I believe that bootstrap.dat requires indexing no matter what, so downloading and indexing would always be slower than downloading and indexing at the same time. What I was talking about is actually getting a complete database (blocks and chainstate directories) from somebody.

edit2: If you have a mechanical hard drive, downloading the blockchain requires 2GB of cache memory in addition to memory for the OS and the bitcoin program. In other words you need 4GB and even with that it'll slow down getting in to 2016 data. Also, if you don't have ECC RAM then as single bit error will invalidate the entire index due to something like checksum error - database corrupted or Mekcle Root mismatch and you'll have to start over with the -reindex flag.

Free blockchain download to people in Illinois and bordering States, but please do me a favor. This is an older one that's at block 474777 from June 8th. Also it was created using bitcoin-core 0.12.1. Newer versions should be able to use it and auto update the format but I'm not sure about the newest versoins. This blockchain is already indexed and it was created by myself. You can check my trust with the web of trust used on the IRC channel. I have a high rating. If you're not close to Illinois I'll disconnect you. No, I'm not being charged extra to send to a long distance location, I'm just enforcing my own personal Internet agenda. I'll take the link away once one or two people start downloading it.

If you want to pay me $3 I'll let you download it even if you're not by Illinois. I will also accept 0.0005 Bitcoins, 0.03 Litecoins, or 3 Primecoins.

The favor: When you download this could you tell me if it works on your system and could you check error.log in your Bitcoin configuration/data directory (where wallet.dat is) and tell me if it encountered any errors when you reindex it, if you do chose to reindex it.

Here is the link to the file. It is a 100GB rar archive with a recovery record in case a bit gets corrupted. It also includes peers.dat. I thought that that might help bootstrapping go a little faster some day in the future. SHA1: b4d34735dac777202b681ef021ed38bfd6bc1f02

http://[URL hostname hidden - please PM me for this URL or use the Gnutella download method]/public/blockchains/bitcoin-core_0.12.1_indexed_blockchain_block474777_and_peers.dat_2017-7-8.rar

Once you download it then unpack it in your bitcoin data directory. Make sure to preserve the directory structure in the unrar program or the Windows GUI version. Delete the blocks and chainstate directories first to not have abandoned files around.
In Linux at the command line it would be something like this:
$ cd ~/.bitcoin
$ rm -r chainstate/ blocks/
$ sha1sum bitcoin-core_0.12.1_indexed_blockchain_block474777_and_peers.dat_2017-7-8.rar
# The result should be b4d34735dac777202b681ef021ed38bfd6bc1f02 . If it isn't, then you have a bad download. Try to do a recovery on the rar archive. It will create a copy that's corrected to the correct sha1 hash.
$ unrar x r bitcoin-core_0.12.1_indexed_blockchain_block474777_and_peers.dat_2017-7-8.rar

Now run bitcoin-qt. If you don't trust me or if you have a lot of money in your wallet then you'll want to reindex it. Do bitcoin-qt -dbcache=500 -reindex #This will take a long time. If you don't have more than 2-4GB of RAM (depending on your client version) and you don't have a SSD don't do it.

edit 3: Another method! I have the file shared on Gnutella. It's the same file as mentioned above. Would someone like to try putting urn:sha1:WTJUONO2Y53SAK3ID3YCD3JYX7LLYHYC in to a program like gtk-gnutella and seeing if it finds the file? Please do ensure sharing is on in your client as you download! This is a base32 SHA1 which is different than what sha1sum produces. After downloading the file with Gnutella, the previous instructions for unpacking it still apply.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on August 14, 2017, 12:24:18 AM

Quote from: Mad7Scientist on August 09, 2017, 10:26:56 PM

Quote from: lungbubble on August 09, 2017, 10:23:36 PM

How is that faster than under a day that would be required to download a 50-100gb bootstrap?

Using a recent bootstrap.dat (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) file can speed up the initial blockchain loadup process in many scenarious, because:

you save a decent amount of download data: The bootstrap.dat.xz is highly compressed.
you save computing ressources: The bootstrap.dat file already contains serialized data.
you only have to download the bootstrap.dat.xz file once and can use it to deploy multiple instances.

