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Main => Technical Support => Topic started by: fav on March 08, 2015, 10:18:50 am

Title: Blockchain Torrent - Question
Post by: fav on March 08, 2015, 10:18:50 am
I want to provide a snapshot torrent of the current Blockchain.

What files should I include in order to make it work? The full  /chain folder?
Title: Re: Blockchain Torrent - Question
Post by: xeroc on March 08, 2015, 01:29:51 pm
Jup .. chain folder is sufficient ..

Make sure to have the client shutdown when creating the torrent and archive
Title: Re: Blockchain Torrent - Question
Post by: fav on March 08, 2015, 01:34:25 pm
Jup .. chain folder is sufficient ..

Make sure to have the client shutdown when creating the torrent and archive

didn't work in windows though.

deleted my /chain and tried with the backup. cleint died on me several times, had to redownload the full chain
Title: Re: Blockchain Torrent - Question
Post by: xeroc on March 08, 2015, 01:41:12 pm
Hmm .. pagin @modprobe who has published a archive a while ago
Title: Re: Blockchain Torrent - Question
Post by: abit on March 09, 2015, 02:53:57 am
The Chinese community has been providing chain file downloading service for a long time. It works in Windows with no problem.
Upgrade the client to most recent version, full sync, quit the client, zip the chain folder to a file, and upload it to somewhere, then other users can download and use it directly (in same OS and same client version). Not tested with different OS though.