After installing Bitcoin Core, I keep getting an "out of memory" error message while the blockchain updates. Then it closes the program. Im using a 4 TB external hard drive on Windows 10. Any suggestions?
Core has a tendency to revert back to the C drive instead of looking for the actual file.
Wherever the bitcoin-qt file is stored whre you launch it from, open notepad and save a file called "bitcoin-qt.bat" - taking off the .txt extension when you use it.
Then in this notepad file copy the following
Bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir="F:\Bitcoin\Data"
With the path after -datadir being whatever the path you want the data to be saved in in your hard drive.
ENSURE YOUR DRIVE IS IN THE SAME LETTER BEFORE CLICKING THE .bat file.
IF it isn't:
click start+r and type "diskpart"
then type "list disk" and get the number of your drive in it.
then use the "select disk n" with n being the number of your drive and pass the "assign letter=F" command (or whatever letter you're using).
Hope this helps OP!
After installing Bitcoin Core, I keep getting an "out of memory" error message while the blockchain updates. Then it closes the program. Im using a 4 TB external hard drive on Windows 10. Any suggestions?
Memory is RAM. How much does your system have? What version of Bitcoin Core?
If it is RAM, OP can you post your computers tasklist and the debug.log at least.