Topic: What's a typical Bitcoin install size? I have ~500mb of log.xxxxxxx files? (Read 1823 times)
July 01, 2011, 05:50:37 PM
Block files are the main culprit and steadily growing, right now over 460mb, while directory size can come in at just under 500mb
July 01, 2011, 10:49:10 AM
I have the same issue or concern. I think Misterboy is talking not about the program directory but the data directory as described here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory
Mine is over 300MB already, looks like the block chain files are the main culprit in the hundred of mb. Like the file blk0001.dat is over 300MB. But if I want to follow the instructions to secure my wallet here https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet using a Truecrypt container it says to make the container at least 100MB. At this rate of growth it seems I need to make my container in the GBs if I don't want to keep recreating it? Am I missing something? Can I just encrypt a container for the wallet.dat and not the block chains?
Mine is over 300MB already, looks like the block chain files are the main culprit in the hundred of mb. Like the file blk0001.dat is over 300MB. But if I want to follow the instructions to secure my wallet here https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet using a Truecrypt container it says to make the container at least 100MB. At this rate of growth it seems I need to make my container in the GBs if I don't want to keep recreating it? Am I missing something? Can I just encrypt a container for the wallet.dat and not the block chains?
June 20, 2011, 08:20:10 PM
The Bitcoin app will automatically purge some of that when you close it. When I first installed it I let it run for almost 8 days without shutting it down. It grew to a bit over 1.8 GB in size for the whole .bitcoin directory and sub directories. After shutting it down and restarting it it's down to about 820 MB.
tl;dr once you download the full block chain shut it down for 5 min and then restart and it will purge out most of the crap
tl;dr once you download the full block chain shut it down for 5 min and then restart and it will purge out most of the crap
June 20, 2011, 08:18:43 PM
Sounds interesting... I dont want to mess with my own wallet because im new to this and dont wanna lose what ive already gained.
Regarding your file, 500mb seems like a lot for a simple btc install... My files are just under 15mb.
I will probably move towards some encrypted files later after i figure out how to sell some BTC.
Regarding your file, 500mb seems like a lot for a simple btc install... My files are just under 15mb.
I will probably move towards some encrypted files later after i figure out how to sell some BTC.
June 20, 2011, 08:02:22 PM
Hi all,
New to all this. I just moved my bitcoin working directory and wallet to a secure Truecrypt file. After bitcoin re-downloaded all it's blocks, I noticed the Truecrypt "drive" is over 500mb in size! Is this normal?
I've discovered that the culprit is the Bitcoin/database folder, which is full of ~10mb log files, named log.0000000001, log.0000000002, etc. Is that normal, or can those logs be deleted?
This matters because I've defined my secure file/drive to a set size and I don't want it filling up if I can help it.
Many thanks!
New to all this. I just moved my bitcoin working directory and wallet to a secure Truecrypt file. After bitcoin re-downloaded all it's blocks, I noticed the Truecrypt "drive" is over 500mb in size! Is this normal?
I've discovered that the culprit is the Bitcoin/database folder, which is full of ~10mb log files, named log.0000000001, log.0000000002, etc. Is that normal, or can those logs be deleted?
This matters because I've defined my secure file/drive to a set size and I don't want it filling up if I can help it.
Many thanks!
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