The compression format xz allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat file while downloading it. To download and import/index at the same time you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain boostrap.dat to the Bitcoin initial blockchain loadup process.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on August 14, 2017, 12:27:52 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Aug. 10, 2017 05:14:49
block number:   #479900
download
 - file name:   bootstrap.dat.xz
 - file size:   ~83 GB [84,852 MB]
 - file format: compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed
 - file name:   bootstrap.dat
 - file size:   ~120 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: bitco4ever on August 20, 2017, 08:41:42 PM

Found the full blockchain 08/2017 available as download from blockchain-downloads.com. Hope it helps!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Amitabh S on August 21, 2017, 05:58:20 AM

Good work. Is this project still going on?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on August 22, 2017, 04:22:01 AM

Quote from: bitco4ever on August 20, 2017, 08:41:42 PM

Found the full blockchain 08/2017 available as download from blockchain-downloads.com. Hope it helps!

Probably not bad, but they want $10 on their site! My price is closer to $3 if someone wants to PM me and get my download link that I mentioned earlier. It'll probably take 1.5 days to upload it here though.

Anyway, as I edited in and mentioned in detail 5 posts back I put this up on the Gnutella network. Put this in the search bar in gtk-gnutella or similar and see if it finds my July blockchain 100GB rar file. I'd like to know if it works! Gnutella searches can be slow to returns results.

urn:sha1:WTJUONO2Y53SAK3ID3YCD3JYX7LLYHYC

edit: Has anyone tried? Could you PM me if you can't find the file on Gnutella?

edit2: I have the complete blockchain up to 2017-8-20 as well. Just download the following 7.2GB file on Gnutella and unpack it in your bitcoin directory AFTER unpacking the first RAR archive. Be sure to preserve the directory structure and overwrite files.

urn:sha1:TZOOC2VV4G3LQZEXEUG65DY7VEWFCIEV

I'm surprised nobody has tried to download it yet or contacted me about it not working.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: NeonFlash on August 28, 2017, 06:24:00 AM

@Mad7Scientist: Thanks for your efforts. Is there an equivalent for Bitcoin Cash blockchain as well?

Is it possible to get a copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain prior to Hard Fork. Something like synchronized upto July 2017 only and not after. I'm asking for this because after hard fork on August 1st, the Bitcoin Blockchain is not compatible with Bitcoin Cash Blockchain. However, if we can get the latest snapshot of Blockchain prior to hard fork, then it can be re-used with Bitcoin ABC wallet and only the blocks after hard fork would need to be downloaded.

By the way, let's say you import a blockchain of size 100 GB into Bitcoin Core wallet. How long does it take to reindex the complete thing? How much time would you save as opposed to letting your own Bitcoin Core installation download and sync the blockchain?

Thanks.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on August 30, 2017, 01:09:40 AM

   It looks like there was a problem with my Gnutella share. Apparently Comcast blocks most of the Gnutella network functions except for downloading. They do the same thing with Bittorrent to a lesser extent. Also, the urn:sha1 I had hash was wrong, it would have taken you to my litecoin blockchain archive instead. But now those problems should be fixed.

@NeonFlash,
   I don't have a blockchain for Bitcoin Cash, but the 100GB rar file will take you to the beginning of July 2017, before the fork. You might be able to use command line parameters to instruct Bitcoin Cash to search back farther in the blockchain to invalidate all the non forked blocks.
   If you reindex the whole thing, it will take a couple days minimum for most people who have >4GB of RAM and a mechanical hard drive. Downloading and indexing at the same time wouldn't take much longer, and If download speeds are slow, then it would be faster.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on September 01, 2017, 10:02:39 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Th. 24 Aug. 2017 19:45:40
block number:   #481900
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~85 GB [86,232 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~126 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on September 05, 2017, 01:59:28 AM

Quote from: NeonFlash on August 28, 2017, 06:24:00 AM

Is it possible to get a copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain prior to Hard Fork. Something like synchronized upto July 2017 only and not after. I'm asking for this because after hard fork on August 1st, the Bitcoin Blockchain is not compatible with Bitcoin Cash Blockchain. However, if we can get the latest snapshot of Blockchain prior to hard fork, then it can be re-used with Bitcoin ABC wallet and only the blocks after hard fork would need to be downloaded.

