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   bootstrap.dat

bootstrap.dat allows a new Fastcoin client (not synced) to rapidly import the initial blocks from a
local file instead of slowly downloading blocks from random peers. This significantly reduces the
time it takes to get a client synced with the current blockchain.

Simply having bootstrap.dat in Fastcoin's expected data directory will make your initial block sync
much faster. The import process can be even faster if you use the -dbcache=1000 command line
parameter which uses an additional 1GB of RAM for the database index cache.

You can download the bootstrap.dat which is currently 1GB or the bootstrap.dat.xz which is 530MB.

   Extracting the bootstrap.dat.xz

Regardless of your operating system, use the following steps to make use of the bootstrap.dat file:

1.   Download bootstrap.dat.xz from mirrors or torrent.
2.   Decompress the bootstrap.dat.
3.   Put it into the Fastcoin datadir. "%appdata%/fastcoin" / "~/.fastcoin"
   (This is the same folder that contains wallet.dat and the blocks folder.)
4.   Delete bootstrap.dat.old if you want to recover some storage space.

    Fastcoin Data Folder

    Linux
xz -d bootstrap.dat.xz Fastcoin's data directory is located in ~/.fastcoin/ by default. You can run ls -a to see
directories that start with a period. You can also search for the directory with the following
command:
find / -name wallet.dat -print 2>/dev/null
   Mac
You can obtain xz from MacPorts or http://macpkg.sourceforge.net/.
Fastcoin's data directory should be located in ~/Library/Application Support/Fastcoin/.

   Windows
7Zip is a free utility that can decompress .xz files, so does the latest version of WinRAR.

Click on Start then Run (or press WinKey+R) and type:
explorer %APPDATA%\Fastcoin Fastcoin's data directory will open. "AppData" and "Application Data" are hidden by default in
Windows.

   Copy bootstrap.dat to data directory

Copy the bootstrap.dat to your data directory. Load the Fastcoin client and wait for it to load the
blocks. After loading is complete, the bootstrap.dat will be renamed to bootstrap.dat.old at which
point you can choose to delete it.

Links are below.


Archive Link - Archive.org
Archive Mirror - bootstrap.dat
Archive Mirror  - bootstrap.dat.xz

Dropbox Mirror - bootstrap.dat
Dropbox Mirror - bootstrap.dat.xz

GoogleD Mirror - 
GoogleD Mirror - 

Archive Torrent - bootstrap.dat
Archive Torrent - bootstrap.dat.xz

Dropbox Torrent - bootstrap.dat.torrent
Dropbox Torrent - bootstrap.dat.xz.torrent

GoogleD Torrent -
GoogleD Torrent -       

Updated the bootstrap.dat torrent.

https://archive.org/download/fastcoin_bootstrap/bootstrap.dat.xz.torrent

anyway we can get an updated bootstrap.dat ??

im having a hard time downloading the blockchain.  I tried with the latest bootstrap it loaded fully and spent two weeks downloading the remaining parts and just now i come to my computer and find fastcoin-qt crashed and my chain needs to be reset

Hey in case anyone was curious he did post an updated bootstrap dated 4/22 its on the Sourceforge page.  I was on the forum about to ask again for it and checked out source forge and saw it probably just forgot to announce or im blind either way should help some people sync faster.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fastcoin/files/bootstrap/2015-04-22/

EDIT:

Just wanted to add for any other new comers as i wasn't aware.  You don't have to download the entire blockchain to send your coins.  Just up to the part where you received your coins should be fine and then you can send.  That was my original issue i wanted to send some of the coins i mined but thought i couldnt until my client was fully updated. anyway hope that helps

So I downloaded the individual files for the fastcoin blockchain and moved the files over to the block directory. Where do I type in the command line   -reindex -dbcache=1024     in order for the fastcoin wallet to accept the blocks?

You would include that in your shortcut's target.