MoonShadow (OP)
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May 24, 2011, 12:08:14 AM |
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I'm trying to set up a bitcoin client to run entirely from a thumbdrive, using the latest MS client. I find that it puts the wallet.dat, blk0001.dat, and blkindex.dat files in an entirely insecure location, namely on the C: drive in the appdata subdirectories. I don't want that behavior at all, and need to know how I should go about getting the client installed onto the thumb drive to use the copies of these files I have on the thumbdrive itself and to not write data to the C: drive or the registry whatever.
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SomeoneWeird
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May 24, 2011, 12:10:51 AM |
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I'm trying to set up a bitcoin client to run entirely from a thumbdrive, using the latest MS client. I find that it puts the wallet.dat, blk0001.dat, and blkindex.dat files in an entirely insecure location, namely on the C: drive in the appdata subdirectories. I don't want that behavior at all, and need to know how I should go about getting the client installed onto the thumb drive to use the copies of these files I have on the thumbdrive itself and to not write data to the C: drive or the registry whatever.
The most surefire way to get that to happen is probably edit the source (it's opensource right?) and change "C:\blahblah" to "<usbdrive>:\blablah". |
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MoonShadow (OP)
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May 24, 2011, 12:13:16 AM |
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I'm trying to set up a bitcoin client to run entirely from a thumbdrive, using the latest MS client. I find that it puts the wallet.dat, blk0001.dat, and blkindex.dat files in an entirely insecure location, namely on the C: drive in the appdata subdirectories. I don't want that behavior at all, and need to know how I should go about getting the client installed onto the thumb drive to use the copies of these files I have on the thumbdrive itself and to not write data to the C: drive or the registry whatever.
The most surefire way to get that to happen is probably edit the source (it's opensource right?) and change "C:\blahblah" to "<usbdrive>:\blablah". You're probably right about that, but I dont have the skillset required to modify the source. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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Alex Beckenham
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May 24, 2011, 12:49:17 AM |
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You could make a batch file containing:
@echo off
bitcoin -datadir=./data
That way, the wallet.dat and other files will be written to your thumbdrive.
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cypherdoc
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May 24, 2011, 04:13:32 PM |
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a USB client is exactly what i'm looking for as well.
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BitterTea
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May 24, 2011, 04:21:43 PM |
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I use something like this. My program WalletBuddy allows me to set up a removable device and will copy specified wallet(s) as well as the Bitcoin executable and related files automatically. I haven't updated it in a long time though since it mostly works for me as-is, and I'm not sure the version in github has this feature. If anybody's interested, I could polish it up and release a new version, it's pretty much at the 20% of the remaining work requires 80% of the effort phase.  To do it manually, copy all Bitcoin program files to a folder on the drive, say E:\Bitcoin. Then create a batch file to run "bitcoin.exe -datadir=.\data". |
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cypherdoc
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May 24, 2011, 04:31:54 PM |
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I use something like this. My program WalletBuddy allows me to set up a removable device and will copy specified wallet(s) as well as the Bitcoin executable and related files automatically. I haven't updated it in a long time though since it mostly works for me as-is, and I'm not sure the version in github has this feature. If anybody's interested, I could polish it up and release a new version, it's pretty much at the 20% of the remaining work requires 80% of the effort phase. To do it manually, copy all Bitcoin program files to a folder on the drive, say E:\Bitcoin. Then create a batch file to run "bitcoin.exe -datadir=.\data". are the program files in a different location than where the wallet.dat resides? |
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BitterTea
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May 24, 2011, 04:45:52 PM |
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Yes, in my case, the program files are in E:\Bitcoin, while the data files (blocks, addresses, wallet, etc) are in E:\Bitcoin\data.
-datadir=.\data tells Bitcoin to look for a subdirectory called data in the current directory.
