Your wallet client downloads and verifies each blocks from the P2P network. This is usually slow and especially if you are using wallet for the first time then syncing process can take quite a long time. Instead of using Peer to Peer communication your wallet client can read blockchain data from this compressed bootstrap file which contains the copy of blockchain data until a certain block height. Once the wallet client completes reading data from bootstrap file, it will then use the P2P connection to download the remaining blocks.
This method is faster and moreover it consumes less bandwidth compared to standard synchronization process. However still bootstrap method takes some time as your wallet client needs to validate each individual blocks.
This recommendation is not only for Bitcoin but for other crypto currencies as well such as Dash, Litecoin, etc. But as we said these are unofficial sources and they are maintaining it for research purpose. So where can I find the official bootstrap. But that file is not available and they no longer maintain it.
Because syncing wallets using bootstrap. As of Bitcoin Core version 0. While Bitcoin no longer uses this method other cryptocurrencies recommends this and they maintain this file officially.
You can find the package either in official website or at their GitHub repository. If your wallet is not syncing then there are quite a few ways to troubleshoot and fix it. If none of the troubleshooting methods work then only way to fix your wallet is by deleting all core files and syncing the blockchain from start. Since the wallet uses P2P connection syncing the blockchain from start will take a long time to complete. Fortunately, you can speed up this process by using a file called Bootstrap.
Just put this file in your wallet data directory and restart your wallet. Now instead of downloading block by block using P2P connection your wallet validates and import blockchain data from this bootstrap file. Some coin developers do include this file along with their latest wallet release. Also remember to backup your wallet. No matter if it is a Windows operating system or Linux operating system the wallet core files are the same.
This file can be compressed or a simple file called bootstrap. Beeing a compressed file, the only content will also be a file called bootstrap. The bootstrap. How can I bootstrap my wallet? Download the bootstrap file Simple Explorer creates a daily bootstrap file of any available coin inside the multi explorer. Happy earnings. If you found this tutorial useful, just share it. Pin it. Launch the wallet and you will see that it is over weeks behind.
Normally this can take several days to sync, you will be accelerating this process by manually adding the blockchain rather then letting it sync. Download bootstrap. Make sure desktop client is closed. Move the bootstrap. Asked 8 years ago. Active 7 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 47k times. Still no luck. I'm running Windows 7, anyone have step by step instructions on how to set this up?
Improve this question. CalicoBrak CalicoBrak 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Your question may be best addressed to the original post on the BitcoinTalk forum. Im running bitcoin-qt 0. Any one know how to do this running windows 8 — user
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