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1) What is the format of the LevelDB databases stored in the database directory?

I know there are some custom blockchain parsing libraries, such as this one, but I'm wondering if I can just do a read of the chainstate database to get some basic information about the UTXO set.

2) Is there some sort of a LevelDB database explorer GUI that I can use to see what's in this database?

3) Could I have a second program that just read from this database? Would it be safe or would I mess up the database if I tried this?

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You can find how to read the blockchain leveldb (format and meaning of the keys) here: What are the keys used in the blockchain levelDB (ie what are the key:value pairs)?

no idea (yet) for the UTXO :-)

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    He talks about the unspent transaction set too. Ctrl-F Inside the chain state database
    – Nick ODell
    Oct 10, 2014 at 17:19
  • @Nick, could you elaborate further on how to get the UTXO set from the chainstate database? That sounds like the answer I am looking for. But many other coins don't have the chainstate database, so how would I do this for those coins?
    – morsecoder
    Oct 14, 2014 at 14:41
  • @StephenM347 I don't think there's any *coin that doesn't have a transaction index or an unspent transaction index. Way too slow. Be more specific.
    – Nick ODell
    Oct 14, 2014 at 15:36
  • In my ~/Application Support/Bitcoin/ directory, there is a chainstate directory, which I think has the database of UTXOs. In my ~/Application Support/PPCoin/ directory, though, there is no chainstate directory. Is the UTXO set stored somewhere else in PPCoin? Can you explain what you mean by "Ctrl-F Inside the chain state database"? Thanks!
    – morsecoder
    Oct 14, 2014 at 15:53
  • @NickODell means: go to bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/28168/… and search the sentence "Inside the chain state database" in your browser. Format of UTXO DB is explained here.
    – Vincent de Lagabbe
    Nov 3, 2014 at 15:14
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One guy on GitHub said that his software can make chainstate files readable for humans:
https://github.com/in3rsha/bitcoin-utxo-dump

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