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^ Yet another person that looks down on anyone who isn't a tech expert. I was just asking if it's possible, I wasn't claiming Bitcoin could use all ports.

Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant and rave about other people who you don't think have enough knowledge? Everyone is an expert in their own field, but you will never learn anything from others if you insult everyone that isn't a tech geek. Hopefully you don't act like that in real life, or you'll never climb the business/corporate ladder, they'll hide you in a dark corner of a server room.

I certainly have enough technical knowledge to handle Bitcoin transactions smoothly, there's not much to it.

Looks like you're on to something here, 0 incoming connections and 8 outgoing connections.

I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.

I've recommended Bitcoin QT to all my customers who use Bitcoin longterm, and never had one successfully install it ever. The average joe simply doesn't understand the internal workings of networks and computers, so they got little chance of a successful Bitcoin install if any problems arise. Seems like big companies like AT&T are default blocking the Bitcoin port, so most people end up with no synchronization and give up. Not pulling that out of my ass, customers tell me that their wallet stopped loading. End result is a lot less nodes and a lot more theft; hackers stealing funds is a major plague that isn't talked about enough, and it scares away many users. The most advanced thing I've seen my customers with is multibit which is kinda better cause users can save their Bitcoins by importing wallet and private keys somewhere else, but still it is quite hackable. And I've had literally hundreds of customers, most use blockchain.info and localbitcoins wallets, both notoriously insecure.

I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.

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So you're saying that the problem lies in the companies in the USA? That's a bit different from the thread title. This would only be partially Bitcoin QT's problem as it is tied to a single port.
However, I've had a much different experience as I'm across the globe. I haven't found any issue in regards to Bitcoin QT or any other wallet (altcoins; in the past). You have to consider that most of the work is being done on the protocol and internal functions (bugfixes and whatnot) rather than the GUI and simplifying the installation/usage.

You made a mistake. You've patched to 0.10.2; not 10.2. Anyhow I'm still on a older version; what's wrong with 0.10.2?

I've recommended Bitcoin QT to all my customers who use Bitcoin longterm, and never had one successfully install it ever. The average joe simply doesn't understand the internal workings of networks and computers, so they got little chance of a successful Bitcoin install if any problems arise. Seems like big companies like AT&T are default blocking the Bitcoin port, so most people end up with no synchronization and give up. Not pulling that out of my ass, customers tell me that their wallet stopped loading. End result is a lot less nodes and a lot more theft; hackers stealing funds is a major plague that isn't talked about enough, and it scares away many users. The most advanced thing I've seen my customers with is multibit which is kinda better cause users can save their Bitcoins by importing wallet and private keys somewhere else, but still it is quite hackable. And I've had literally hundreds of customers, most use blockchain.info and localbitcoins wallets, both notoriously insecure.

I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.

this qt is indeed horrible
I expected some improvement with patching to 10.2 but instead it jsut got worse

I've been trying to install Bitcoin QT on my new laptop for several days now.

Im against propaganda also, but it's a fact that his ISP blocked bitcoin core port, theres no conspiracy there, it's a fact.
What right do they have to block people's ports? If im paying for a line i want no limits on it, and i want to be asked if i agree with such a thing. This is not DPR Korea.

Okay, how about you stop spreading nonsense and propaganda? It is unfortunate that you've had problems with the software. After making such a post, you do not deserve help.
Whenever I've installed Bitcoin Core I had none (zero) problems so far. This is on your end. You have no idea what the word 'difficult' means when setting up things on a computer. Try compiling Bitcoin yourself (or similar projects involving multiple libraries) and see what happens. All the propaganda that the governments are coming after Bitcoin is just FUD. Bitcoin is steadily being adapted by major corporations and legalized in various places. Nobody can stop Bitcoin, deal with it.
You should really educate yourself before you start making such walls of text.

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Time and time again government agencies and banks are publishing laws about Bitcoin that say it is dangerous due to widespread theft, and a laundry list of all other possible negatives with no positives, which is the definition of bias. There are big forces at work trying to keep Bitcoin down and it's had a major effect, Bitcoin's market capitalization has constantly declined for most of the time between now and the peak in late 2013, when Bitcoin hit the scene and got the attention of all the banks and lawmakers. It's been quite steady for 6 months since January though, even bad news constantly released by the government and outright destruction of major Bitcoin players isn't causing drastic crashes. I think this is because Bitcoin is inexorably expanding across the globe and there's more demand to buy it. I think Bitcoin will grow in capitalization nicely from now until many years in the future, unfortunately the government of the USA is likely to obliterate the major Bitcoin corporations like Coinbase, and the smaller corps with several million of sales per year will be forced out of business by regulations. They will say Bitcoin is a direct threat to freedom by funding terrorism and drugs, even though it greatly expands our freedom, and there's magnitudes more greenbacks used for illicit purposes. Ultimately the price of Bitcoin will go sky high as it becomes completely black market and the government and banks cut off all supply flow that they can, and seize as much Bitcoin and money as possible.

Bitcoin corporations who are trying to do it by the book are writing their own death warrants by giving the government complete knowledge of their operations. They won't be around much longer. Major warning signs are already there, Coinbase which used to be a great exchange for all Americans is now banning their biggest customers. It's obvious the government is over their shoulder controlling them, and gradually mutilating their business until one day they issue arrest warrants for all the executives and raid their building, seizing all customer funds regardless of what theyre being used for.

I called AT&T to unblock the port, and totally deleted all files and re-installed, and now its downloading nicely. 12 gb so far. Still only in december 2013 tho.

No one hit the nail on the head here for the 0.045 btc bounty, but I'll be sending 0.01 btc to the people who provided hints that pointed me in the right direction once its completely synchronized.

Bitcoin Core was the first wallet that I ever used/downloaded, I still have it but only use it for change really & the signature campaign that I am in, the entirety of my main stash is in cold storage.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.

Have you tried restarting your computer?   

I'm going to have to go ahead and advise against storing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of BTC on a laptop connected to the internet. 

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