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How much disk space needed for Bitcoin SV testnet node implementation?

I want to create Bitcoin SV node but not sure how much disk space it needed.

please someone answer me as soon as possible

Solution

  • I do not know the actoal SV-testnet blockchain size. But, if see to mainnet - because of this is relative fresh fork of Bitcoin, blockchain size is close to Bitcoin's one, i.e. 200G. Please, be careful:

    • BitcoinSV runs as a daemon on a Linux only, and there is not exists a GUI wallet.
    • It uses directory $HOME/.bitcoin to hold blockchain and wallet.dat. As result, if you use Bitcoin on same Linux server/account, then BitcoinSV will hurt your Bitcoins wallet.dat and blockchain. I recommend backup or rename your .bitcoin before run SV.
    • Config command "zapwallettxes" does not work correctly. In my case, it clears balance from wallet.dat, I restored it from backup.