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Re: Blockchain Backup Project: Torrent for Bitcoin Core!
by
Cricktor
on 09/01/2024, 20:17:17 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1)




Is this the content of the torrent? Why do you share a wallet.dat and all the other stuff besides what's only needed, the two folders blocks and chainstate. And could it be that your Bitcoin Core was still running when you made the "torrent" (not the screenshot...) of the upper level bitcoin folder? If your Bitcoin Core was still running, it could likely be that the most recent *.blk files were in a not finalized state.

If someone dares to download your torrent's data, his or her Bitcoin Core might get upset. (Not sure if it will happily recover, maybe, maybe not.)

I find the need to trust a stranger for the validity of blockchain data something completely opposite to what Bitcoin was created for. And if you fire up a validation rescan of the downloaded blockchain, do you then really are significantly faster. I have doubts.