Moisés Cardona

Hi everyone, Today, I released Gridcoin Snapshot Generator r5. For those who are new to this tool, this is a tool that creates a snapshot of the Gridcoin Blockchain. The software works as follows: It will first close the wallet properly to prevent corruption. It will launch 7zip and compress the txleveldb and the blk0001.dat file to either ZIP or 7z format. Optionally, create MD5, SHA256 and/or SHA512 checksums. Optionally, upload the snapshot and its checksums (if created) to Google…

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Hi everyone, Today I released a small update to the Gridcoin Snapshot Generator. This update only affects the filename and the archive format. What I did is that when you save a file as 7z, the 7z RadioButton will automatically be selected: If you save the snapshot as ZIP, the ZIP RadioButton will be selected: The same applies if you change the snapshot format using the RadioButtons instead of the filename. If you choose the ZIP RadioButton, the filename will…

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Hi everyone, Today morning, I made a post announcing the release 1 of my Gridcoin Snapshot Generator Tool. Now, after still working with the tool, I made significant additions and changes. This is how Release 3 of this tool looks: Let’s talk about the improvements and new features: Choose between ZIP and 7zip formats to create the snapshot Now, you can create MD5, SHA256 and/or SHA512 hashes to check the snapshot integrity Upload the snapshot and the checksums to Google Drive!…

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Hi everyone, Today, I wrote a new tool that aims to create Gridcoin Snapshots automatically. The tool is very easy to use. Just specify the filename for the snapshot and press the “Create Snapshot” button. You can also specify the amount of hours to automate this process for you. The software works as follows: It will first close the wallet properly to prevent corruption. It will launch 7zip and compress the txleveldb and the blk0001.dat file Once the compression is…

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