Dogecoin blockchain file
The bootstrap cannot have been updated for a while. Still probably gave me a good head start, just no telling how long the remainder will take!
Switching to the network view of the debug window, you can see how much data has been download. The graph below is set for a 30 minute window, and after approx 15 minutes it has downloaded 1GB.
Unfortunately, after about an hour, the network performance dropped significantly, with frequent drop outs. This really slowed things down. This wasn't an issue with the Dogecoin network, but local internet. The IPTV services we were watching at the same time were also affected. Once the blockchain had fully sync'd, I could then simply send the coin to the exchange where I could convert them to another currency or cash out if I wanted it. Ripple is a "Global Settlement Network" and the underlying coin is used as the transaction payment mechanism.
I decided I was going to give Changelly a try, and this was a case of setting up a transaction for the amount of Dogecoin I wanted to convert, which coin I wanted to convert to, and of course the destination wallet address for the received coin.
It was simply a case of sending the amount to specified Changelly address. Just remember to factor in any transaction fees on the originating network, as I forgot about that the first transaction I set up, and the amount I would have sent would not have matched the amount Changelly was expecting. I guess that first transaction will just timeout when it never sees the transaction amount come in.
Anyway, the second transaction was sent, received and verified by Changelly, converted to XRP and deposited in the destination wallet. The whole process only too a few minutes. It is when you can how quick things like this can happen that you see how poor current financial and trading platforms are. Could you imagine how long it would take to sell some shares, wait for it to clear, then buy some other shares. You would be talking days. With regard to Dogecoin, there is now a new client wallet available which does not need the full blockchain to be downloaded onto your PC, so I could always move the coin to a new address and use the new light wallet.
I did try and recover the wallet files between the two, but these were not compatible, so was forced to go down the full re-sync route. Switching to the network view of the debug window, you can see how much data has been download. The graph below is set for a 30 minute window, and after approx 15 minutes it has downloaded 1GB. Unfortunately, after about an hour, the network performance dropped significantly, with frequent drop outs.
This really slowed things down. This wasn't an issue with the Dogecoin network, but local internet. The IPTV services we were watching at the same time were also affected. Once the blockchain had fully sync'd, I could then simply send the coin to the exchange where I could convert them to another currency or cash out if I wanted it. Ripple is a "Global Settlement Network" and the underlying coin is used as the transaction payment mechanism.
I decided I was going to give Changelly a try, and this was a case of setting up a transaction for the amount of Dogecoin I wanted to convert, which coin I wanted to convert to, and of course the destination wallet address for the received coin.
It was simply a case of sending the amount to specified Changelly address. Just remember to factor in any transaction fees on the originating network, as I forgot about that the first transaction I set up, and the amount I would have sent would not have matched the amount Changelly was expecting. I guess that first transaction will just timeout when it never sees the transaction amount come in.
Anyway, the second transaction was sent, received and verified by Changelly, converted to XRP and deposited in the destination wallet. The whole process only too a few minutes. It is when you can how quick things like this can happen that you see how poor current financial and trading platforms are. Could you imagine how long it would take to sell some shares, wait for it to clear, then buy some other shares. You would be talking days. With regard to Dogecoin, there is now a new client wallet available which does not need the full blockchain to be downloaded onto your PC, so I could always move the coin to a new address and use the new light wallet.
I did try and recover the wallet files between the two, but these were not compatible, so was forced to go down the full re-sync route. If you were to be starting new with Dogecoin, unless you wanted to do mining etc. I guess keeping track of all the wallets and addresses is probably the hardest thing.