Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TCQWN-0002Nd-AH for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:41:03 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-qa0-f47.google.com ([209.85.216.47]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1TCQWL-0004uD-1Q for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:41:03 +0000 Received: by qadc11 with SMTP id c11so4259016qad.13 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=6dw3L0qTZCrm5ECYTlzPKNUGXSxLpIbyMLK7CUyWKaw=; b=d7g6PkXCYCA7I7rNvA/S5lKcC9l77CXo7wLHPTUy5JLUjWDskLO7A5KxpbpWgfLesP cvE62jm/3RkXtSXOjcENsLWfr/BPImR0icyCuCBheuKuqFo/d7uSRkmZWSARhG5fBuWW 8TVhH23S/w2Bzre/n9UWWDOw48ZpL3JJ87n6uhSMVpwwW7aK9U0MSQ/c9uIf3hj2acSt cT0k4Ht310M7lpDpnRFnMMB9AwsOF1pfVVx7IOsWGZQT1l8hAkj7yWOzNbiGsOo5+oAI +qBvjdI0K2q/ewdoDKanCk/uWiksKe6YXHlGfoBYpprK//qdFB/3IFCiXhefZ9tIqONK pHmw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.70.138 with SMTP id d10mr5427387qaj.12.1347608455382; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.97.6 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [77.221.185.226] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:40:55 -0400 Message-ID: From: Jeff Garzik To: Wladimir Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnHlyrciXGzZNbJMkxDWsVVyCTofZJyZrZ4VO53dyserthVcop7601I497LDYFwPNYaGyYU X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.5 RCVD_IN_PSBL RBL: Received via a relay in PSBL [77.221.185.226 listed in psbl.surriel.com] X-Headers-End: 1TCQWL-0004uD-1Q Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] separate out blockchain db and wallet to two dirs? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:41:03 -0000 On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Wladimir wrote: > This is currently not feasible due to BerkelyDB limitations. All the > databases are within one 'environment', which is necessarily one directory > (it can probably be hacked around, but obviously we're really careful). > > When LevelDB for the block chain and the custom format for the wallets is > introduces, various new configurations will be possible: Multiple wallets, > wallet in block chain in separate dirs, etc. Indeed. See many threads on the forum discussing this... a frequently requested feature. As Wladimir says, it's a database constraint at the moment. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgarzik@exmulti.com