<p>Yes, <code>indexes</code> is safe to copy. It only contains transaction data and is completely unrelated to the wallet. In fact, <code>indexes</code> used to be part of <code>blocks</code> so with older versions, if you had <code>txindex=1</code>, then copying <code>blocks</code> meant you also copied <code>indexes</code>. Only recently was this separated into its own folder in the datadir.</p>

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<p>my understsanding is the <code>indexes</code> folder is created if you have <code>tindex</code> set to 1 and want to keep an index of all transactions. all of the material i've seen (bitcoin core documentation, on this site, etc) either:</p>

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<li>says it's safe to copy only <code>blocks</code> + <code>chainstate</code> between computers</li>
<li>lists files + folders which are expressly <em>unsafe</em> to copy (ex. <code>wallet.dat</code>).</li>
</ul>

<p>my understanding + intuition of the <code>indexes</code> folder (from docs + inspecting the files myself) is that it has no pii and should be safe to copy but i just wanted to confirm.</p>

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is it safe to share the indexes folder between computers?
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# is it safe to share the indexes folder between computers?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-11)

my understsanding is the `indexes` folder is created if you have `tindex` set to 1 and want to keep an index of all transactions. all of the material i've seen (bitcoin core documentation, on this site, etc) either:

* says it's safe to copy only `blocks` + `chainstate` between computers
* lists files + folders which are expressly *unsafe* to copy (ex. `wallet.dat`).

my understanding + intuition of the `indexes` folder (from docs + inspecting the files myself) is that it has no pii and should be safe to copy but i just wanted to confirm.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-11. Score: 3

Yes, `indexes` is safe to copy. It only contains transaction data and is completely unrelated to the wallet. In fact, `indexes` used to be part of `blocks` so with older versions, if you had `txindex=1`, then copying `blocks` meant you also copied `indexes`. Only recently was this separated into its own folder in the datadir.


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