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-* banlist.dat: stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
-* bitcoin.conf: contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
-* bitcoind.pid: stores the process id of bitcoind while running
-* 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; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
-* db.log: wallet database log file; 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
-* fee_estimates.dat: stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
-* indexes/txindex/*: optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
-* mempool.dat: dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0.
-* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
-* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
-* wallets/database/*: BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
-* wallets/db.log: wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
-* wallets/wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
-* .cookie: session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
-* 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
+Filename | Description
+--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+banlist.dat | stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
+bitcoin.conf | contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
+bitcoind.pid | stores the process id of bitcoind while running
+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/* | blockchain state database (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
+db.log | wallet database log file; 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
+fee_estimates.dat | stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
+indexes/txindex/* | optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
+mempool.dat | dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0
+peers.dat | peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
+wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
+wallets/database/* | BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
+wallets/db.log | wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
+wallets/wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
+.cookie | session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
+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
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