From 582e66b6e75d58033987a7b0474226cfdd724ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gr0kchain <7654306+gr0kchain@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 11:57:27 +0200
Subject: doc: Added regtest config for linearize script

Updated the example-linearize.cfg file to include support for the regtest chain network config which is used by the ./linearize-data.py

Problem:

Without the regtest magic, genesis hash and path config, the `linearize-data.py` script cannot generate a bootstrap.dat file.

Example of error:

./linearize-data.py ./linearize.cfg
Read 102 hashes
Genesis block not found in hashlist

Solution:

Added netmagic, genesis and input example parameters to file.

Resolution

1. Starting bitcoind in regtest mode
2. bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 101 $(bitcoin-cli getnewaddress)
3. ./linearize-hashes.py ./linearize.cfg > ./hashlist.txt
4. ./linearize-data.py ./linearize.cfg

Example after fix:
$ ./linearize-data.py ./linearize.cfg
Read 102 hashes
Input file /Users/gr0kchain/.bitcoin/regtest/blocks/blk00000.dat
Output file /Users/gr0kchain/Downloads/bootstrap.dat
Done (102 blocks written)
---
 contrib/linearize/example-linearize.cfg | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'contrib')

diff --git a/contrib/linearize/example-linearize.cfg b/contrib/linearize/example-linearize.cfg
index 2315898bf1..5990b9307a 100644
--- a/contrib/linearize/example-linearize.cfg
+++ b/contrib/linearize/example-linearize.cfg
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ input=/home/example/.bitcoin/blocks
 #genesis=000000000933ea01ad0ee984209779baaec3ced90fa3f408719526f8d77f4943
 #input=/home/example/.bitcoin/testnet3/blocks
 
+# regtest
+#netmagic=fabfb5da
+#genesis=0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206
+#input=/home/example/.bitcoin/regtest/blocks
+
 # "output" option causes blockchain files to be written to the given location,
 # with "output_file" ignored. If not used, "output_file" is used instead.
 # output=/home/example/blockchain_directory
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