To PotCoiners everywhere,

We want you to know that we’ve heard all the feedback about the long waits to sync your desktop wallets and we are working on a number of improvements. Until such time when the more permanent solutions get implemented, we will provide updated bootstrap.dat files to render your wallet virtually up to date, thus greatly reducing the wait time. Let’s break this down into two methods, one being more “basic” and one more “advanced”.

Method 1: Replacing three files: Zipped Blocks, Chainstate and Peers.dat file

While this is the more complex of the two (not by much), it is the one that produces the fastest results, syncing you in a matter of minutes.

1. Download the PotCoin desktop wallet
2. Launch the wallet and you will see that it is over 185 weeks behind. Normally this can take several days to sync, you will be accelerating this process by manually adding the blockchain rather then letting it sync on its own.
3. Download zip file which contains:
   – Blocks folder
   – Chainstate folder
   – Peers.dat file
4. Make sure desktop client is closed
5. Extract zipped file to: C:users > admin (or your user account) > AppData > Roaming > PotCoin
6. Note: If you cannot locate the AppData folder you need to show hidden files and folders (https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files)
7. Replace any files that currently exist in the PotCoin folder with those from the zipped file
8. Launch PotCoin desktop wallet and wait! Splash screen will show for at least 10 minutes (depending on the speed of you computer it can take up to 30 mins!). It will appear as if the program has crashed on the splash screen, it hasn’t and it just needs time to process the block info you just added. Please be patient. Walk away from you computer and go roll one up while you wait.
9. Once the splash screen goes away and the client has fully loaded you will notice that the blockchain is a couple of days behind instead of 185 weeks+. It should now only take less than an hour to complete the sync instead of several days.

1. Install the PotCoin wallet using the command:
   $ ./potcoind
2. Extract the contents of the downloaded file:
   $ unzip potcoin-date.zip
3. Copy the downloaded folders (Blocks and Chainstate) and file (peers.dat) into the hidden folder of PotCoin:
   $ cp -rf /home/user/Download/potcoin-date/* /home/user/.potcoin/
4. If asked, overwrite all existing files
5. Launch the PotCoin Wallet and let it complete the sync process:
   $ ./potcoin-qt
6. Once the wallet is fully synced the red “(out of sync)” error message will disappear and your wallet is ready to use!

1. Download the PotCoin desktop wallet
2. Launch the wallet and you will see that it is over 185 weeks behind. Normally this can take several days to sync, you will be accelerating this process by manually adding the blockchain rather then letting it sync on its own.
3. Download zip file which contains:
   – Blocks folder
   – Chainstate folder
   – Peers.dat file
4. Make sure desktop client is closed
5. Extract zipped file to: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/PotCoin/
6. Note: If you cannot locate the Application Support folder you need to show hidden files and folders (http://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/)
7. Replace any files that currently exist in the PotCoin folder with those from the zipped file.
8. Launch PotCoin desktop wallet and wait! Splash screen will show for at least 10 minutes (depending on the speed of you computer it can take up to 30 mins!). It will appear as if the program has crashed on the splash screen, it hasn’t and it just needs time to process the block info you just added. Please be patient. Walk away from you computer and go roll one up while you wait.
9. Once the splash screen goes away and the client has fully loaded you will notice that the blockchain is a couple of days behind instead of 185 weeks+. It should now only take less than an hour to complete the sync instead of several days.

Method 2: Replacing only one file – bootstrap.dat

While this is the easier of the two methods to implement, it will likely take much longer to sync, albeit much still less time than the current process.

1. Download and install the PotCoin desktop wallet
2. Launch the wallet and you will see that it is over 185 weeks behind. Normally this can take several days to sync, you will be accelerating this process by manually adding the blockchain rather then letting it sync.
3. Download bootstrap.dat file which contains the blockchain files
4. Make sure desktop client is closed
5. Move the bootstrap.dat file to: C:users > admin (or your user account) > AppData > Roaming > PotCoin
6. Note: If you cannot locate the AppData folder you need to show hidden files and folders (https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files)
7. Launch PotCoin desktop wallet and wait! Splash screen will show for a couple minutes (depending on the speed of you computer it can take longer).
8. Once the splash screen goes away and the client has fully loaded you will notice that the client is “Importing blocks from disk”. This process can several days to complete.
9. Once the wallet is fully synced the red “(out of sync)” error message will disappear and your wallet is ready to use!

1. Install the PotCoin wallet using the command:
   $ ./potcoind
2. Copy bootstrap.dat into the hidden folder of PotCoin
   $ cp -rf /home/user/Download/bootstrap.dat /home/user/.potcoin/
3. If asked, overwrite all existing files
4. Launch the PotCoin Wallet with the command below and let it complete the sync process
   $ ./potcoin-qt
5. Once the wallet is fully synced the red “(out of sync)” error message will disappear and your wallet is ready to use!

1. Download and install the PotCoin desktop wallet
2. Launch the wallet and you will see that it is over 185 weeks behind. Normally this can take several days to sync, you will be accelerating this process by manually adding the blockchain rather then letting it sync.
3. Download bootstrap.dat file which contains the blockchain files
4. Make sure desktop client is closed
5. Move the bootsrap.dat file to: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/PotCoin/
6. Note: If you cannot locate the Application Support folder you need to show hidden files and folders (http://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/)
7. Launch PotCoin desktop wallet and wait! Splash screen will show for a couple minutes (depending on the speed of you computer it can take longer).
8. Once the splash screen goes away and the client has fully loaded you will notice that the client is “Importing blocks from disk”. This process can several days to complete..
9. Once the wallet is fully synced the red “(out of sync)” error message will disappear and your wallet is ready to use!