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Quote from: PatrickMacH on February 14, 2017, 08:06:41 PM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on February 13, 2017, 11:07:00 AM

So this is just another paid service now, right?

Offering this large file for direct secure https download is not possible without donations for me due to the hosting costs.
To prevent abuse, you must donate a sum, which you can define yourself, to be able to download.

The client itself is synchronizing quite fast for free without the need for a bootstrap file. Therefore using a best compressed bootstrap.dat file to speed up the initialization of Bitcoin-Qt in some scenario is a niche product primary for business purposes.

I think it's a matter of decency to donate if this service helps you to save time or to optimize your business.

I don't disagree that you should be compensated for your time. I simply think this should now be moved to marketplace with all the other paid services.

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on February 13, 2017, 11:07:00 AM

So this is just another paid service now, right?

Offering this large file for direct secure https download is not possible without donations for me due to the hosting costs.
To prevent abuse, you must donate a sum, which you can define yourself, to be able to download.

The client itself is synchronizing quite fast for free without the need for a bootstrap file. Therefore using a best compressed bootstrap.dat file to speed up the initialization of Bitcoin-Qt in some scenario is a niche product primary for business purposes.

I think it's a matter of decency to donate if this service helps you to save time or to optimize your business.

QuestionAuthority

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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.

So this is just another paid service now, right?

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Quote from: PatrickMacH on February 08, 2017, 07:12:00 PM

Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]
Date: Fr. 20. Jan. 2017.
Block number: #449028
Size: ~ 63 GB [64,438 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 110 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.13.1 on Mac OSX platform.

Beware that after decompressing the 7zip file, you need additional 110 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download link: https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 50335eb3db1ffeadde4bd57c33df9389
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 82e3182b959a8bed2280e0885f622625
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 0cd1543c8c849edb5260ac7e6cc368918603a09bd257a2df552ca724b4b54889
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 9ef0005fca51f336d24bff094140f0801771d8a2ea2ad893ad7f452a9c33c547

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain. You can donate using your CC or Bitcoin.

Hi
plz insert magnetlink or torrent file ?

thanks

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Bitcoin Blockchain Download [bootstrap.dat]
Date: Fr. 20. Jan. 2017.
Block number: #449028
Size: ~ 63 GB [64,438 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 110 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.13.1 on Mac OSX platform.

Beware that after decompressing the 7zip file, you need additional 110 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download link: https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 50335eb3db1ffeadde4bd57c33df9389
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 82e3182b959a8bed2280e0885f622625
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= 0cd1543c8c849edb5260ac7e6cc368918603a09bd257a2df552ca724b4b54889
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20170120.7z)= 9ef0005fca51f336d24bff094140f0801771d8a2ea2ad893ad7f452a9c33c547

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain. You can donate using your CC or Bitcoin.

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Hi,

Quote from: PatrickMacH on November 15, 2016, 08:13:25 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Data: 14 November 2016.
Block number: 438785
Size: ~ 60 GB [60,785 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 100 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.
[...]

is there any need for an updated bootstrap.dat?

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thanks for that Shocked

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Quote from: GreenLighter on December 18, 2016, 07:43:06 PM

Be wary of third party bootstraps

That's why I'm providing checksums on the file(s), the source bitcoin-qt client version and OS used to create the bootstrap file.
It would be perfect if another user can cross check the values bootstrapping the same blocks (or a future block) to verify the results.

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Quote from: PatrickMacH on November 15, 2016, 08:13:25 AM

Bitcoin Blockchain Data: 14 November 2016.
Block number: 438785
Size: ~ 60 GB [60,785 MB]
Uncompressed size: ~ 100 GB

Format: compressed 7zip containing a bootstrap.dat.
Move the decompressed bootstrap.dat into your Bitcoin-Qt application folder and (re)start your Bitcoin-Qt client.

If you don't know how it works you can check the details on the download page.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.13.1 on Mac OSX platform.

Beware that after decompressing the 7zip file, you need additional 100 GB to import the bootstrap file!

