Torque Blockchain Downloader

A simple tool to download and import the latest Torque blockchain file. It uses a torrent for faster downloads, direct HTTPS download is also provided as failover.

Available commands

./torque-blockchain-downloader --help

Flags:
      --data-dir string               set a custom blockchain path
  -d, --destination-dir string        directory to download to
      --disable-seed                  if we are allowed to seed the torrent while downloading
      --download-only                 download the blockchain but don't import
      --force                         if we should remove the current chain
  -h, --help                          help for torque-blockchain-downloader
      --import-tool-path string       set the path to the import tool if in other location
      --manifest-url string           set the manifest URL
  -m, --method string                 set the download method. Available 'direct' or 'torrent' (default "torrent")
      --without-import-verification   if --dangerous-unverified-import 1 should be used on import (less safe, but much faster)

Common uses

• To download and import the blockchain on first start

./torque-blockchain-downloader

• To download and import the blockchain and overwrite your current one

./torque-blockchain-downloader --force

• To download and import the blockchain if you store your blockchain somewhere else than the default

./torque-blockchain-downloader --data-dir /path/to/torque

• To download, import the blockchain and overwrite the current blockchain if you store your blockchain somewhere else than the default

./torque-blockchain-downloader --data-dir /path/to/torque --force

• To download and import the blockchain if torrents are blocked by your provider

./torque-blockchain-downloader --method direct

Compiling

The tool is written in Go and can be cross-compiled to Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Linux

• Install Go

https://golang.org/dl/

• Install dep, a Go dependency manager

https://golang.github.io/dep/docs/installation.html

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/contribute-torque/torque-blockchain-downloader.git
cd torque-blockchain-downloader

• Pull dependencies

dep ensure

• Build for all platforms

make

• Or only build for your platform

go build -o torque-blockchain-downloader src/main.go