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Re: What are checkpoints in bitcoin code?
by
kjj
on 21/12/2013, 05:40:27 UTC
  -addtag=           Add a tag to your coinbase
  -txindex               Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0)

What do those two do? I'm guessing the tag is meant for miners? Is it useful for regular people who just run a node or wallet?

Since I just run QT like normal, I don't get the full transaction index? Does that take up additional space or isn't everything in the blockchain anyway? Or I am correct to guess that this is better used by large online wallets or something?

Heh, oops, -addtag is a custom mod that I maintain.  It does indeed add tags to the coinbase for mining.

-txindex makes the node keep an index of all transactions.  This is very helpful for RPC services, particularly those using raw transactions.