third question: i will have to prune the blockchain so my plan its to prune it and then migrate it on a linux OS. my plan its this:
1 turn off the node
2 migrate the pruned chain on the right folder of the new hardware
3 open the config file and set prune= my actual setup plus migrate the wallet.dat file
4 run bitcoind.
can you confirm my plan?
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i will have some more question but since i don't want bother anyone for now its fine like this!
thanks for anyone who'll help
Besides all the other questions that have been answered. I think that for pruning you need to store your unpruned copy first.
Turn off bitcoind, make a copy of the chainstate/blocks (or basically the whole .bitcoin folder) somewhere safe. Change the bitcoin.conf and add prune=550 for minimum size, run bitcoind, let it prune, once it's done, turn off the node and send the pruned copy to your linux machine. (you have to copy everything in the folder this time, especially bitcoin.conf). That way you only have to transfer 550mb rather than the full blockchain.