How to run bitcoind (command line client) without connecting to other nodes? I'm running Abe to create a blockchain SQL database, so I don't want the Bitcoin client to touch my copy of the blockchain at the moment. But I would like to query the blockchain with the bitcoind client. Is there a way to run bitcoind without connecting to other nodes?
I see two approaches:


Use --connect &lt;hostname&gt; with the hostname set to something that doesn't exist.
Unplug from the network.