Chia Blockchain Database

The initial sync of the blockchain database lasts a few days. If you can download a copy from a trustwothy source you could get up and running faster. Do you remember Bittorrent? It's for effectively distributing large files over the internet. I seed a torrent of a Chia Database Snapshot. Use these files at your own risk!. You can check the history of the files here:

• https://github.com/RudolfAchter/blockchain-stuff/tree/main/docs/files

Also you should check the checksum of the files you downloaded.

shasum -a256 yourFile

Current Version 2022-06-25:

• blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.torrent

File	Version	Size	Comment
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.torrent	2022-06-25	396K	Torrent file for uncompressed blockchain-database
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite	2022-06-25	79G	The file you get when using above torrent. And also the file you get when uncompressing the .tgz version
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.tgz.torrent	2022-06-25	212K	Torrent file for compressed database (you need to uncompress)
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.tgz	2022-06-25	42G	The blockchain database compressed as .tgz

Checksums

File	Checksum
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.torrent	c17b0974d4f99974d572006bed73b68bfdcfcb20a1d84b01a16743360190c160
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite	2a6083498f851738df08341f4efef380dfa72ed4738d9c44c68ad087349d4a63
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.tgz.torrent	d6608426355f096c9516ab211707daa6f95284bfc7b6c3adb1b032985e7d0f43
blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.tgz	b2c7d4eb75aea7f9e587d118bc6015584cb76723c0d6dae4cf259dedc214f2e1

To unzip the .tgz you need gzip. Do this

tar -xzf blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.tgz

Need a bittorrent Client? Bram Cohen invented the protocol, but nowadays current Bittorrent Clients do not have much to do with Bram. Some Clients are cluttered with bloatware, adware, payware.

A Free OpenSource Bittorrent Client of my choice is qBittorrent. Available for Linux, Windows and Mac