Step 1 – Start myNode
The first thing you need to do is start your myNode and disable QuickSync. To disable QuickSync, go to the settings page and click the “Disable QuickSync button. Every time you make changes your node will reboot. Give it at least 10 minutes to completely restart.
This will reboot your device and start syncing Bitcoin from scratch.
Step 2 – Upload your own Data
Next, you need to log into your device via SSH and copy files from your existing node.
Enter the following commands:
- sudo /usr/bin/mynode_stop_critical_services.sh
- sudo rm -rf /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/blocks
- sudo rm -rf /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/chainstate
- sudo rm -rf /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/indexes
- sudo chown -R admin:admin /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- Copy the blocks and chainstate folders from your existing node to /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- For example (fill in with your own IP and path):
- sudo scp -r admin@othernode.local:/mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/blocks /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- sudo scp -r admin@othernode.local:/mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/chainstate /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- sudo scp -r admin@othernode.local:/mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/indexes /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- sudo chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin /mnt/hdd/mynode/bitcoin/
- sudo reboot
This will copy files from your remote node to your local node. After rebooting, your device will sync from the same state as your other node.