From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@exmulti.com>
To: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] separate out blockchain db and wallet to two dirs?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:40:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+8xBpeur+VAwaUDSUp64-BtJKxOOzK5vgm6nyfRT41z6e449g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+s+GJChAYSDTV1GTKq+cqygyt1=DRdDsyaPbyNXpTiG51f1cw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is currently not feasible due to BerkelyDB limitations. All the
> databases are within one 'environment', which is necessarily one directory
> (it can probably be hacked around, but obviously we're really careful).
>
> When LevelDB for the block chain and the custom format for the wallets is
> introduces, various new configurations will be possible: Multiple wallets,
> wallet in block chain in separate dirs, etc.
Indeed. See many threads on the forum discussing this... a
frequently requested feature.
As Wladimir says, it's a database constraint at the moment.
--
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik@exmulti.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-14 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-14 1:57 [Bitcoin-development] separate out blockchain db and wallet to two dirs? Scott Howard
2012-09-14 2:15 ` grarpamp
2012-09-14 2:18 ` Peter Vessenes
2012-09-14 2:59 ` grarpamp
2012-09-14 3:03 ` grarpamp
2012-09-14 5:27 ` Wladimir
2012-09-14 7:40 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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