Topic: Bitcoin client is a resource hog and slow - page 2. (Read 3525 times)
multibit is awsome. I use it on my USB for portability. props to you guys.
With the improvements the bitcoinj team have made to downloading blocks, Multibit downloads around 1000 blocks a minute on a vanilla WiFi. (It does not save the transactions to disk so it is not doing as much work as the Satoshi client).
I think of it as roughly 1 minute of download for 1 week of blocks.
I haven't really looked at memory size optimisation but think it uses around 100MB RAM when running 4 peers and half a dozen wallets.
Edit: Just had a quick look. On a Mac with 12 wallets open, 4 peers it uses 133.5MB RAM.
I think of it as roughly 1 minute of download for 1 week of blocks.
I haven't really looked at memory size optimisation but think it uses around 100MB RAM when running 4 peers and half a dozen wallets.
Edit: Just had a quick look. On a Mac with 12 wallets open, 4 peers it uses 133.5MB RAM.
95mb vs skype at 125mb.
I dont see a problem. I leave mine now running all the time.
I dont see a problem. I leave mine now running all the time.
Sounds like you need a thin client. Electrum might do what you're looking for. 
Get more ram, always leave it running. There is little you can do without major modification to improve it. I haven't tried any custom clients, and don't plan to, but some do claim to use less resources.
If any one is looking for ways to help out or a place to start...
- The 5.2 beta version is taking up 215MB of RAM
- I run the client once a week, and it takes a couple hours to load the 1.5GB block chain and bring it up to date.
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