Bitcoin full node and query server

Jan 8, 2026

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Hello there! I'm having trouble getting up and running with libbitcoin-node with latest master. I'm not very familar so it's more than likely I've misunderstood something. Running bn --newstore on a fresh install fails after all database files are successfully created. The error message is confusing me. Ideally I'd like to create a regtest config. I'm using the following minimal config:

$ cat /tmp/bn.cfg
[log]
path = /tmp/bn-logs

[database]
path = /tmp/bn-db

[inbound]
bind = 127.0.0.1:18445
connections = 1

[outbound]
connections = 0

$ bn --config /tmp/bn.cfg --newstore

Output:

All files are created, opened, loaded, unloaded, and closed successfully:
create::create_file(header_head)
...
create::close_file(filter_tx_body)
Database creation failed with error 'file failed to load, disk may be full'.

Any kind of pointer would be much appreciated (storage seems fine) 🙂

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stratan11:43

Looks like latest master (libbitcoin-server) works now (--help and --version still reference bn) 🙂

./libbitcoin-server/console/bs --help

Usage: bn [-abdfhiklnrsv] [--config value] [--test value] [--write value]

Info: Runs a full bitcoin node.                                          

Options (named):

-a [--slabs]         Scan and display store slab measures.               
-b [--backup]        Backup to a snapshot (can also do live).            
-c [--config]        Specify path to a configuration settings file.      
-d [--hardware]      Display hardware compatibility.                     
-f [--flags]         Scan and display all flag transitions.              
-h [--help]          Display command line options.                       
-i [--information]   Scan and display store information.                 
-k [--buckets]       Scan and display all bucket densities.              
-l [--collisions]    Scan and display hashmap collision stats (may exceed
                     RAM and result in SIGKILL).                         
-n [--newstore]      Create new store in configured directory.           
-r [--restore]       Restore from most recent snapshot.                  
-s [--settings]      Display all configuration settings.                 
-t [--test]          Run built-in read test and display.                 
-v [--version]       Display version information.                        
-w [--write]         Run built-in write test and display.

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