Description

This is an example of how to download the GNTL Blockchain, which is updated live. We will be using Debian/Ubuntu as our Linux distribution, the commands may differ for other distributions. You can use the same download links for Windows, just download the file to C:\ProgramData\GNTL\lmdb\data.mdb.

Where you see USERNAME, substitute this to your username being used to log into the system, e.g. bkdilse

Installation

Pre-requisites

These are all required before you proceed:

1. Latest GNTL Release already extracted in ~/gntl.

Prepare File System

Create and switch to the the Directory:

cd ~
mkdir -p .gntl/lmdb && cd .gntl/lmdb

Download the Blockchain Database

We have the Live chain available in in the following formats:

• Full Chain (large size), suitable for Seed Nodes, Remote Nodes, Pool Nodes
• Pruned Chain (half the size), suitable for Remote Nodes, Pool Nodes

Downloads are available from these sources:

Full Chain (Primary Location)

wget -O data.mdb https://de01-rn.gntl.cash/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 1
wget -O data.mdb https://de03-rn.gntl.cash/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 3

Pruned Chain (Primary Location)

wget -O data.mdb https://de02-rn.gntl.cash/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 2
wget -O data.mdb https://de04-rn.gntl.cash/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 4

Full Chain (Backup Location)

wget -O data.mdb https://de01-rn.gntl.uk/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 1
wget -O data.mdb https://de03-rn.gntl.uk/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 3

Pruned Chain (Backup Location)

wget -O data.mdb https://de02-rn.gntl.uk/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 2
wget -O data.mdb https://de04-rn.gntl.uk/GNTLChain #Frankfurt 4

Once the download is complete, you can start gntld normally, and it will download additional blocks that were missed whilst you were downloading.