<p>When you run bitcoind you can see it popup on the loading screen. If it shows up here, it will be the same when you run the bitcoin-qt gui wallet too. </p>

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<p>I set dbcache=4000 in my bitcoin.conf file, but where can one confirm if this took affect or not in the gui? I'm on ubuntu 18.</p>

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2018-10-19T15:21:45.417Z
Have you tried simply checking memory usage during sync?
JBaczuk
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2018-10-19T15:42:18.473Z
you mean with the "free -h" command?
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2018-10-19T16:02:38.803Z
yes. dbcache sets how much ram is used during the validation process, if I'm not mistaken
JBaczuk
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2018-10-19T16:30:21.173Z
But where can I see it in the Bitcoin client where it shows that its really set? Using free -h doesn't really say fore sure its that application using it or not.
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If it's in the conf file, instead of a command line flag, then I don't think there is a way to know which settings it's using other than verifying that your conf file is working by changing other settings and seeing if they take effect.
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How does one confirm if my dbcache setting has taken effect via the gui for bitcoin core 0.17?
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# How does one confirm if my dbcache setting has taken effect via the gui for bitcoin core 0.17?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-19)

I set dbcache=4000 in my bitcoin.conf file, but where can one confirm if this took affect or not in the gui? I'm on ubuntu 18.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoin.conf

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you tried simply checking memory usage during sync?  
> **username_0**: you mean with the "free -h" command?  
> **username_1**: yes. dbcache sets how much ram is used during the validation process, if I'm not mistaken  
> **username_0**: But where can I see it in the Bitcoin client where it shows that its really set? Using free -h doesn't really say fore sure its that application using it or not.  
> **username_1**: If it's in the conf file, instead of a command line flag, then I don't think there is a way to know which settings it's using other than verifying that your conf file is working by changing other settings and seeing if they take effect.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2019-01-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

When you run bitcoind you can see it popup on the loading screen. If it shows up here, it will be the same when you run the bitcoin-qt gui wallet too.

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