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Re: How to manually verify blk*.dat and rev*.dat files?
by
amaclin1
on 20/02/2019, 19:30:47 UTC
What will happen if my main full node (which has all blocks from blk00000.dat) fails to send valid
data to its peers due to corrupted (for whatever reasons) blk*.dat and/or rev*.dat files?
Nothing will happen.
Your peers will disconnect/ban your misbehaviour node and will try to get valid data from another sources.
(Nodes do not send rev*.dat information to each other. These files are local database files for
updating the current utxo set)

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What kind of mechanism applies in bitcoind?
Trust to nobody. Check everything youself. Follow the white rabbit longest chain.