Workaround to huge blockchain size - download, resolve, transfer

DannyHamilton

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Quote from: mackminer on December 28, 2016, 06:46:20 PM

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

That depends on what you are trying to do.

As long as you have a source for blockchain information that you trust, you can use Bitcoin Core to create transactions without downloading the blockchain.

shorena

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No I dont escrow anymore.

You can use the prune option to only kept part of the blockchain, if you dont want to switch to a different wallet. You still have to download the data though.

cr1776

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Quote from: mackminer on December 28, 2016, 06:46:20 PM

The file is 80 gig the last time I checked....i don't have enough space on my disk for it although I can connect another drive.

I wanted to transfer the wallet.dat to another client but it wasn't possible at the time. I would have tried a few....

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

Just export the keys and import into a lightweight wallet. (But keep a backup of the wallet.dat since it is small)

mackminer

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The file is 80 gig the last time I checked....i don't have enough space on my disk for it although I can connect another drive.

I wanted to transfer the wallet.dat to another client but it wasn't possible at the time. I would have tried a few....

Have I any more options rather than the big download?

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