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat] (before Bitcoin Cash netsplit)

About

Code:

block date:     Sa. 29 Jul. 2017 09:31:58
block number:   #478100
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~82 GB [83,729 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~123 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/izWq2z (https://goo.gl/izWq2z) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on September 10, 2017, 01:18:31 PM

It would be nice if someone could download the 100GB file ( urn:sha1:WTJUONO2Y53SAK3ID3YCD3JYX7LLYHYC
) on Gnutella and help share it. It looks like there have been a couple of attemps to download it but people may have given up because it was slower than expected. At 1MB/sec it's only a bit over a day.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on September 16, 2017, 01:52:30 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Mo. 11 Sep. 2017 17:24:37
block number:   #484700
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~86 GB [87,997 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~126 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Relaqs on September 25, 2017, 11:26:29 AM

Hi, save to use torrend? https://getbitcoin[Suspicious link removed]/

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1930218.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1930218.0)

Thx

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Flomo on September 25, 2017, 11:57:30 AM

thanks friends, it's all very helpful and can be as a reference to get information about cryptocurrency.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: domd on October 02, 2017, 07:17:43 PM

The updated (10/2017) Bitcoin bootstrap.7z zip file for Windows can be downloaded from this link as torrent:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1103WjvVqiQ00NZA8G9F58lSHECy8p1vo

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: dificanovi on October 08, 2017, 07:40:34 AM

thanks with the information, I am interested in the application for wallet that I can download, but after I download, I better understand the ones that I open in my search google.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: domd on October 08, 2017, 01:31:19 PM

The updated (11/2017) Bitcoin bootstrap.7z zip file for Windows can be downloaded from this link as torrent:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nEieUx-XUgZTZDUVF2M0QzQkE/view?usp=sharing

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: elixirsc on October 26, 2017, 11:13:22 AM

Quote from: domd on October 08, 2017, 01:31:19 PM

The updated (10/2017) Bitcoin bootstrap.7z zip file for Windows can be downloaded from this link as torrent:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nEieUx-XUgZTZDUVF2M0QzQkE/view?usp=sharing

Can someone tell the what the password is ? Thank you!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Spendulus on October 26, 2017, 11:31:48 AM

Why should someone download your files? How would he know they were completely safe and free of viruses, trojans etc.

Thank you for answering this question.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on October 27, 2017, 03:57:41 PM

You don't. If it's bootstrap.dat then it's the same data that bitcoin gets from other nodes so it doesn't matter if it's trustworthy or not. It can take a few days to index that regardless of if it comes from the file or the normal way.

I have a summer 2017 blockchain shared on Gnutella which is already indexed, so it would matter that the source is trustworthy for that. IF you just want to play around with bitcoin or BCC with small amounts then it isn't so important. The file that I mentioned earlier may not always be available since Comcast is blocking Gnutella.

It would take a fair bit of know how to make a malicious blockchain so I doubt anyone would do it unless these blockchain downloading services got popular. From what I can tell there isn't much interest in downloading bootstrap.dat or a pre indexed blockchain. I had my indexed blockchain directly downloadable for a time and I only got a couple hits a week and that was free of charge!

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: 2112 on October 28, 2017, 04:27:21 AM

Quote from: Mad7Scientist on October 27, 2017, 03:57:41 PM

From what I can tell there isn't much interest in downloading bootstrap.dat or a pre indexed blockchain. I had my indexed blockchain directly downloadable for a time and I only got a couple hits a week and that was free of charge!

