[ANN] Bitcoin blockchain data torrent

[Shahrukh]

Where am I supposed to copy this bootstrap file first I did it in ~/.bitcoin folder and then ~/.bitcoin/database nothing makes any effect let me tell you I copied this file when bitcoin already synchronized few thousand blocks 

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[boiron]

Where am I supposed to copy this bootstrap file first I did it in ~/.bitcoin folder and then ~/.bitcoin/database nothing makes any effect let me tell you

Place bootstrap.dat in the bitcoin data directory and then start Bitcoin-Qt. It will read the file to create the blockchain. The file will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old when this is completed to prevent reprocessing when Bitcoin-Qt is restarted.
You can locate the data directory by reading this.

From : http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/19097/connecting-bootstrap-dat-to-bitcoin-qt

I copied this file when bitcoin already synchronized few thousand blocks  

You can use the bootstrap.dat torrent with no ill effects regardless of your current block. When you restart and Bitcoin sees the bootstrap.dat that you have dropped in it's data directory, any block hashes you already have will be skipped quickly, and the import will pick up at the blocks you don't have.
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[wwdz99]

hi all

i download the torrent file ,but last long time the bootstrap.dat file couldnot be down complete.

now the downloaded rate about 70%,why?

[Drai]

I'm downloading
Thank you all.
It looks like a lot of time saved using them for more than a pc.

[jongameson]

you could make a shipload of money

[Shahrukh]

Where am I supposed to copy this bootstrap file first I did it in ~/.bitcoin folder and then ~/.bitcoin/database nothing makes any effect let me tell you

Place bootstrap.dat in the bitcoin data directory and then start Bitcoin-Qt. It will read the file to create the blockchain. The file will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old when this is completed to prevent reprocessing when Bitcoin-Qt is restarted.
You can locate the data directory by reading this.

From : http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/19097/connecting-bootstrap-dat-to-bitcoin-qt

I copied this file when bitcoin already synchronized few thousand blocks  

You can use the bootstrap.dat torrent with no ill effects regardless of your current block. When you restart and Bitcoin sees the bootstrap.dat that you have dropped in it's data directory, any block hashes you already have will be skipped quickly, and the import will pick up at the blocks you don't have.
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Thanks for the help later on I figured out that my bitcoin daemon was older version which does not support sync with bootstrap I upgraded now and everything works fine

[roslinpl]

I will be another seed in 2 hours .

I will be another seed in 2 hours .

Hehe nice idea! Torrent the blockchain!

Nice.

[KyrosKrane]

Direct download mirror: https://bitfetch.com/static/bootstrap.7z
(compressed using 7z/LZMA2 - 2.7 vs. 4.7 GiB)

If you can seed, use the torrent instead.

Just a note, your SSL certificate expired at end of January.  The site now pops up scary messages about untrusted connections if you try to download the file.

[Lauda]

This was needed, took me 20 hours to sync completely from the start.
Keep updating it.

[infofront]

So I downloaded this blockchain torrent and and ran bitcoind in a screen session on Sunday. A line of "y"s kept running down my screen, as if it's checking the file block by block? Anyway, I typed "ps aux" and it says that a procees called "YES" was using up almost 100% of one core, and screen was using up 56% of another.
I just checked in on my VPS, and the thing is still maxing out almost 2 cores. Does anyone know what could be happening here?

[awesomeami]

pls make this thread sticky
or @ least
EDIT this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=252937.msg2690447#msg2690447
and include this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.msg1542831#msg1542831

[awesomeami]

100Mbit/s FR SeedBox added

1Gbit/s FR SeedBox added...

Seeding with my 500 Mbps box.  

Add a 500 Mbps box in NL to my 1000mbps box in FR.
lets Rock

can u provide link pls?
to ISP/hosting Co.
ty

I wanna buy&pay&share&help.

[awesomeami]

Forgot to mention...  the following python util, linearize.py, was checked into the bitcoin repo today:

     https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/contrib/linearize

This tool may be used to recreate bootstrap.dat byte-for-byte identical with the bootstrap.dat in this torrent.

If you are running bitcoind locally, create bootstrap.dat locally, then start seeding the torrent immediately at 100%!

reminder

+ can u pls update OP, so every1 can use it? ty 4 da tool

[natenjo]

If anyone can't use Torrents (thank you to my ISP..), but maybe has a Premium service (like premiumize.me, which also accept Bitcoin) you can Download the blockchain.dat here


http://uploaded.net/file/unaf0k07/bootstrap.part10.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/4rr7h1m0/bootstrap.part09.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/47ahu1lp/bootstrap.part08.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/8nrhh5pz/bootstrap.part07.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/m9nliz9z/bootstrap.part06.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/7flq44wp/bootstrap.part05.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/j54ewvqw/bootstrap.part04.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/wei37exp/bootstrap.part03.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/hl9p671r/bootstrap.part02.rar
http://uploaded.net/file/ff90o09w/bootstrap.part01.rar

[Paladino]

Backup here from the Torrent directly: http://uptobox.com/96wymisfbixf

For people who want to know about ISP in France providing 1Gbit/s home connection, it depends your location, if you are an enterprise, etc.. but you can check with FREE.FR, ORANGE.FR, NUMERICABLE.FR, etc.

Some also offer VPS, you can see with OVH.com

[phrackage]

The problem with these torrents is that the peers can be seeding out of date versions.  People have to manually notice an updated torrent and go download that instead.  If we used Bittorrent Sync  (http://www.getsync.com) then a highly trusted member of the community could have the main 'secret' and everyone else who just wants to download can have the 'read-only secret'.

In fact that trusted member can also share it with a couple of other trusted members, so that any of a small group of people could update the bootstrap.dat, whereas the usual peers could only get the updates.

Like this, the file can just be updated and all the peers will notice and update their copy, downloading only the chunks that are different/new.  No new torrent needs to be distributed or freshly seeded.

[Sukrim]

Sync is a closed proprietary system. No way I'm seeding anything there or even touch that binary.

[felipelalli]

I can't verify the signature of the original post. Why?

Code:

felipelalli:tmp/ $ gpg --verify ~/tmp/jeff                           [18:04:06]
gpg: Signature made Sáb 11 Jan 17:04:44 2014 BRST using RSA key ID A2DB9CCA
gpg: BAD signature from "Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>"

[felipelalli]

Well... From http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent.gpg/download I found a good signature.

Code:

felipelalli:~/ $ gpg --verify tmp/bootstrap.dat.gpg                  [18:14:44]
gpg: Signature made Sáb 11 Jan 17:04:48 2014 BRST using RSA key ID A2DB9CCA
gpg: Good signature from "Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>"

[jgarzik]

It seems like pasting from the OP confuses PGP.