betatest512 (OP)
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October 10, 2012, 06:01:06 AM |
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on http://eu1.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/ the blockchain's .dat file's are there but the blkindex.dat file is not there and i want one for windows is there a place from where i can download the blockchain through the browser
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Revalin
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October 10, 2012, 06:08:43 AM |
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War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. --Ambrose Bierce Bitcoin is the Devil's way of teaching geeks economics. --Revalin 165YUuQUWhBz3d27iXKxRiazQnjEtJNG9g
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betatest512 (OP)
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October 10, 2012, 06:11:11 AM |
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that is very old is there any site that host's like this week's data
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Revalin
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October 10, 2012, 06:12:58 AM |
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Sure, http://eu1.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/Get yourself a copy of 7zip. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Or just fire up the client and let it download it for you.
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betatest512 (OP)
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October 10, 2012, 06:15:04 AM |
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yes i downloaded it from here and unpacked from 7-zip but it does not have blkindex.dat file
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Stephen Gornick
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October 10, 2012, 06:51:45 AM |
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yes i downloaded it from here and unpacked from 7-zip but it does not have blkindex.dat file
You can extract the two blk*.dat files to a temporary folder and then use bitcoin-qt -loadblock=FILE to have it load the blockchain data from the local file rather than from the network. It still goes through the verification for each transaction so the advantage over a normal P2P network download is that the client is never waiting on a new block. But it does go faster.
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betatest512 (OP)
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October 10, 2012, 06:58:19 AM |
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yes i downloaded it from here and unpacked from 7-zip but it does not have blkindex.dat file
You can extract the two blk*.dat files to a temporary folder and then use bitcoin-qt -loadblock=FILE to have it load the blockchain data from the local file rather than from the network. It still goes through the verification for each transaction so the advantage over a normal P2P network download is that the client is never waiting on a new block. But it does go faster. when i use bitcoin-qt -loadblock=FILE what should i put in the place of FILE slould i put blk00001.dat or blk00002.dat file?
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October 10, 2012, 07:51:32 AM Last edit: October 10, 2012, 05:04:14 PM by Stephen Gornick |
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when i use bitcoin-qt -loadblock=FILE what should i put in the place of FILE slould i put blk00001.dat or blk00002.dat file?
=blk0001.dat or ="C:\temp\blk0001.dat" (if you need to specify the path). I think it is smart enough to roll over and pull the 0002.dat automatically. [Edit: It appears I was mistaken there. When it has completed with the first data file it will launch the GUI and then download. You can then close the client and launch it again using the -loadblock=blk0002.dat to grab blocks that file as well.]
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October 11, 2012, 02:09:33 PM |
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If you want to import both, use -loadblock=blk0001.dat -loadblock=blk0002.dat (in that order).
For 0.8 there may be a -reindex coming up, which will recreate blkindex.dat from existing blk* files.
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October 11, 2012, 05:58:22 PM |
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I've got a copy available in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51456.0, it's from July 15, but if you are expecting payments or have recent payments that haven't yet been received into your wallet, you don't want to substitute a too-new blockchain, you want to download recent blocks yourself and process them normally.
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October 11, 2012, 07:40:34 PM |
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where can i download the blockchain? Where I can find the ultimate truth and happiness?
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betatest512 (OP)
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October 11, 2012, 08:00:46 PM |
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where can i download the blockchain? Where I can find the ultimate truth and happiness? NOT IN THIS EARTH
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October 15, 2012, 03:38:17 PM |
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17Np17BSrpnHCZ2pgtiMNnhjnsWJ2TMqq8 I routinely ignore posters with paid advertising in their sigs. You should too.
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