Topic: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? (Read 730 times)
Cold storage is safer than hot storage I hear.
December 21, 2012, 01:36:12 AM
I'm pretty sure the latest release of bitcoin client is supposed to be slightly faster than previous versions. But to me it seems just as slow as ever.
As for the other clients, blockchain.info is pretty sweet, very nice to look at, plenty of features and fast, but i personally would never store large amount of coins there.
As for the other clients, blockchain.info is pretty sweet, very nice to look at, plenty of features and fast, but i personally would never store large amount of coins there.
why not? what're you worried about?
December 21, 2012, 01:14:53 AM
I'm pretty sure the latest release of bitcoin client is supposed to be slightly faster than previous versions. But to me it seems just as slow as ever.
As for the other clients, blockchain.info is pretty sweet, very nice to look at, plenty of features and fast, but i personally would never store large amount of coins there.
As for the other clients, blockchain.info is pretty sweet, very nice to look at, plenty of features and fast, but i personally would never store large amount of coins there.
December 20, 2012, 06:13:16 PM
So I'm not really a newbie but sort've feel like one since I haven't logged on in a while. Anyway, fired up the old program and remembered how painfully slow the block chain takes to "catch up" when you haven't run the client in a while. Is the latest version faster? I see this as a problem for new users, I already had about the first 150k blocks, I can only imagine how long it would take to start from scratch.
I don't know if it's faster, but it does still take forever. It is highly recommended to use a light client unless you're willing to wait.
What is a light client? Is that MultiBit and/or Electrum? If so, which is recommended?
December 20, 2012, 05:25:41 PM
So I'm not really a newbie but sort've feel like one since I haven't logged on in a while. Anyway, fired up the old program and remembered how painfully slow the block chain takes to "catch up" when you haven't run the client in a while. Is the latest version faster? I see this as a problem for new users, I already had about the first 150k blocks, I can only imagine how long it would take to start from scratch.
I don't know if it's faster, but it does still take forever. It is highly recommended to use a light client unless you're willing to wait.
What is a light client? Is that MultiBit and/or Electrum? If so, which is recommended?
December 20, 2012, 05:19:55 PM
So I'm not really a newbie but sort've feel like one since I haven't logged on in a while. Anyway, fired up the old program and remembered how painfully slow the block chain takes to "catch up" when you haven't run the client in a while. Is the latest version faster? I see this as a problem for new users, I already had about the first 150k blocks, I can only imagine how long it would take to start from scratch.
I don't know if it's faster, but it does still take forever. It is highly recommended to use a light client unless you're willing to wait.
December 20, 2012, 05:15:21 PM
So I'm not really a newbie but sort've feel like one since I haven't logged on in a while. Anyway, fired up the old program and remembered how painfully slow the block chain takes to "catch up" when you haven't run the client in a while. Is the latest version faster? I see this as a problem for new users, I already had about the first 150k blocks, I can only imagine how long it would take to start from scratch.
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