I have 217000, so no use for bootstrap...
And my bandwidth is fully used. I guess I just have to wait
Topic: Blockchain taking ages to be downloaded (Read 1067 times)
check your bandwidth graphs. if you're not using at least 33% of your connection, restart bitcoin-qt to connect to another node. the blockchain download isn't parallel, so you may have to do this.
Still downloading the blockchain? Try Electrum
I'm using bitcoin-qt to test pywallet so I need an environment I knowFor personal use, I planned to try it later anyway, along with Armory
Not new but I didn't touch Bitcoin for about a year so yeah I didn't think the blockchain would have grown so much
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
What version of Bitcoin-Qt/bitcoind are you using? latest 0.8.1 is much faster than 0.7 or lower.
Instead of downloading the whole blockchain through the node I advise you to:
1. download the bootstrap.dat file through a torrent client
2. place the bootstrap.dat file into the Bitcoin directory on your PC
3. launch the full node
The node will take most of the blockchain data form the bootstrap.dat file and download the rest from the internet. It'll take much less then downloading the whole blockchain from the internet.
Torrent file you can find here and read about it here.
I'm already in bed right now, but if it's not done when I wake up I think that's what I'll do1. download the bootstrap.dat file through a torrent client
2. place the bootstrap.dat file into the Bitcoin directory on your PC
3. launch the full node
The node will take most of the blockchain data form the bootstrap.dat file and download the rest from the internet. It'll take much less then downloading the whole blockchain from the internet.
Torrent file you can find here and read about it here.
Thanks for the idea
Instead of downloading the whole blockchain through the node I advise you to:
1. download the bootstrap.dat file through a torrent client
2. place the bootstrap.dat file into the Bitcoin directory on your PC
3. launch the full node
The node will take most of the blockchain data form the bootstrap.dat file and download the rest from the internet. It'll take much less then downloading the whole blockchain from the internet.
Torrent file you can find here and read about it here.
1. download the bootstrap.dat file through a torrent client
2. place the bootstrap.dat file into the Bitcoin directory on your PC
3. launch the full node
The node will take most of the blockchain data form the bootstrap.dat file and download the rest from the internet. It'll take much less then downloading the whole blockchain from the internet.
Torrent file you can find here and read about it here.
Not new but I didn't touch Bitcoin for about a year so yeah I didn't think the blockchain would have grown so much
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
What version of Bitcoin-Qt/bitcoind are you using? latest 0.8.1 is much faster than 0.7 or lower.
Still downloading the blockchain? Try Electrum
Not new but I didn't touch Bitcoin for about a year so yeah I didn't think the blockchain would have grown so much
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
15000 blocks remaining so it shouldn't be too long now
Thanks for the info about blockchain.info btw
Hi,
It's been 2 days that Bitcoin is downloading the blockchain (from block 1)
I don't think it's normal... Any idea?
It's been 2 days that Bitcoin is downloading the blockchain (from block 1)
I don't think it's normal... Any idea?
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