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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
You can start up the incomplete one with the flag -addnode=<your other system's ip> This will let it connect to your other one, although it may not download the blockchain from it.
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July 13, 2015, 10:26:59 PM |
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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
You can start up the incomplete one with the flag -addnode=<your other system's ip> This will let it connect to your other one, although it may not download the blockchain from it. If making the complete blockchain system a node and using said switch to add its ip as a node to the not yet complete system, presently up to block 364402 Jul 8, 2015, why not? Isn't that a node function?
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July 13, 2015, 11:42:45 PM |
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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
You can start up the incomplete one with the flag -addnode=<your other system's ip> This will let it connect to your other one, although it may not download the blockchain from it. If making the complete blockchain system a node and using said switch to add its ip as a node to the not yet complete system, presently up to block 364402 Jul 8, 2015, why not? Isn't that a node function? If it connects to other nodes as well, it may download the blockchain from other nodes. To prevent it from connected elsewhere, use -connect=<your other system's ip> instead. -connect will make it only connect to the specified node(s).
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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
You can start up the incomplete one with the flag -addnode=<your other system's ip> This will let it connect to your other one, although it may not download the blockchain from it. If making the complete blockchain system a node and using said switch to add its ip as a node to the not yet complete system, presently up to block 364402 Jul 8, 2015, why not? Isn't that a node function? If it connects to other nodes as well, it may download the blockchain from other nodes. To prevent it from connected elsewhere, use -connect=<your other system's ip> instead. -connect will make it only connect to the specified node(s). TY
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July 16, 2015, 06:18:23 PM |
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Both nodes on 192.168.1.0 and both have the other added, the one which is behind by only 50 blocks has 7 peers ping time n/a and the one node, my other system with a complete blockchain at 285ms. The node with the completed blockchain lists 9 connections, all showing a ping time. The nodes showing n/a in ping time aren't listed on the complete blockchain node. Perhaps I should add those nodes to the incomplete node.
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July 16, 2015, 06:22:39 PM |
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Both nodes on 192.168.1.0 and both have the other added, the one which is behind by only 50 blocks has 7 peers ping time n/a and the one node, my other system with a complete blockchain at 285ms. The node with the completed blockchain lists 9 connections, all showing a ping time. The nodes showing n/a in ping time aren't listed on the complete blockchain node. Perhaps I should add those nodes to the incomplete node.
Did you use -connect or -addnode?
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July 17, 2015, 10:20:39 PM |
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I have Bitcoin Core on two systems. One is synchronized the other still a few weeks behind. I know I can copy the blockchain from one to a properly configured external drive then load the blockchain to the newer system using the command line switches. But, can I add the complete system as a peer to the incomplete system? It's only a few weeks behind but getting data slowly. It will probably be complete by tomorrow morning regardless but just wondering.
Since you didn't name your OS, I'll assume Windows. Thread: HOWTO: Run Windows Bitcoin-Qt with Blockchain elsewhere Transaction Rescue Bounty Campaign, ... Charitable Transaction Rescue Service
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