Workaround to huge blockchain size - download, resolve, transfer

[mackminer]

The file is 80 gig the last time I checked....i don't have enough space on my disk for it although I can connect another drive.

I wanted to transfer the wallet.dat to another client but it wasn't possible at the time. I would have tried a few....

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

[cr1776]

The file is 80 gig the last time I checked....i don't have enough space on my disk for it although I can connect another drive.

I wanted to transfer the wallet.dat to another client but it wasn't possible at the time. I would have tried a few....

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

Just export the keys and import into a lightweight wallet. (But keep a backup of the wallet.dat since it is small)

[shorena]

You can use the prune option to only kept part of the blockchain, if you dont want to switch to a different wallet. You still have to download the data though.

[DannyHamilton]

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

That depends on what you are trying to do.

As long as you have a source for blockchain information that you trust, you can use Bitcoin Core to create transactions without downloading the blockchain.