Questions tagged [datadir]
The -datadir option changes where Bitcoin Core puts its wallet and blockchain database.
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Where does Bitcoin Core save the custom directory setting?
When installing Bitcoin Core on Windows 10 and starting it for the first time, the Welcome message prompts to specify a custom data directory. When specifying that custom directory, where does Bitcoin ...
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Bitcoin Core Unbuntu Custom Data Directory Does not Navigate to Secondary Internal Hard Drive
I have a laptop computer with 2 solid state internal 1000 GB hard drives. I have the operating system installed on drive 1 and I have the secondary drive formatted (ext4 file system), partitioned and ...
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Does Bitcoin-Core sanitize all accesses to DataDir?
I run core in -disablewallet mode, but keep my datadir on a secondary storage volume, which isn't as secure as my primary drive. Is this an attack vector? Could someone stuff some data-bomb in one ...
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Switching between pruned and non-pruned blocksdir ok?
Is it ok to swap the nodes blocksdir upon restart without corrupting sth. cache etc.. I have two blocksdir: one locally pruned blocks, the other external with all blocks in blocks on usb drive. Id ...
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Exception in Boost library when running bitcoind.exe
I've built Bitcoin 0.8.6 on Windows 32bit using mingw32 and now trying to execute bitcoind.exe in the prompt using the following command:
bitcoind.exe -datadir="e:/BitcoinDataTest"
I'm getting the ...
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How do I configure BTCPayServer to use an alternative datadir and avoid 'Unable to open settings file' Error?
Similar to:
Ubuntu Linux, Unable to set bitcoin datadir to a folder in different drive
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I can't start bitcoind on Raspberry Pi. Why do I need settings.json.tmp when I didn't need it before?
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