has there been any talk of including a large number of blocks in the initial client download?
Yes.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/
Topic: Block download speed (Read 1439 times)
Yes.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/
has there been any talk of including a large number of blocks in the initial client download?
I just downloaded the client (0.3.22-beta) and the block download has really slowed down to a trickle.
The first 50,000 dowloaded in a few minutes but now its been 30 minutes for the following 20,000 (around 73,000 blocks now). Still showing 8 connections
Is it because the "newer" blocks are bigger?
PS This is on 100/50 Mbit connection
Yes, they are much bigger.The first 50,000 dowloaded in a few minutes but now its been 30 minutes for the following 20,000 (around 73,000 blocks now). Still showing 8 connections
Is it because the "newer" blocks are bigger?
PS This is on 100/50 Mbit connection
And by the way, the bottleneck isn't downloading them: it's verifying them. Larger blocks also take longer to verify.
I just downloaded the client (0.3.22-beta) and the block download has really slowed down to a trickle.
The first 50,000 dowloaded in a few minutes but now its been 30 minutes for the following 20,000 (around 73,000 blocks now). Still showing 8 connections
Is it because the "newer" blocks are bigger?
PS This is on 100/50 Mbit connection
The first 50,000 dowloaded in a few minutes but now its been 30 minutes for the following 20,000 (around 73,000 blocks now). Still showing 8 connections
Is it because the "newer" blocks are bigger?
PS This is on 100/50 Mbit connection
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