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nemgun

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Quote from: calkob on February 20, 2017, 12:34:26 PM

full blockchain, which is actually around 200GB.

Actually it is currently 111GB Wink

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Yes, my mistake sorry, i just checked it :

112G .bitcoin

I said around 200gb because it asked me at a moment for 180gb, maybe it was including other blockchains, thanks for the corrections.

calkob

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full blockchain, which is actually around 200GB.

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Actually it is currently 111GB Wink

nemgun

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You can try to figure the date and adjust the number of blocks according to the first transaction issued. You could save a lot of DiscSpace.
bitcoin 0.13.x is the latest bitcoin version, here is the download link provided by bitcointalk : https://bitcoin.org/en/download
If you want you can redownload the blockchain in a computer with more disk space, and then you can just send your wallet.dat to this new daemon/wallet, regardless if it is Mac, Win, Ubuntu, wallet.dat is an encrypted file, so it doesn't matter what OS is using it.

B3dr0ck

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Quote from: nemgun on February 20, 2017, 12:09:50 PM

Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:54:26 AM

Quote from: nemgun on February 20, 2017, 11:45:34 AM

Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:37:05 AM

PC - 2GB Ram, 23+Gb free diskspace
Ubuntu 12.10

Client
Bitcoin-QT
V.0.8.3.0-g40809ae-beta

I need to upgrade the client, and have had no luck. It is sync'd.

any suggestions? - I'll give tips to whoever moves this forward with me

backup wallet.dat, erase the blockchain and redownload bitcoin 13, run it using prune=50000 in bitcoin.conf
I hope it is what you are looking for.

Would that require me to re-download the whole blockchain (120+ Gbs)? I'm trying to avoid that. If that's the case, I'd just setup a new computer and import the wallet.dat.

no, the solution i told you about will let you download the last 50k blocks instead of downloading the full blockchain, which is actually around 200GB.
Go to bitcoin.conf and add :

Code:

prune = x (where x is the number of last blocks you want to download)

This way, you won't have to think about blockchain size. I can only advise you to set an appropriate number of blocks, and avoid redeleting the blockchain after this because i don't know how the wallet will react if it finds a wallet with informations comming from old blocks not downloaded.
You can finde more options here : https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

I've got transactions in this wallets from years ago. It syncs up now, but I don't think its on the correct chain or something. I can't transact from it. If there is risk here, I might be more inclined to just rebuild the wallet on a new computer - but I'd have to DL the whole chain again.
Is Bitcoin 13 the client for Ubuntu?

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Let's PUT IN!

just keel wallet.dat file in a usb and upgrade your system than replace old wallet.dat file to new wallet.dat file after installation of bitcoin core in new upgraded system

nemgun

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Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:54:26 AM

Quote from: nemgun on February 20, 2017, 11:45:34 AM

Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:37:05 AM

PC - 2GB Ram, 23+Gb free diskspace
Ubuntu 12.10

Client
Bitcoin-QT
V.0.8.3.0-g40809ae-beta

I need to upgrade the client, and have had no luck. It is sync'd.

any suggestions? - I'll give tips to whoever moves this forward with me

backup wallet.dat, erase the blockchain and redownload bitcoin 13, run it using prune=50000 in bitcoin.conf
I hope it is what you are looking for.

Would that require me to re-download the whole blockchain (120+ Gbs)? I'm trying to avoid that. If that's the case, I'd just setup a new computer and import the wallet.dat.

no, the solution i told you about will let you download the last 50k blocks instead of downloading the full blockchain, which is actually around 200GB.
Go to bitcoin.conf and add :

Code:

prune = x (where x is the number of last blocks you want to download)

This way, you won't have to think about blockchain size. I can only advise you to set an appropriate number of blocks, and avoid redeleting the blockchain after this because i don't know how the wallet will react if it finds a wallet with informations comming from old blocks not downloaded.
You can finde more options here : https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

B3dr0ck

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Quote from: nemgun on February 20, 2017, 11:45:34 AM

Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:37:05 AM

PC - 2GB Ram, 23+Gb free diskspace
Ubuntu 12.10

Client
Bitcoin-QT
V.0.8.3.0-g40809ae-beta

I need to upgrade the client, and have had no luck. It is sync'd.

any suggestions? - I'll give tips to whoever moves this forward with me

backup wallet.dat, erase the blockchain and redownload bitcoin 13, run it using prune=50000 in bitcoin.conf
I hope it is what you are looking for.

Would that require me to re-download the whole blockchain (120+ Gbs)? I'm trying to avoid that. If that's the case, I'd just setup a new computer and import the wallet.dat.

nemgun

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Activity: 882

Merit: 533

Quote from: B3dr0ck on February 20, 2017, 11:37:05 AM

PC - 2GB Ram, 23+Gb free diskspace
Ubuntu 12.10

Client
Bitcoin-QT
V.0.8.3.0-g40809ae-beta

I need to upgrade the client, and have had no luck. It is sync'd.

any suggestions? - I'll give tips to whoever moves this forward with me

backup wallet.dat, erase the blockchain and redownload bitcoin 13, run it using prune=50000 in bitcoin.conf
I hope it is what you are looking for.

B3dr0ck

member

Activity: 159

Merit: 11

PC - 2GB Ram, 23+Gb free diskspace
Ubuntu 12.10

Client
Bitcoin-QT
V.0.8.3.0-g40809ae-beta

I need to upgrade the client, and have had no luck. It is sync'd.

any suggestions? - I'll give tips to whoever moves this forward with me

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