Want to play with bitcoin cli, no harddrive space

[iammadab]

I am following the mastering bitcoin book, want to play with the bitcoin cli but I don't have enough hard drive space to download the entire blockchain. Do I have other options or do I have to get a new ssd.

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[jackg]

You can add -prune=4000 to your config file and it'll only store 4000 megabytes worth of data on your sad as apposed to the traditional ~300gb as the chain stands now... Make sure you backup the drive and are happy to lose it just in case as it's quite an intensive operation.

[OmegaStarScream]

You can add -prune=4000 to your config file and it'll only store 4000 megabytes worth of data on your sad as apposed to the traditional ~300gb as the chain stands now... Make sure you backup the drive and are happy to lose it just in case as it's quite an intensive operation.

I would like to add that after enabling prune mode, you won't be able to use -txindex, -rescan and also importwallet.

[DaveF]

How much space do you have? You can always use testnet instead of mainnet.
Commands are the same but the blockchain is a fraction of the size and you can get some testnet coins for free instead of risking real coins while playing with the cli.

-Dave

[iammadab]

How much space do you have? You can always use testnet instead of mainnet.
Commands are the same but the blockchain is a fraction of the size and you can get some testnet coins for free instead of risking real coins while playing with the cli.

-Dave

I have up to 50gb, seems the size of the bitcoin test net is ~14gb.
If they have the same command, this will be a great solution.

Are there any good resources on how to get up and running with the testnet

[TryNinja]

Are there any good resources on how to get up and running with the testnet

I believe you just need to run it with the -testnet argument flag.

[DaveF]

Are there any good resources on how to get up and running with the testnet

I believe you just need to run it with the -testnet argument flag.

That or add testnet=1 to your bitcoin.conf file.
Either way works, when doing a lot of testing I tend to put in the conf file that way if I start / stop it a lot I can't mess up and forget to put the argument in the command line.

-Dave

[ABCbits]

And don't forget to obtain testnet coins, there are many faucets such as Testnet Faucet