Blockchain Downloader
The CloakCoin Core client features a blockchain auto-downloader on the first setup to increase synchronization speed.
If you need to reinstall the blockchain file, you can find it here: https://backend.cloakcoin.com/wallet/v2/cloak_ldb.zip
⚠️ Remember to backup your wallet.dat file, before manually update the blockchain ⚠️
How to manually install the blockchain file
WINDOWS
- Close your wallet
- Download bootstrap/blockchain file: https://backend.cloakcoin.com/wallet/v2/cloak_ldb.zip
- Press on your keyboard + R and paste:
%appdata%
- Windows Explorer has opened, go to CloakCoin folder
- Copy/Backup your wallet.dat (just in case)
- Delete txleveldb folder and blk*.dat files
- Paste your wallet.dat into CloakCoin folder
- Unzip the blockchain file also into CloakCoin folder
- Start the wallet
LINUX
The wallet creates a folder in the home directory of the user that is running the wallet.
- ⚠️CloudFlare’s DDoS protection could block wget command!⚠️ - Please download and paste the cloak_ldb.zip file manually!
- Open the terminal
- Go to the home directory of the user who is running the wallet
- Now type:
cd .CloakCoin
- Copy/Backup your wallet.dat (just in case)
- Delete txleveldb folder and blk*.dat files:
rm -r txleveldb
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete
- Paste your wallet.dat into CloakCoin folder
- Unzip the blockchain file also into CloakCoin folder:
unzip cloak_ldb.zip
rm cloak_ldb.zip
- Start the wallet
MAC
- Close your wallet
- Download bootstrap/blockchain file: https://backend.cloakcoin.com/wallet/v2/cloak_ldb.zip
- Open Finder
- Select Go / Go To Folder from the finder menu
- Paste:
~/Library/Application Support/CloakCoin/
- Click on the Go button.
- Copy/Backup your wallet.dat (just in case)
- Delete txleveldb folder and blk*.dat files
- Paste your wallet.dat into CloakCoin folder
- Unzip the blockchain file also into CloakCoin folder
- Start the wallet