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Filename | Description
* banlist.dat: stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
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* bitcoin.conf: contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
banlist.dat | stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
* bitcoind.pid: stores the process id of bitcoind while running
bitcoin.conf | contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
* blocks/blk000??.dat: block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0
bitcoind.pid | stores the process id of bitcoind while running
* blocks/rev000??.dat; block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8)
blocks/blk000??.dat | block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0
* blocks/index/*; block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
blocks/rev000??.dat | block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8)
* chainstate/*; block chain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
blocks/index/* | block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
* database/*: BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
chainstate/* | blockchain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
* db.log: wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
database/* | BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
* debug.log: contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
db.log | wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
* fee_estimates.dat: stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
debug.log | contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
* indexes/txindex/*: optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
fee_estimates.dat | stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
* mempool.dat: dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0.
indexes/txindex/* | optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
mempool.dat | dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0
* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
peers.dat | peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
* wallets/database/*: BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
* wallets/db.log: wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
wallets/database/* | BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
* wallets/wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
wallets/db.log | wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
* .cookie: session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
wallets/wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
* onion_private_key: cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion` : since 0.12.0
.cookie | session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
* guisettings.ini.bak: backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used
onion_private_key | cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion` : since 0.12.0
guisettings.ini.bak | backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used
Only used in pre-0.8.0
Only used in pre-0.8.0
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