CAIx bootstrap.dat file 06/01/2015Hi guys, I've uploaded a bootstrap.dat file for users that are syncing their wallets for the first time.
Adding the bootstrap.dat file to your datafolder will significantly speed up the syncing process.
What is bootstrap.datbootstrap.dat allows a new CAIx 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 CAIx's expected data directory will make your initial block sync much faster. For default directories, have a look at our
GitHub.
How this works- Download bootstrap.rar from MEGA.
- Unpack to obtain bootstrap.dat.
- Put the bootstrap.dat file into the CAIx datadir. This is the same folder that contains wallet.dat and the blocks folder. Or run the wallet with "CAIx-qt.exe -loadblock=c:\path_to\bootstrap.dat
- Launching the CAIx client will take longer, because the bootstrap.dat file is being imported to the wallet."
- Delete bootstrap.dat.old after the process if you want to recover some storage space.