Bootstrap.dat
Template:Lowercasebootstrap.dat allows a new Sexcoin client (not synced) to rapidly import the initial blocks from a local file instead of slowly downloading blocks from random peers. This significantly reduces the time it takes to get a client synced with the current blockchain.
Simply having bootstrap.dat in Sexcoin's expected data directory will make your initial block sync much faster. The import process can be even faster if you use the -dbcache=1000 command line parameter which uses an additional 1GB of RAM for the database index cache. Sexcoin v0.8.5.2+ with SSE2 PoW validation can make import even faster if you have SSD drives.
Contents
Overview
Regardless of your operating system use the following steps to make use of the bootstrap.dat file:
- Download bootstrap.dat.xz from mirrors or torrent.
- Verify the integrity of bootstrap.dat.xz with the checksums.
- Decompress to obtain bootstrap.dat.
- Put it into the Sexcoin datadir. This is the same folder that contains wallet.dat and the blocks folder.
- Delete bootstrap.dat.old if you want to recover some storage space.
Download bootstrap.dat
You can download bootstrap.dat from the following locations (please use the torrent unless you need a direct download:
- bootstrap.dat was last built on 2015-11-09.
- Torrent
- Sexcoin bootstrap.dat torrent
- Direct downloads
- SexcoinNode Project
Verify integrity - For Torrent
For the torrented copy of bootstrap.dat.xz:
- CRC-32
- 03ba4288
- MD4
- cfe24a00d9d5de0e343fc3d727de6cf1
- MD5
- c81dc36666f6179fac197e3d4dc0852f
- SHA-1
- ee390fd544c8378a82684b5963c20b30f308ebaf
Verify integrity - For Direct Download
For the SexcoinNode direct link for bootstrap.dat.xz:
- MD5
- 3b983b4943dfec16ec5e4d0ec28f8dec
- SHA1
- dc59d08b64893c18f5b0528d1f0d3abf75253fcc
- SHA256
- c4d0f9b166fb3a7d6a0e924a84e1a0da98b9dbab6667e7cd862fb84b94d8a7f0
Extract bootstrap.dat
- Linux
-
xz -d bootstrap.dat.xz - Mac
- You can obtain xz from MacPorts or http://macpkg.sourceforge.net/.
- Windows
- 7Zip is a free utility that can decompress .xz files. The latest version of WinRAR also supports .xz files.
Copy bootstrap.dat to data directory
Copy bootstrap.dat to your data directory. After Sexcoin has used bootstrap.dat, the file will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old; at this point you can choose to delete it or keep it.
- Linux
- Sexcoin's data directory is located in
~/.litecoin/by default. You can runls -ato see directories that start with a dot. - You can also search for the directory with the following command:
find / -name wallet.dat -print 2>/dev/null
- Mac
- Sexcoin's data directory should be located in
~/Library/Application Support/Sexcoin/.
- Windows
- Go to
Start>Run(or pressWinKey+R) and run:explorer %APPDATA%\Sexcoin - sexcoin's data directory will open. "AppData" and "Application Data" are hidden by default in Windows.
