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Merge #14914: Docs: Add nice table to files.md
9b51b15 Add nice table to files.md (Emil Engler) Pull request description: I have added a nice table to the files.md in the documentation. This looks way more better and lightweight than before. [Screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/wJuQgZN) Tree-SHA512: 0c59171531b99f3bc898108c7c570e9e8309e7011d6f3b3211b0200eb2354fd4c4211bba5950d450522523f346631e23b87201813337ed5849336d359c0e166d
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* banlist.dat: stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
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* bitcoin.conf: contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
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* bitcoind.pid: stores the process id of bitcoind while running
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* blocks/blk000??.dat: block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0
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* blocks/rev000??.dat; block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8)
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* blocks/index/*; block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
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* chainstate/*; block chain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
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* database/*: BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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* db.log: wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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* debug.log: contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
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* fee_estimates.dat: stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
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* indexes/txindex/*: optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
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* mempool.dat: dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0.
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* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
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* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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* wallets/database/*: BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
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* wallets/db.log: wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
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* wallets/wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
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* .cookie: session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
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* onion_private_key: cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion`: since 0.12.0
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* guisettings.ini.bak: backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used
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banlist.dat | stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes
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bitcoin.conf | contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
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bitcoind.pid | stores the process id of bitcoind while running
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blocks/blk000??.dat | block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0
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blocks/rev000??.dat | block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8)
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blocks/index/* | block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
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chainstate/* | blockchain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0
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database/* | BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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db.log | wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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debug.log | contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt
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fee_estimates.dat | stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0
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indexes/txindex/* | optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0
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mempool.dat | dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0
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peers.dat | peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0
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wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0
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wallets/database/* | BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0
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wallets/db.log | wallet database log file; since 0.16.0
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wallets/wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0
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.cookie | session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
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onion_private_key | cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion`: since 0.12.0
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guisettings.ini.bak | backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used
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