How to Initialize

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Assuming bitcoin-server (bs) is built properly and your shell path for bs is set properly, change to a directory you want the blockchain to reside within. Execute the following command once to initialize the blockchain directory structure.

% bs --initchain

Be patient and wait for the initialization to complete. Afterwards, perform the following to obtain feedback that provisioning has completed.

% ls blockchain

The following should be visible:

*blocks_lookup
*blocks_rows
*db-lock
*history_lookup
*history_rows
*spends
*stealth_index
*stealth_rows
*txs