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Title: Bitcoin Qt on a flashdrive? Post by: TR4L on November 20, 2013, 01:13:53 AM How can I install Bitcoin Qt and the whole block chain on my flash drive and how can I make it compatible with Mac and Windows (I was thinking 2 different Bitcoin wallets that accesses the same block chain or something of the sort). I'm not computer savvy enough to figure this out on my own.
I have already tried installing it on a flash drive but only managed to get it to work when the flash drive is plugged in; but the whole block chain (and more importantly, the wallet.dat file) is still in my ~/Library folder (and %appdata% Bitcoin folder). Should I move the %appdata% and Bitcoin folders too my flash drive? I know I can just copy my wallet.dat file over to the flash drive, but that's not enough. I don't want to open up the folder containing the wallet.dat file to copy/delete whenever I want access to my coins. I want to be able to plug in a flash drive, open up my wallet, get my coins, and close it. Sort of how people have created a BAMT Linux bootable flash drive. Title: Re: Bitcoin Qt on a flashdrive? Post by: Splatter on November 21, 2013, 07:15:33 PM I had this running shortly, until the chain got so big my drive couldn't update because it ran out of space after being off the network for 5 weeks. Now I can't be bothered & just use paper wallets & bitchain when I want to buy something.
You need to modify your shortcut to point to "bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=<dir>" replace <dir> with the drive letter and folder your chain file & wallet reside on your flash. here is a page of other command line options in case you need them https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin Good luck, hope your drive is large enough to make it worth while for you. Title: Re: Bitcoin Qt on a flashdrive? Post by: TR4L on November 22, 2013, 08:48:20 PM Thanks a lot! I think a 32GB flash drive should cut it!
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