The lack of interest you observing is probably related to your choice of protocol (GNUtella). Bittorrent is way more popular and I could nearly always seen somebody downloading the torrents that are published in various threads here. Currently there are about six leechers in the swarm. I never bothered to keep accurate statistics, but I would estimate that my old computer would push around 1TB (terabyte) per month in various Bitcoin torrent throughout this year. My statistics are very approximate because that old machine also seeds other things, but Bitcoin torrents are by far the biggest and nearly constantly active.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on November 03, 2017, 06:29:33 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Tue 24 Oct. 2017 00:19:48
block number:   #491400
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~90 GB [92,091 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~130 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.15.1 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: domd on November 08, 2017, 07:22:22 PM

The updated (11/2017) Bitcoin bootstrap.7z zip file for Windows can be downloaded from this link as torrent:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nEieUx-XUgZTZDUVF2M0QzQkE/view?usp=sharing

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: brakmic on November 16, 2017, 05:41:28 AM

Instead of mandatory payments for password-protected files, like in the examples above, better simply download one for free here: getbitcoinblockchain . com

Fresh blockchain + daily update torrents. Just unpack the contents from the first, bigger blockchain-directory to .bitcoin and then merge it with the updates from the second torrent.

I'm running my node on a raspberry pi 3 8)

But you should send a tip to the website maintainer. :)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: joe5591 on November 17, 2017, 12:39:54 PM

Re:- Blockchain download post #138

I made a donation by CC yesterday to get the download but no link was provided. Worse, the comments service is not working so as to send a message to "flo". You just get a 403 error or "Captcha timed out". Perhaps he/she doesn't know the service is down?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Delarock on November 22, 2017, 01:25:00 PM

Yeah, I can confirm it works, downloads in full and restores correctly. When somebody doesn't already have Google Chrome and payware RAR utility this isn't so easy.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Mad7Scientist on November 23, 2017, 05:27:30 PM

Payware RAR utility? There is a free evaluation whatever version that everybody uses. And what's this about Google Chrome? You have to have Google Chrome to download a file now?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: joe5591 on November 23, 2017, 06:28:06 PM

re- #142. Yes it did come back online and I did successfully download and unzip the bootstrap.dat but the website appears compromised again. I can't submit a comment without getting "captcha timed out".

I have a query about configuring the file on my Raspberry Pi 3B running UbuntuMATE with bitcoind and an attached 375GB PiDrive SSD. I was expecting a folder/file tree to open up on decompression - blocks, chainstate, debug, mempool.dat, etc, etc. So how does this work?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: lankyman on November 23, 2017, 06:41:12 PM

might be related since it is forked, but i would kike to run a full node of bitcoin gold, but dont want to download 150 gigs of data.
can i use a blockchain i have which is 90 gigs from a previous time i saved my bitcoin blockchain ?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on December 05, 2017, 01:09:34 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Fr. 17 Nov. 2017 15:15:51
block number:   #494800
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~93 GB [94,590 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~133 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.14.2 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on December 17, 2017, 04:39:01 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Mo. 04 Dec. 2017 19:26:27
block number:   #497600
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~95 GB [96,852 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~136 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.15.1 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin-Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Import performance tuning (optional)
Instead of moving the bootstrap.dat file into your Bitcoin-Core application folder you can use the command line option:

Code:

-loadblock=[path_to_your_bootstrap.dat_file]

For best import performance load the bootstrap.dat file from a second drive to optimize i/o load during import. Using an external USB3 drive is fine for that task.

To further speed up the import consider increasing the DB-cache of Bitcoin-Core, i. e. 6 GB using the command line option:

Code:

-dbcache=6144

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: sasa0220 on December 20, 2017, 06:41:52 AM

Is there a place to download bitcoingold blockchain?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: maco144 on January 03, 2018, 11:26:55 PM

Is there going to be a January update soon?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: themaxx on January 07, 2018, 10:54:48 AM

Quote from: maco144 on January 03, 2018, 11:26:55 PM

Is there going to be a January update soon?

