BonusRaspberry Pi bonus
Upgrade external drive
Migrate from a smaller to a larger external drive as the blockchain outgrows your current storage.
Migration in progress
This bonus page hasn't been rewritten for RaspiBolt v4 yet. The v3 version still works, see the original guide on GitHub while we port it over.
The blockchain keeps growing, so the 1 TB drive that felt generous three years ago will eventually fill up. This guide walks through cloning your node's data onto a larger drive and swapping it in without losing channels or state, minimizing downtime for your Lightning node along the way.