Question for you all:
I have enabled pruning in 0.12 on Mac OSX, but I did it via the command line rather than using a config file. But now, whenever I open Bitcoin Core by just clicking on the icon in my Applications folder (rather than opening it via the command line), it tells me I need to -reindex to go back to unpruned mode (which I don't want to do). It does not let me open my wallet without trying to redownload the blockchain.
If I'm understanding it right, in order to be able to have Bitcoin Core run in pruned mode by default whenever I click on the Bitcoin Core icon, I need to set up the config file. But for some reason, I'm having trouble setting it up. Can anyone help me trouble shoot?
- I've created a .rtf file named bitcoin.conf
- The ONLY thing in the file is: prune=1024
- The file is saved to /Library/Application Support/Bitcoin
- That folder must be my data directory, because it's where everything else is stored.
- After creating that file and closing it, I then go to start up Bitcoin Core. But it still gives me the same error message about needing to -reindex
Appreciate any input!!
You need to remove the rtf file ending. The file needs to be a simple text file, which an rtf file is not. It is best if you simply used a plain text editor and named the file bitcoin.conf.txt. Then in the file explorer renamed that file to remove the .txt part.