It's there now.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: GetBlock on January 12, 2018, 12:08:09 PM

Quote from: Relaqs on September 25, 2017, 11:26:29 AM

Hi, save to use torrend? https://getbitcoin[Suspicious link removed]/

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1930218.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1930218.0)

Thx

Yes it's safe

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: GetBlock on January 12, 2018, 12:19:21 PM

Quote from: brakmic on November 16, 2017, 05:41:28 AM

Your welcome 8)

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on January 13, 2018, 03:26:57 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     We. 31 Dec. 2017 14:52:19
block number:   #501900
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~98 GB [100,183 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~140 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.15.1 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin-Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Import performance tuning (optional)
Instead of moving the bootstrap.dat file into your Bitcoin-Core application folder you can use the command line option:

Code:

-loadblock=[path_to_your_bootstrap.dat_file]

Code:

-dbcache=6144

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Khilborn on January 16, 2018, 05:30:37 PM

So we have to donate money in order to get the blockchain?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: cake101 on February 09, 2018, 02:47:34 AM

whats the updated size of this wallet?? 47GB when in 2015.. I downloaded it and I'm at 9years and 5 weeks back!! whew! any tips?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on February 25, 2018, 02:53:16 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     February 02, 2018 03:19:57
block number:   #507200
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~102 GB [104,269 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~140 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.15.1 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin-Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Import performance tuning (optional)
Instead of moving the bootstrap.dat file into your Bitcoin-Core application folder you can use the command line option:

Code:

-loadblock=[path_to_your_bootstrap.dat_file]

Code:

-dbcache=6144

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Verona25 on March 20, 2018, 04:50:20 PM

Accordingly, to get more metal than there is in nature impossibility. And also it needs to be mined. Now there is a turnover of bitcoins worth more than 2 billion.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: jimmybt on March 20, 2018, 11:07:51 PM

Quote from: GetBlock on January 12, 2018, 12:19:21 PM

Quote from: brakmic on November 16, 2017, 05:41:28 AM

Your welcome 8)

Hi,

I downloaded the BC from getbitcoin[Suspicious link removed] for my raspi node. First of all thank you so much for this.
The issue I had is that I had to reindex the whole stuff because the blockchain loading was not straightforward and the process is taking very long. Did I miss something or is this a mandatoryry step?

Thanks again

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on June 16, 2018, 01:26:51 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Wed. 13 Jun. 2018 01:14:13
block number:   #527200
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      ~114 GB [116,056 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   ~145 GB

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.16.0 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~140 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: Philomena86 on July 04, 2018, 01:52:50 AM

thank you very much, i have downloaded this update about.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: blockdata.space on September 30, 2018, 01:11:59 PM

I've created a website dedicated to distributing various blockchains, BTC being being one of the first. I've rented a few cheapo servers to seed the torrents and I've been able to max standard cable internet connections with it.

https://blockdata.space/

A slight difference here is that each chain has a software version (currently 0.16.3 at the time of writing) so that there is no extract or import step.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: gesdan on September 30, 2018, 01:22:03 PM

i dont know about this, can anybode tell me what is this? if i download it, can i access blockchain offline? and what happens next? i don't under stand with it. what is the benefit im downloading that file?

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on November 03, 2018, 01:28:29 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

block date:     Sun., 25. Okt. 2018 19:58:33
block number:   #547300
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      125 GB [127,749M MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   176 GB [180,026 MB]

Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.16.1 on Linux (4.4.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~220 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: _Django05_ on May 31, 2019, 07:04:04 PM

Quote from: gesdan on September 30, 2018, 01:22:03 PM

It is used by of Bitcoin Core wallet for faster network synchronizing. If you download the blocks using Bitcoin Core itself, it'll take you days if not week to fully sync the wallet. With this, it'll only takes a day or less to download depending on your internet speed. You also need to consider your computer specs before downloading this massive-size blockchain.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: gmaxwell on May 31, 2019, 09:27:43 PM

Quote from: _Django05_ on May 31, 2019, 07:04:04 PM

Quote from: gesdan on September 30, 2018, 01:22:03 PM

Unless you have a very fast connection downloading the blockchain and importing it will take longer than just letting it process as normal, because if you download in advance you cannot process and download at the same time. This has been true since version 0.10 or so.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: gmaxwell on May 31, 2019, 09:32:06 PM

FWIW, I just removed a nearly year old post with a .bitcoin directory download that would have stolen all your bitcoins.

