<p>Bitcoin-Qt stores its own modifiable settings outside of <code>bitcoin.conf</code> (which is intended to only be read).</p>

<p>The location and format of that file is platform dependent, but on Linux it is <code>~/.config/Bitcoin/Bitcoin-Qt.conf</code>.</p>

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<p>I installed bitcoin-qt (v 0.12.1) on Kubuntu 15.10. When starting it the first time the GUI asked me for the datadir. I set it to an external disk.</p>

<p>Where are this settings stored? There is no <code>bitcoin.conf</code> file in my <code>/home/&lt;user&gt;/.bitcoin/</code> directory.</p>

<p>I know, that I can manually create the <code>bitcoin.conf</code> file. But I'm just curious, where the settings are stored, if no such file is present?</p>

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Where does bitcoin-qt store it's initial settings
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# Where does bitcoin-qt store it's initial settings

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-18)

I installed bitcoin-qt (v 0.12.1) on Kubuntu 15.10. When starting it the first time the GUI asked me for the datadir. I set it to an external disk.

Where are this settings stored? There is no `bitcoin.conf` file in my `/home/<user>/.bitcoin/` directory.

I know, that I can manually create the `bitcoin.conf` file. But I'm just curious, where the settings are stored, if no such file is present?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoin-qt-setup


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-09-03. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin-Qt stores its own modifiable settings outside of `bitcoin.conf` (which is intended to only be read).

The location and format of that file is platform dependent, but on Linux it is `~/.config/Bitcoin/Bitcoin-Qt.conf`.


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