The SourceForge project page for Bitcoin provides a blockchain download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/ but this file is old/dated.
How and where can I download an up to date copy of the Bitcoin block chain?
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I found this http://eu2.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/ but it isn't dated (silly) – Colonel Panic Sep 28 '13 at 19:53
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1@ColonelPanic that link is broken – puk Dec 05 '13 at 06:45
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Since v0.10, the parallel block download in Bitcoin Core is often comparable in speed to torrent downloading, does not require temporary double storage, and validates while downloading instead of sequentially.
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Please use the bootstrap.dat torrent download. It is more frequently updated and much safer to use.
You can find the .torrent download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download
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2Because it verifies the blocks on import, instead of trusting someone to give you a pre-validated pre-indexed database. – Pieter Wuille Jun 25 '13 at 00:11
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1Ah, I did not realize that the .zip files contained the raw
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My service provider blocks torrent downloads. So this is not a good solution for me. Any other sites? – Sydwell Jun 29 '13 at 06:56
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You can download the complete blockchain at https://flo.sh/bitcoin-qt-bootstrap-dat/
If you follow the steps described the initial startup of Bitcoin-Qt should work significally faster :)
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Here you go I have recently uploaded the bitcoin blockchain to sourceforge.
Blockchain & Chainstate Date: 29th October 2013
Download Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoinblockchain/files/29-10-2013/ Download Size: 9GB (Compressed) - 13GB (Decompressed)
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What do you think about using btsync to keep a up to date bootstrap.dat file http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html – Jonas Oestman Oct 31 '13 at 16:39
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Thank you. When download completes, can I rsync it with my ~/.bitcoin directory or is it like this sourceforge link which is rather tricky to decipher http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/ – puk Dec 05 '13 at 06:50
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In 2013, the blockchain size was 13 GB. In December 2018, it is 195 GB. This answer is totally outdated. Downloading only 6.5% of it won't help today. – MCCCS Dec 15 '18 at 07:49
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You can "Download the latest snapshot from our high-speed CDN" on http://bitcoin.network but it's not free. It seems to be always up-to-date.
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