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@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ Linux | `$HOME/.bitcoin/`
macOS | `$HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/`
Windows | `%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\` <sup>[\[1\]](#note1)</sup>
-2. The non-default data directory path can be specified by `-datadir` option.
+2. A custom data directory path can be specified with the `-datadir` option.
3. All content of the data directory, except for `bitcoin.conf` file, is chain-specific. This means the actual data directory paths for non-mainnet cases differ:
-Chain option | Data directory path
---------------------|--------------------
-no option (mainnet) | *path_to_datadir*`/`
-`-testnet` | *path_to_datadir*`/testnet3/`
-`-regtest` | *path_to_datadir*`/regtest/`
+Chain option | Data directory path
+-------------------------------|------------------------------
+`-chain=main` (default) | *path_to_datadir*`/`
+`-chain=test` or `-testnet` | *path_to_datadir*`/testnet3/`
+`-chain=signet` or `-signet` | *path_to_datadir*`/signet/`
+`-chain=regtest` or `-regtest` | *path_to_datadir*`/regtest/`
## Data directory layout
@@ -44,17 +45,18 @@ Subdirectory | File(s) | Description
`blocks/index/` | LevelDB database | Block index; `-blocksdir` option does not affect this path
`blocks/` | `blkNNNNN.dat`<sup>[\[2\]](#note2)</sup> | Actual Bitcoin blocks (in network format, dumped in raw on disk, 128 MiB per file)
`blocks/` | `revNNNNN.dat`<sup>[\[2\]](#note2)</sup> | Block undo data (custom format)
-`chainstate/` | LevelDB database | Blockchain state (a compact representation of all currently unspent transaction outputs and some metadata about the transactions they are from)
+`chainstate/` | LevelDB database | Blockchain state (a compact representation of all currently unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) and metadata about the transactions they are from)
`indexes/txindex/` | LevelDB database | Transaction index; *optional*, used if `-txindex=1`
`indexes/blockfilter/basic/db/` | LevelDB database | Blockfilter index LevelDB database for the basic filtertype; *optional*, used if `-blockfilterindex=basic`
`indexes/blockfilter/basic/` | `fltrNNNNN.dat`<sup>[\[2\]](#note2)</sup> | Blockfilter index filters for the basic filtertype; *optional*, used if `-blockfilterindex=basic`
-`wallets/` | | [Contains wallets](#multi-wallet-environment); can be specified by `-walletdir` option; if `wallets/` subdirectory does not exist, a wallet resides in the data directory
+`wallets/` | | [Contains wallets](#multi-wallet-environment); can be specified by `-walletdir` option; if `wallets/` subdirectory does not exist, wallets reside in the [data directory](#data-directory-location)
`./` | `banlist.dat` | Stores the IPs/subnets of banned nodes
`./` | `bitcoin.conf` | User-defined [configuration settings](bitcoin-conf.md) for `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt`. File is not written to by the software and must be created manually. Path can be specified by `-conf` option
`./` | `bitcoind.pid` | Stores the process ID (PID) of `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` while running; created at start and deleted on shutdown; can be specified by `-pid` option
`./` | `debug.log` | Contains debug information and general logging generated by `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt`; can be specified by `-debuglogfile` option
`./` | `fee_estimates.dat` | Stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation
`./` | `guisettings.ini.bak` | Backup of former [GUI settings](#gui-settings) after `-resetguisettings` option is used
+`./` | `ip_asn.map` | IP addresses to Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) mapping used for bucketing of the peers; path can be specified with the `-asmap` option
`./` | `mempool.dat` | Dump of the mempool's transactions
`./` | `onion_private_key` | Cached Tor onion service private key for `-listenonion` option
`./` | `peers.dat` | Peer IP address database (custom format)
@@ -101,7 +103,6 @@ Path | Description | Repository notes
## Notes
-<a name="note1">1</a>. The `/` (slash, U+002F) is used as the platform-independent path component separator in this paper.
+<a name="note1">1</a>. The `/` (slash, U+002F) is used as the platform-independent path component separator in this document.
<a name="note2">2</a>. `NNNNN` matches `[0-9]{5}` regex.
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