Case in point as to why these "download the blockchain" links are a disaster. God knows how many people got robbed due to it.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on May 14, 2020, 05:02:35 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

--- block info ---
block date:     Sun., 10. Mai 2020 15:05:31
block number:   #629800
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      184 GB [188,165 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   258 GB [245,103 MB]

--- signatures ---
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= a0357db44c62e847db7d31c63f0ca7d643ea03b20240467e4e334286a2718819
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.xz)= 0ac082c2c55bf7d99cdd758d8f8e2702eb4db76681da68365c55e529da36c86c

--- client ---
Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.19.1 on Linux (4.15.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Importing bootstrap.dat further allows deploying containers with Docker or Kubernetes more fasten and secure using fewer resources because you do not have to fully sync each running instance.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~300 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: karyawanbasa on May 14, 2020, 07:55:38 AM

WORKS,THANKS BRO

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on November 07, 2020, 01:20:45 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

--- block info ---
block date:     Tue, 27. Oct 2020 23:57:59
block number:   #654500
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      206 GB [210,063 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   287 GB [293,093 MB]

--- signatures ---
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 318208fec280f73559654e1ad862d054b70742820b71cd306ec780f124084d97
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.xz)= 70abdb8d53f2c88515fddbd4f365e992fd672fb84da954c233fb9e5e538c2ef0

--- client ---
Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.19.1 on Linux (4.15.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Importing bootstrap.dat further allows deploying containers with Docker or Kubernetes more fasten and secure using fewer resources because you do not have to fully sync each running instance.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~300 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: PatrickMacH on April 06, 2021, 11:14:41 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]

About

Code:

--- block info ---
block date:     Sat, 03. Apr 2021 18:09:30
block number:   #677647
block hash:     0000000000000000000b1efa0ae5111510cf122b5e9d99fc4c87f6745e1e9619
file name:      bootstrap.dat.xz
file size:      227 GB [231,779 MB]
file format:    compressed xz (containing bootstrap.dat)
uncompressed:   315 GB [321,550 MB]

--- signatures ---
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 054f30b225b42bf57f7951b1cf227e3a67ba20fdd81ebc55af566698f064d140
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.xz)= 01823a5d46c39e6954840d624c79f88d0095c97d910ecb345c019971f53146db

--- client ---
Indexed with Bitcoin Core v0.21.0 on Linux (4.15.0 x64) platform.

What's new
The compression format has been updated to xz which allows the decompression of the bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) file while downloading it. If you are an expert you can use system pipes to inject the highly compressed serialized Bitcoin blockchain bootstrap.dat to the Bitcoin Core initial blockchain loadup process.

Importing bootstrap.dat further allows deploying containers with Docker or Kubernetes more fasten and secure using fewer resources because you do not have to fully sync each running instance.

Setup
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/) into your Bitcoin Core application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin Core client:

Unix/Linux: ~/.bitcoin
MAC OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Windows: [User Directory]AppDataRoamingBitcoin (i.e. C:UsersMyUsernameAppDataRoamingBitcoin

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page (https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/).
Beware that after decompressing the XY file, you need additional ~350 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download
--- https://goo.gl/gdHA8S (http://goo.gl/gdHA8S) ---

Hint
This is a private hosted download. To scope the hosting costs the download page requires a donation of whatever amount is suitable for you.

Title: Re: **Download the blockchain here, updated regularly **
Post by: nanner on July 03, 2022, 12:54:14 PM

Quote from: mraksoll on May 30, 2017, 12:14:47 PM

Once I get some Crypto(next pay check) Ill send you a healthy tip! To be able to find a bootstrap.dat after 12-2016 and before 8-1-2017 is a miracle.