bitcoin-qt not unpacking bootstrap.dat

[natonnelier]

I downloaded a copy of bootstrap.dat for a node I'm trying to set on a raspberry pi (raspbian OS, based on Debian). I placed it on ./bitcoin dir, wich is the right place according to what i read.
Still, when I open bitcoin-qt it acts likes there's nothing there and starts synchronizing the chain from scratch.
Am I missing something?

[cr1776]

What version of Bitcoin Core are you using? In most cases letting it sync is faster compared to bootstrap.dat since 0.10.x.

As far as "unpacking bootstrap.dat", do you mean you left it compressed?

[natonnelier]

Im using Bitcoin-Qt version 0.11.2.
bootstrap.dat is unpacked, sorry if i got you confused there. The problem is bitcoin-qt acts as if it wasn't there.

[achow101]

Im using Bitcoin-Qt version 0.11.2.
bootstrap.dat is unpacked, sorry if i got you confused there. The problem is bitcoin-qt acts as if it wasn't there.

First of all, after 0.10, the bootstrap.dat will not be faster to sync.

Bitcoin core does recognize the bootstrap but it needs to index all of it so it will appear as if it is syncing from scratch.

[shorena]

Im using Bitcoin-Qt version 0.11.2.
bootstrap.dat is unpacked, sorry if i got you confused there. The problem is bitcoin-qt acts as if it wasn't there.

First of all, after 0.10, the bootstrap.dat will not be faster to sync.

Bitcoin core does recognize the bootstrap but it needs to index all of it so it will appear as if it is syncing from scratch.

You can test this with getnettotals. The node should hardly have any network traffic when syncing from bootstrap.dat.

[natonnelier]

Im using Bitcoin-Qt version 0.11.2.
bootstrap.dat is unpacked, sorry if i got you confused there. The problem is bitcoin-qt acts as if it wasn't there.

First of all, after 0.10, the bootstrap.dat will not be faster to sync.

Bitcoin core does recognize the bootstrap but it needs to index all of it so it will appear as if it is syncing from scratch.

Wont be faster to sync from bootstrap.dat? Even if I'm using a Raspberry Pi?

[shorena]

Im using Bitcoin-Qt version 0.11.2.
bootstrap.dat is unpacked, sorry if i got you confused there. The problem is bitcoin-qt acts as if it wasn't there.

First of all, after 0.10, the bootstrap.dat will not be faster to sync.

Bitcoin core does recognize the bootstrap but it needs to index all of it so it will appear as if it is syncing from scratch.

Wont be faster to sync from bootstrap.dat? Even if I'm using a Raspberry Pi?

No it wont, the limiting factor for your RasPi is the CPU. Whether it reads the data from disk/sd or internet does not matter. In fact the bootstrap.dat slows you down, because you first download >60GB of data and later verify it, instead of doing both at the same time (regular sync).

What you can do however is sync the blockchain on a different (besides windows if you are using > 0.12 due to the obfuscation) machine and copy the entire data directory to the RasPi.