0 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 10 Jul 2023 \ on: Can I use back my existing Bitcoin Node for my new Raspberry Pi 4 device? bitcoin
I think you can move the blockchain from one machine to another, though I don’t have specifics available
I did watched some of the installation videos on YouTube and all of them are installing it from scratch. It also require the SSD to be plug in to the Rspi before installing Umbrel. This will flash the entire SSD.
I'm planning to use a new SSD for this initial part and stop Umbrel after Bitcoin Core has been installed. Then I will replace my old SSD with the full node to try it out. Hopefully it works. Just not sure is this the proper way of doing it.
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Search for how to copy to blockchain on Umbrel. Ive done it. You can do it from the commandline.
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I think in theory it comes down to finding where your full blockchain is saved now, and configuring bitcoin core on your new machine to persist the blockchain wherever you moved it to. I would expect this to “detect” that the blockchain is already downloaded and pick up where it left off. Unfortunately I don’t know how to configure Bitcoin core to tell it where to source/store the blockchain.
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I in fact did tried once to re-installed the Umbrel in the same laptop after I remove it. It actually works. I just replaced the new bitcoin folder to the one with my full node. Just not sure it works if I am using a different device this time. Anyway, thanks for your feedback.
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