diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.presync.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# LOGFILE - store debug logs of bootstrap
-# resets on every start
-logFile="/home/admin/raspiblitz.log"
-
-# INFOFILE - state data from bootstrap
-# used by display and later setup steps
-infoFile="/home/admin/raspiblitz.info"
-
-#echo "presync: waiting 2 secs" >> $logFile
-#sleep 2
-
-# just in case an old presync did not shutdown properly
-#sudo systemctl stop bitcoind.service 2>/dev/null
-#sudo systemctl disable bitcoind.service 2>/dev/null
-
-#echo "presync: bitcoind" >> $logFile
-#sudo cp /home/admin/assets/bitcoin.conf /mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
-#sudo cp /home/admin/assets/bitcoind.service /etc/systemd/system/bitcoind.service
-#sudo chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/bitcoind.service
-#sudo ln -s /mnt/hdd/bitcoin /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
-#echo "presync: starting services" >> $logFile
-#sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-#sudo systemctl enable bitcoind.service
-#sudo systemctl start bitcoind.service
-#sudo chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin /mnt/hdd/bitcoin
-#sudo -u bitcoin /usr/local/bin/bitcoind -daemon -conf=/home/admin/assets/bitcoin.conf -pid=/mnt/hdd/bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
-#echo "presync: started" >> $logFile
-  
-# update info file
-#echo "state=presync" > $infoFile
-#sudo sed -i "s/^message=.*/message='running pre-sync'/g" ${infoFile}