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cheers for the reply !!!
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ok, I deleted the *.blk files back to 30 June 2017, ran BitcoinABC with -datadir=blablabla and -rescan switches, and BitcoinABC had a cpp hissy fit, crapped on my live BTC folder copy folder, and am now 8 years behind on the blocks, with blk000000.dat dated today and currently 16MB in size
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my blk0001.dat onwards are dated 12 July 2015 and are about 125MB in size
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I still have a total folder size of 135GB
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...thats cool though - I figured I was screwed anyway - thats what backup copy backup folders are for - man, I got sooo many GB used in blockchain live and backup data, it makes me sick !!!
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and most of that is BTC / BCH / Armory databases...
Looks like its BCH game over currently for me...so, if I can download 2GB a day without too many nitemares, I'm gonna need to download the BCH blockchain for how many days...I mean weeks...I mean months...
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Whoever said "Big Blocks" are a good thing really needs a frickin reality check !!!
Cheers again for the reply - very informative, very well written, very much appreciated !!!
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The illusion of making progress, yet also making no real progress...
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