<p>Any (full) Bitcoin client will download the entire blockchain. It's stored in files on disk which you can look at after it's been downloaded. The <a href="https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size" rel="noreferrer">current blockchain size</a> is 115 GB of raw data (the size on disk will be a bit larger because of indexes created by the client).</p>

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Greg Hewgill
<p>If you have access to a usenet client; there are often times uploads of the entire blockchain wrapped into zip files. </p>

<p>It's handy if you have to download or resync a full node... because at the chain's current size; even with lots of peers a sync from start takes at the very least a few days. Over usenet; you can acheive download speeds of 300mbps if you have fast internet and a good usenet client/provider. </p>

<p>I personally keep a sidecar copy of my node (I think my last backup was when the chain was around 90 GB); incase it corrupts. Which can happen if you have a computer crash. </p>

<p>That way I only have to sync from my last backup. </p>

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2017-05-16T14:58:17.787Z
Recent bitcoind versions should be much faster and more efficient than downloading zip files or torrents. It can download and validate in parallel, and it doesn't need the extra (double) disk space to hold the zip or torrent.
Jannes
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McFlySoHigh
<p>We recently published a method, scripts, and datasets that, I think, answer this question: <a href="http://bitcoin.complexnetworks.fr/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://bitcoin.complexnetworks.fr/</a></p>
<p>We provide in particular the 580 GB compressed json file of the whole data, from the beginning of the blockchain to march 2021, with indexes that make it easy to use.</p>

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Matthieu Latapy
<p>I'm interested in doing some analysis on the blockchain that would require specific information about all individual transactions within each block. I don't need the data to be updating in real-time, but I am looking for something that at least encompasses all the transactions made in the past year. I've tried to find downloads for this kind of dataset, but I haven't had any luck. Any ideas?</p>

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Is it possible to download all blockchain raw data?
joejacobz
# Is it possible to download all blockchain raw data?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-15)

I'm interested in doing some analysis on the blockchain that would require specific information about all individual transactions within each block. I don't need the data to be updating in real-time, but I am looking for something that at least encompasses all the transactions made in the past year. I've tried to find downloads for this kind of dataset, but I haven't had any luck. Any ideas?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-15. Score: 5

Any (full) Bitcoin client will download the entire blockchain. It's stored in files on disk which you can look at after it's been downloaded. The [current blockchain size](https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size) is 115 GB of raw data (the size on disk will be a bit larger because of indexes created by the client).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-05-16. Score: 1

If you have access to a usenet client; there are often times uploads of the entire blockchain wrapped into zip files.

It's handy if you have to download or resync a full node... because at the chain's current size; even with lots of peers a sync from start takes at the very least a few days. Over usenet; you can acheive download speeds of 300mbps if you have fast internet and a good usenet client/provider.

I personally keep a sidecar copy of my node (I think my last backup was when the chain was around 90 GB); incase it corrupts. Which can happen if you have a computer crash.

That way I only have to sync from my last backup.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Recent bitcoind versions should be much faster and more efficient than downloading zip files or torrents. It can download and validate in parallel, and it doesn't need the extra (double) disk space to hold the zip or torrent.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-12-16. Score: 0

We recently published a method, scripts, and datasets that, I think, answer this question: <http://bitcoin.complexnetworks.fr/>

We provide in particular the 580 GB compressed json file of the whole data, from the beginning of the blockchain to march 2021, with indexes that make it easy to use.


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