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--- guides:farming:downloaddb [2022/09/10 17:20] – [Blockchain database download] 85.96.53.70
+++ guides:farming:downloaddb [2023/04/07 09:28] (current) – Add official torrent link, remove v1 link earl
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-====== Blockchain database download ======
+====== Blockchain Database Download ======
-Our teammember Gnomuz has an automatic backup of the blockchain database running around midnight CET every day, and it's then uploaded to Dropbox. MA
+Chia Network now provides official database checkpoint downloads as torrent:
-===== Download links =====
+https://www.chia.net/downloads/#database-checkpoint
-__Database V2__ (updated daily from 10 March 2022)
+<WRAP center round info 60%>
-[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/iijtnyj26lc9pbo/blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.bz2?dl=0]]
+<color #000000>**We strongly recommend using the official download!**</color>
+</WRAP>
-__Database V1__ (snapshot as of 9 March 2022 00:00 CET, not updated anymore)
+Historically, since before there was an official Chia Network-provided download, our team-member Gnomuz has provided an automatic backup of the blockchain database running around midnight CET every day, and it's then uploaded to Dropbox. This download is also still available and updated daily:
-[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/81y7o9zzm18dzr9/blockchain_v1_mainnet.sqlite.bz2?dl=0]]
+[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/iijtnyj26lc9pbo/blockchain_v2_mainnet.sqlite.bz2?dl=0]]
-The files can be decompressed with 7zip on windows (minimum version 21.07), lbzip2 recommended under Linux.
+The .bz2 snapshot can be decompressed with 7zip on windows (minimum version 21.07), lbzip2 recommended under Linux.