Add -loadblock to load from an external blk000?.dat file #883

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   sipa commented at 1:59 pm on February 22, 2012: member

   It scans through the file for valid block signatures, and processes them one by one.
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   gavinandresen commented at 3:33 pm on February 22, 2012: contributor

   ACK, good idea.
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   Diapolo commented at 12:50 pm on April 6, 2012: none

   Is this safe or leaves it a possibility to get a manipulated chain somehow?
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   sipa commented at 1:03 pm on April 6, 2012: member

   It processes the blocks found in the file exactly as if they were received via the network.
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   luke-jr commented at 2:42 am on April 10, 2012: member

   Needs rebasing. Sipa broke everything using locks. >_<
6. -loadblock to load from an external blk000?.dat file 1d740055da
7. in src/main.cpp: in 8e1404a17d outdated

   2065+                    }
   2066+                }
   2067+            }
   2068+        }
   2069+        catch (std::exception &e) 
   2070+        {
   

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   laanwj commented at 7:08 pm on April 12, 2012:

   I think it’d be better to print a message here, silently ignoring errors makes me nervous

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   Diapolo commented at 9:00 pm on April 12, 2012:

   +1
8. gmaxwell referenced this in commit f1ae31d8af on May 8, 2012
9. gmaxwell merged this on May 8, 2012
10. gmaxwell closed this on May 8, 2012

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Contributors
sipa gavinandresen Diapolo luke-jr laanwj

Labels
Refactoring

Milestone
0.7.0