You definitely don't need to keep it open all the time. When you reopen Mist (it starts an instance of Geth, so you don't have to do that separately) it will just sync whatever blocks have been created since your last sync.
If you haven't run Mist in a while, expect it to take a while to catch up. If I need to move something in my wallet, I usually keep Mist always open or start it up the night before I need it.
Topic: A few newbie questions about Geth and Mist (Read 233 times)
Thank you for responding so quickly!
I have run --fast and have something like 22.3GB. I'm wondering if it is OK to close geth and open Mist?
I have run --fast and have something like 22.3GB. I'm wondering if it is OK to close geth and open Mist?
I would let it run for some hours and then it should be fine for sure.
Thank you for responding so quickly!
I have run --fast and have something like 22.3GB. I'm wondering if it is OK to close geth and open Mist?
I have run --fast and have something like 22.3GB. I'm wondering if it is OK to close geth and open Mist?
As soon you start it once without "--fast" parameter it'll download ALL ~ 120 GB of Data (have fun and a big HDD 
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I found an article to close application, go to %appdata%\Ethereum\geth\chaindata and remove all content from that directory, then start "geth --fast" from command line and wait until it downloaded all initial sync data (i think ~ 15-20 GB).
At least for me it worked that way.
)I found an article to close application, go to %appdata%\Ethereum\geth\chaindata and remove all content from that directory, then start "geth --fast" from command line and wait until it downloaded all initial sync data (i think ~ 15-20 GB).
At least for me it worked that way.
OMG, I tried Minergate and haven't been impressed so I have decided to download the blockchain and mine to a more convincing pool.
Last time I tried this I downloaded Mist and it started to download the blockchain but it was taking an age and I read that you can use the --fast command on the command prompt to speed things up. At this point I went to Minergate.
Now I have downloaded geth, run it with the --fast command and it has downloaded all of the blockchain. Its still running and continuously downloading new data.
I'm wondering what to do next.
Geth
If I close geth and re-open it tomorrow will it just catch up?
Does geth always need to be running and synchronised before a miner is started?
Do I have to use the --fast command again or can I just open geth.
Mist
Also, if I download Mist can I just open that instead?
Does it matter that I used the --fast command when, I suspect, Mist downloads everything?
Thank you for any help!
Last time I tried this I downloaded Mist and it started to download the blockchain but it was taking an age and I read that you can use the --fast command on the command prompt to speed things up. At this point I went to Minergate.
Now I have downloaded geth, run it with the --fast command and it has downloaded all of the blockchain. Its still running and continuously downloading new data.
I'm wondering what to do next.
Geth
If I close geth and re-open it tomorrow will it just catch up?
Does geth always need to be running and synchronised before a miner is started?
Do I have to use the --fast command again or can I just open geth.
Mist
Also, if I download Mist can I just open that instead?
Does it matter that I used the --fast command when, I suspect, Mist downloads everything?
Thank you for any help!
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