Download link: https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/

Code:

MD5(bootstrap.dat)= 7ce2a9e61abbf2b169fc5d606fde44b6
MD5(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= 1167e3f933612afc531e071d38c93665
SHA256(bootstrap.dat)= b7ba2d026a7a27d67a26737f5333ea7b399a6e495a60c16099eb3d58824a1069
SHA256(bootstrap.dat.20161114.7z)= b1f1b474b55aae59a7644d3975a00cdbb6cbc7475e26e2fb23c13c29638b8e62

UPDATE: The download page now requires a donation of whatever amount to (https) download the latest copy of the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Is there a need for this file to be updated on a regular basis? i.e. once a week or once a month?

Hint for users short of disk space:
Depending on your usage scenario you may be better running a bitcoin-qt node in pruning mode. For example that's perfect for miners helping to reduce the node hosting costs. Miners running a P2Pool node can send me a hint and I'm happy to provide the patch needed to support bitcoin-qt pruning mode.

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Be wary of third party bootstraps

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Quote from: mehmedchelebi on November 25, 2016, 10:22:30 AM

Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 02:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 09:20:49 AM

Bitcoin blockchain data 10 September 2016.
Size: 68.95GB
Uncompressed size: 89.2GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.11.2 on windows platform.

torrent magnet link

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

Yes, you can of course.
As far as I know the bootstrap blockchain file should work on any OS running an up-to-date version of bitcoin-qt.
Let me know if it fails on any (non standard OS) for whatever reason.

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on December 17, 2016, 11:43:02 AM

Somehow Bitcoin just seems less user friendly after reading this thread. LOL

After reading this thread I only confirm the theory that says humans tend to complicate and make everything look way harder than it is.

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Quote from: Jet Cash on December 17, 2016, 11:43:45 AM

Wouldn't it be easier to buy the blockchain copy on a DVD?

You mean a large box of dvd's. LOL

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Wouldn't it be easier to buy the blockchain copy on a DVD?

QuestionAuthority

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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.

Somehow Bitcoin just seems less user friendly after reading this thread. LOL

Toxic_Cat

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I'm getting error with sync this backups. Critical Error, Over and over, and starting download from beginning (error in 7-10 weeks)

EL_Criptico

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Thanks for share! Can u update the blockchain archive? If i'm not mistaken, now its more then 100 GBs. Shocked

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Quote from: mehmedchelebi on November 25, 2016, 10:22:30 AM

Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 02:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 09:20:49 AM

Bitcoin blockchain data 10 September 2016.
Size: 68.95GB
Uncompressed size: 89.2GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.11.2 on windows platform.

torrent magnet link

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

I think you still can, but according to release notes dating back to 0.10 (I think) you'll find that using a bootstrap is slower than simply syncing.

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Quote from: European Central Bank on July 30, 2016, 12:26:12 PM

isn't downloading via torrent now slower than doing it directly through core? I thought they'd changed how it works in recent releases.

Quote from: maydna on July 30, 2016, 12:11:38 PM

geezz its a big data for me, its 45GB, how long for me to download that? i am not sure i can hold it for days. and if my internet connection is fast like other people, i will download it from the source for the safe way.

downloading's the easy part. when your computer indexes it is when it's gonna hurt.

I don't think core's client is faster than bitorrent... with bitorrent I can reach speeds of around 800kb/s, I have never reached anywhere as close with core client. In any case like you said, it's when the validation of the blocks happen when most computers suffer. My computer is a modest one that was top of the line in 2010 but 6 years later is not that good anymore... it struggles to update the blockchain. Syncing is so damn slow. Unless I open the client everyday, if I miss a couple of days it starts getting really annoying.

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Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 14, 2016, 02:27:06 PM

Quote from: wayneyoyo on September 10, 2016, 09:20:49 AM

Bitcoin blockchain data 10 September 2016.
Size: 68.95GB
Uncompressed size: 89.2GB
Format: compressed zip contains everything inside bitcoin data directory.
Indexed with bitcoin core v0.11.2 on windows platform.

torrent magnet link

Donation address: 15HmMPLeqzX3Tpfy1xhxqhCpPnCt5axENU

A true hero.

Can i use that for latest bitcoin-qt in mac ?

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