Ask HN: Can Bitcoin ledger be synced from GCP Bigquery dataset

3 points by itprofessional4 6y ago ↗ HN

I am trying to setup a bitcoin full node on GCP but instead of syncing the ledger from bitcoin network using bitcoind which takes substantial time, I was wondering if there is a workaround to sync it from the Bitcoin data set available on GCP and accessible via BigQuery.

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alcio 6y ago ↗

Using a full node, you not only sync the history, but also validate it. In recent days, on a modern machine with a good internet connection, it takes less than 12hrs to achieve this.

If you don't care about validating the history, I guess using BigQuery would work but I don't know how to achieve it.

cft 6y ago ↗

Bitcoin core uses leveldb to store blockchain data. Short of writing your own node, you would have to import bigquery data into leveldb.

whb07 6y ago ↗

just buy a raspberry pi 4 and a 500 gb - 1 tb flash card and set it up. Seems like a much more fun and cheaper endeavor!