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diff --git a/doc/files.md b/doc/files.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80195535bb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/files.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Used in 0.8.0 +--------------------- +* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions +* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0 +* blocks/blk000??.dat: block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0 +* blocks/rev000??.dat; block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8) +* blocks/index/*; block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 +* chainstate/*; block chain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 +* database/*: BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0 + +Only used in pre-0.8.0 +--------------------- +* blktree/*; block chain index (LevelDB); since pre-0.8, replaced by blocks/index/* in 0.8.0 +* coins/*; unspent transaction output database (LevelDB); since pre-0.8, replaced by chainstate/* in 0.8.0 + +Only used before 0.8.0 +--------------------- +* blkindex.dat: block chain index database (BDB); replaced by {chainstate/*,blocks/index/*,blocks/rev000??.dat} in 0.8.0 +* blk000?.dat: block data (custom, 2 GiB per file); replaced by blocks/blk000??.dat in 0.8.0 + +Only used before 0.7.0 +--------------------- +* addr.dat: peer IP address database (BDB); replaced by peers.dat in 0.7.0 |