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  <p><strong>I am just curious how one can download bitcoin data and blockchain using a node</strong></p>
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<p>One way is to download and install a <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">full-node desktop wallet</a> such as Bitcoin-core.</p>

<p>When it is first started it will download the full blockchain. This may take a week - depending on your Internet-connection's bandwidth.</p>

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  <p><strong>Where should I start?</strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoin.org/en/</a> is probably a reasonable place to start.</p>

<p>Ask questions here (one at a time) about any problems understanding or using Bitcoin. But use the search function here first - lots of great answers already exist for many problems.</p>

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<p>I am just curious how one can download bitcoin data and blockchain using a node. Where should I start?</p>

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How do you download blockchain data (transactions etc.) using a node? Best ways to get a node?
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# How do you download blockchain data (transactions etc.) using a node? Best ways to get a node?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-09)

I am just curious how one can download bitcoin data and blockchain using a node. Where should I start?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-09. Score: 2

> **I am just curious how one can download bitcoin data and blockchain using a node**

One way is to download and install a [full-node desktop wallet](https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet) such as Bitcoin-core.

When it is first started it will download the full blockchain. This may take a week - depending on your Internet-connection's bandwidth.

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> **Where should I start?**

<https://bitcoin.org/en/> is probably a reasonable place to start.

Ask questions here (one at a time) about any problems understanding or using Bitcoin. But use the search function here first - lots of great answers already exist for many problems.


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