Database compressor daemon: Open Source Blockchain Packer
Current version 0.3b
Bitcoin database compressor daemon is a free, open source, light-weight and high-performance blockchain packer for Windows.
You can compress\decompress your blockchain database in background mode and decrease the size of the bitcoin database on hard drive.
Features:
- High compression ratio with LZMA compression algorithm (uncompressed blockchain ~20 Gb\ compressed blockchain ~6 Gb);
- Daemon working as a system service in background mode (need administrative privileges);
- Simple usage. Install application, select blockchain directory, select bitcoin client directory, wait until base compressed;
- Free for both commercial and non-commercial use.
Source code on Github (will be upload after final release): https://github.com/bt-software/compressor-daemonPart of the code from LZMA SDK: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/LZMA%20SDK/Tested on WinXP, Vista, Win7 and Win8 (32 and 64 bit version).
Please, if you find any bugs post it in current thread (select OS version).
Download (beta release): https://github.com/bt-software/compressor-daemon/releases/download/v0.3-beta/v0.3b.zip