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May 24, 2011, 04:58:31 PM |
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I use something like this. My program WalletBuddy allows me to set up a removable device and will copy specified wallet(s) as well as the Bitcoin executable and related files automatically. I haven't updated it in a long time though since it mostly works for me as-is, and I'm not sure the version in github has this feature. If anybody's interested, I could polish it up and release a new version, it's pretty much at the 20% of the remaining work requires 80% of the effort phase. To do it manually, copy all Bitcoin program files to a folder on the drive, say E:\Bitcoin. Then create a batch file to run "bitcoin.exe -datadir=.\data". where do i get a copy of WalletBuddy? |
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BitterTea
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May 24, 2011, 05:06:58 PM |
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I use something like this. My program WalletBuddy allows me to set up a removable device and will copy specified wallet(s) as well as the Bitcoin executable and related files automatically. I haven't updated it in a long time though since it mostly works for me as-is, and I'm not sure the version in github has this feature. If anybody's interested, I could polish it up and release a new version, it's pretty much at the 20% of the remaining work requires 80% of the effort phase. To do it manually, copy all Bitcoin program files to a folder on the drive, say E:\Bitcoin. Then create a batch file to run "bitcoin.exe -datadir=.\data". where do i get a copy of WalletBuddy? As far as I know, nobody has vetted my code to ensure it's not going to steal your wallet, but I promise that it won't. I'll try to fix a couple of bugs I've run into and push a new version to github today. It works but it's not super user friendly. |
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cypherdoc
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May 24, 2011, 05:24:35 PM |
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I use something like this. My program WalletBuddy allows me to set up a removable device and will copy specified wallet(s) as well as the Bitcoin executable and related files automatically. I haven't updated it in a long time though since it mostly works for me as-is, and I'm not sure the version in github has this feature. If anybody's interested, I could polish it up and release a new version, it's pretty much at the 20% of the remaining work requires 80% of the effort phase. To do it manually, copy all Bitcoin program files to a folder on the drive, say E:\Bitcoin. Then create a batch file to run "bitcoin.exe -datadir=.\data". where do i get a copy of WalletBuddy? As far as I know, nobody has vetted my code to ensure it's not going to steal your wallet, but I promise that it won't. I'll try to fix a couple of bugs I've run into and push a new version to github today. It works but it's not super user friendly. being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry |
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May 24, 2011, 05:27:33 PM |
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being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry
would you rather a thorough 23 pages DIY howto or splash out 5 btc for a usb key in mail with the .exe + 125000 blocks in the blockchain? |
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May 24, 2011, 05:31:36 PM |
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being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry
would you rather a thorough 23 pages DIY howto or splash out 5 btc for a usb key in mail with the .exe + 125000 blocks in the blockchain? i already have a 4G Ironkey that i use. r u using BitterTeas Wallet Buddy program or ur own? i might be interested. |
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May 24, 2011, 05:34:09 PM |
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being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry
would you rather a thorough 23 pages DIY howto or splash out 5 btc for a usb key in mail with the .exe + 125000 blocks in the blockchain? can u send me the DIY? |
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BitterTea
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May 24, 2011, 05:36:58 PM |
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being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry
would you rather a thorough 23 pages DIY howto or splash out 5 btc for a usb key in mail with the .exe + 125000 blocks in the blockchain? i already have a 4G Ironkey that i use. r u using BitterTeas Wallet Buddy program or ur own? i might be interested. Here are the binaries, you can download and install from here. I suggest you wait until later today, I will try to put out version 0.1.2. https://github.com/Fnordsoft/Bitcoin-Projects/tree/master/Desktop%20Applications/WalletBuddy/binaries |
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Binford 6100
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May 24, 2011, 06:24:15 PM |
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being a non techie i have no idea how to download, install or use github programs. not your fault, but would love to try it. sorry
would you rather a thorough 23 pages DIY howto or splash out 5 btc for a usb key in mail with the .exe + 125000 blocks in the blockchain? can u send me the DIY? started writing it. (mnml howto install git software, download from github, etc) |
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Binford 6100
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May 26, 2011, 03:05:23 PM |
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I'm getting 404 error for anything starting with Fnordsoft at github. was it removed or something? |
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BitterTea
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May 26, 2011, 04:31:33 PM |
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Sorry about that, I had changed the name of my repository, but later realized it was stupid to do so. Thankfully, github support quickly reverted the change even though they say you only get one name change.
It should be good now, though I have not yet had time to commit the additional changes I mentioned.
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Binford 6100
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May 26, 2011, 04:46:01 PM |
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It should be good now, though I have not yet had time to commit the additional changes I mentioned.
Thanks! works OK now. the msi installer from March looks promissing. |
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