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- [quote author=m0gliE link=topic=194.msg773#msg773 date=1394283959]
- [b]bootstrap.dat[/b]
- bootstrap.dat allows a new Fastcoin client (not synced) to rapidly import the initial blocks from a
- local file instead of slowly downloading blocks from random peers. This significantly reduces the
- time it takes to get a client synced with the current blockchain.
- Simply having bootstrap.dat in Fastcoin's expected data directory will make your initial block sync
- much faster. The import process can be even faster if you use the -dbcache=1000 command line
- parameter which uses an additional 1GB of RAM for the database index cache.
- You can download the bootstrap.dat which is currently 1GB or the bootstrap.dat.xz which is 530MB.
- [b]Extracting the bootstrap.dat.xz[/b]
- Regardless of your operating system, use the following steps to make use of the bootstrap.dat file:
- [b]1.[/b] Download bootstrap.dat.xz from mirrors or torrent.
- [b]2.[/b] Decompress the bootstrap.dat.
- [b]3.[/b] Put it into the Fastcoin datadir. "%appdata%/fastcoin" / "~/.fastcoin"
- (This is the same folder that contains wallet.dat and the blocks folder.)
- [b]4.[/b] Delete bootstrap.dat.old if you want to recover some storage space.
- [b]Fastcoin Data Folder[/b]
- [b]Linux[/b]
- [code]xz -d bootstrap.dat.xz [/code]
- Fastcoin's data directory is located in ~/.fastcoin/ by default. You can run ls -a to see
- directories that start with a period. You can also search for the directory with the following
- command:
- [code]find / -name wallet.dat -print 2>/dev/null [/code]
- [b]Mac[/b]
- You can obtain xz from MacPorts or http://macpkg.sourceforge.net/.
- Fastcoin's data directory should be located in ~/Library/Application Support/Fastcoin/.
- [b]Windows[/b]
- 7Zip is a free utility that can decompress .xz files, so does the latest version of WinRAR.
- Click on Start then Run (or press WinKey+R) and type:
- [code]explorer %APPDATA%\Fastcoin [/code]
- Fastcoin's data directory will open. "AppData" and "Application Data" are hidden by default in
- Windows.
- [b]Copy bootstrap.dat to data directory[/b]
- Copy the bootstrap.dat to your data directory. Load the Fastcoin client and wait for it to load the
- blocks. After loading is complete, the bootstrap.dat will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old at which
- point you can choose to delete it.
- Links are below.
- Dropbox Mirror - [URL=https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbo0atlqaoojd7w/bootstrap.dat]bootstrap.dat[/URL]
- Dropbox Mirror - [URL=https://www.dropbox.com/s/uhof8ocyvtwofbq/bootstrap.dat.xz]bootstrap.dat.xz[/URL]
- GoogleD Mirror - [URL=https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B69j4ujTdGRvRUZEOHNtNGp0XzA&export=download]bootstrap.dat[/URL]
- GoogleD Mirror - [URL=https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B69j4ujTdGRvT2NvVTlHemRqZFE&export=download]bootstrap.dat.xz[/URL]
- [/quote]
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