dailyblockchain
Simple page with instructions how to get bitcoin-qt client up to speed
How to start bitcoin-qt in hours instead of days
Below instructions are for Linux users
If someone can test this on Windows or Mac and send me pull request to update the notes
I will be very happy to do it
- Install the bitcoin-qt qlient
- Start it and stop it
- Download the most fresh archive ( called blockchain-newest.zip ) from
here
It might take an hour or two depends on your connection.
- Locate your bitcoin directory For linux it is ~/.bitcoin
- cd into it and:
- remove everything from folder blocks
- and remove folders chainstate, database
- Unzip the archive into ~/.bitcoin/blocks/
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- Start your client using command bitcoin-qt -reindex This might also take an hour or two depends on your CPU
- Once your client finish reindexing it will download quickly the remaining delta and you will be ready to go :-)
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