garlicoin.orgBootstrap file for Garlicoin Core
Speed up the initial blockchain download for Garlicoin Core by loading blocks from a bootstrap file instead of syncing them all from peers.
Updated weekly · last built October 16, 2026 · blocks 0–6,697,698 · 6.3 GB zip (11.6 GB unzipped). Newer blocks download from the network as usual.
SHA-256 068a7f162e07cafd45d64eb59679bc938cbad942768ef0bcad00353eabbc8602 bootstrap.zip.sha256 How to check it
How to use it
- Launch Garlicoin Core (garlicoin-qt) once. This creates the data directory.
- Close the client.
- Unzip the download and move
bootstrap.datinto the Garlicoin data directory. See the locations for your system. - Launch garlicoin-qt again to start syncing from disk. The status bar will read “Indexing blocks on disk”, and you'll see
blk*.datfiles appear in theblocksfolder. - Clean up. When syncing finishes (this can still take an hour or more depending on your computer), the client renames the file to
bootstrap.dat.old. Shut down the client, then delete that file.
Where the file goes
%APPDATA%\Garlicoin\bootstrap.dat
Type %appdata% into the Explorer address bar to get there, e.g. C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Garlicoin.
~/Library/Application Support/Garlicoin/bootstrap.dat
~/.garlicoin/bootstrap.dat
Check the download
Optional, but it catches a broken or tampered download. Run this in the folder where you saved the zip, then compare the result with the SHA-256 at the top of this page.
certutil -hashfile bootstrap.zip SHA256
In Command Prompt or PowerShell.
shasum -a 256 bootstrap.zip
sha256sum bootstrap.zip
Or download bootstrap.zip.sha256 next to the zip and run sha256sum -c bootstrap.zip.sha256.
Is my wallet synced?
In Garlicoin Core open Help → Debug window and type the Current number of blocks here. On a server, run garlicoin-cli getblockcount.
Can't find peers?
The network status page lists public nodes you can add to garlicoin.conf with addnode=.
Need help?
Ask in the Garlicoin Discord or on r/garlicoin.