[ANN] Bitcoin blockchain data torrent - page 15.

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Quote from: Shahrukh on February 08, 2014, 02:33:06 PM

Where am I supposed to copy this bootstrap file first I did it in ~/.bitcoin folder and then ~/.bitcoin/database nothing makes any effect let me tell you

Place bootstrap.dat in the bitcoin data directory and then start Bitcoin-Qt. It will read the file to create the blockchain. The file will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old when this is completed to prevent reprocessing when Bitcoin-Qt is restarted.
You can locate the data directory by reading this.

From : http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/19097/connecting-bootstrap-dat-to-bitcoin-qt

Quote from: Shahrukh on February 08, 2014, 02:33:06 PM

I copied this file when bitcoin already synchronized few thousand blocks

You can use the bootstrap.dat torrent with no ill effects regardless of your current block. When you restart and Bitcoin sees the bootstrap.dat that you have dropped in it's data directory, any block hashes you already have will be skipped quickly, and the import will pick up at the blocks you don't have.
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Shahrukh

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Where am I supposed to copy this bootstrap file first I did it in ~/.bitcoin folder and then ~/.bitcoin/database nothing makes any effect let me tell you I copied this file when bitcoin already synchronized few thousand blocks

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Quote from: Subo1977 on January 23, 2014, 09:56:49 AM

I add a new Torrent to my seeders:

A Bootstrap.dat containing the Blocks from 279000 to 282000 ( 460 MB).

Here the Magnet:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6BDE914DB48DA35A2F9AFD5B08B4DC1DFF7DBA5B&dn=bootstrap_279000_up.dat&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.publicbt.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fcoppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fi.bandito.org%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.marshyonline.net%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fexodus.desync.com%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.tfile.me%2fannounce

and here is the .torrent

https://github.com/Subo1978/Bootstrap.dat

Have fun

Quick question: if we have already synced up to 279k blocks with our qt wallet, can we use your bootstrap_279000_up.dat file by itself
to update the remaining blocks?

Or do we also need the entire bootstrap.dat additionally with previous blocks?

Thanks for your help!
Stewart

EDIT: This does work with the partial bootstrap file. I just had to make sure to re-start the wallet after adding the bootstrap file.
Normally, I would be waiting for hours get these last 4k blocks synched in the wallet, now its just taking a few minutes.
Thanks for the bootstrap file!!!

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I add a new Torrent to my seeders:

A Bootstrap.dat containing the Blocks from 279000 to 282000 ( 460 MB).

Here the Magnet:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6BDE914DB48DA35A2F9AFD5B08B4DC1DFF7DBA5B&dn=bootstrap_279000_up.dat&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.publicbt.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fcoppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fi.bandito.org%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.marshyonline.net%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fexodus.desync.com%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.ex.ua%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.tfile.me%2fannounce

and here is the .torrent

https://github.com/Subo1978/Bootstrap.dat

Have fun

Subo1977

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24 hours / 90 GB uploadet with my seedbox :-)

jonathan

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Hi Jeff,

This one gives a good sig: http://gtf.org/garzik/bitcoin/torrent-msg.txt

... but the code block in this thread's OP is still bad. Diff check shows a line break at line four in the good message (ie., the file at gtf.org), whereas line four in this thread's OP code block goes straight to the text.

Thanks for attending to this Jeff.

jgarzik

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Updated OP to use a code block, and also posted the original GPG-signed msg at http://gtf.org/garzik/bitcoin/torrent-msg.txt

Let me know if sigs still fail.

Sukrim

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Maybe it would be better if jgarzik would wrap the statement in [ code ] tags

Code:

like this

as it preserves whitespace?

jonathan

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It may mean the message we are getting at the browser is not the message Jeff signed.

If this is the case, then there often winds up being an innocent explanation for it, such as that forum software is introducing unwanted line-breaks into the message, or something like that. But at worst, it may mean someone has altered the message.

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Quote from: Subo1977 on January 14, 2014, 03:50:13 AM

Quote from: jonathan on January 14, 2014, 12:10:04 AM

gpg: BAD signature from "Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>"
Is anybody else getting this problem?

Same here

Does it mean the signature is forged?

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Quote from: jonathan on January 14, 2014, 12:10:04 AM

I just imported the key at the http://bitcoin.org/jgarzik-bitpay.asc and then ran:

'$ gpg --verify'

... on the January 11, 2014 pgp signed text contained in the the first post of this thread. It just gave me the output:

gpg: Signature made Sat 11 Jan 2014 19:04:44 GMT using RSA key ID A2DB9CCA
gpg: BAD signature from "Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>"

Is anybody else getting this problem?

Same here

jonathan

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I just imported the key at http://bitcoin.org/jgarzik-bitpay.asc and then ran:

'$ gpg --verify'

... on the January 11, 2014 pgp signed text contained in the the first post of this thread. It just gave me the output:

gpg: Signature made Sat 11 Jan 2014 19:04:44 GMT using RSA key ID A2DB9CCA
gpg: BAD signature from "Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>"

Is anybody else getting this problem?

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or setup an own tracker at ee bitcoin.org or so...

jgarzik

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Suggestions for better trackers are always welcome. Trackers appear and disappear, and I'm certainly not an expert on picking them.

Ideally we would use trackerless torrents (pure DHT), but that early experiment ended in failure.

Chancellor

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I will be another seed in 2 hours

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Subo1977

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Add a 500 Mbps box in NL to my 1000mbps box in FR.

lets Rock

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Seeding with my 500 Mbps box. Cool

pointychimp

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The 250K bootstrap.dat saved me lots of time while I effed around with my server not realizing I was dealing with a bad hard drive. I was deleting all block data and reloading it from bootstrap.dat probably twice a day. I've overridden my global upload limit on the updated torrent so that I can help support this even better. Thank you.

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Quote from: jgarzik on January 11, 2014, 02:11:31 PM

Updated the torrent to block 279,000. See top post. Please start seeding the new one!

For existing seeders, just swap out your .torrent file with the new one, and you will resume at ~70% completion.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download

Great work. THX.

Switched my Seedboxes.

jgarzik

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Updated the torrent to block 279,000. See top post. Please start seeding the new one!

For existing seeders, just swap out your .torrent file with the new one, and you will resume at ~70% completion.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download

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