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Topic: Problem I Have Installing Wallet Software (Read 623 times)

legendary
Activity: 1713
Merit: 1029
August 02, 2012, 09:17:29 AM
#5
Blockchain.info's wallet service requires very little bandwidth and no downloads of the block chain, if you are alright using an online wallet.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
090930
August 01, 2012, 07:01:08 AM
#4
Cool chart, worth a sticky somewhere. Guessing the half moons mean in development? Might be worth putting a donations address on it too, it answered a lot of my questions on clients.

Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful.

The half-moon symbol means that the feature is supported but with caveats - hover your mouse pointer over the symbol to show some extra information.

I will consider adding a donation address to that page.
In the meantime, I do highly appreciate any donations made to the address in my signature.   
legendary
Activity: 1288
Merit: 1227
Away on an extended break
August 01, 2012, 06:43:58 AM
#3
Hi, since I'm new I figured I better ask a pertinent question.

I tried to install the Bitcoin software on my Zorin installation, but I have a problem of having an ISP with bandwidth limitations and unfortunately, I'm not the only one who uses this connection, but the downloading blockchains takes up a huge chunk of my daily allowance.

Is it possible to schedule the downloading of blockchain, or must it really be done all at once?

Thanks.
If you want to download a part of the blockchain per day, just start the client for a couple of hours (depending on your bandwidth limitations) and exit it while the blockchain is still downloading. Or else try Electrum/some other light client that could be found in flatfly's chart.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
090930
August 01, 2012, 06:41:07 AM
#2
Here is a chart I'm maintaining to help you choose a client.

http://dre.redmartian.org/compare.htm
newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
August 01, 2012, 12:14:39 AM
#1
Hi, since I'm new I figured I better ask a pertinent question.

I tried to install the Bitcoin software on my Zorin installation, but I have a problem of having an ISP with bandwidth limitations and unfortunately, I'm not the only one who uses this connection, but the downloading blockchains takes up a huge chunk of my daily allowance.

Is it possible to schedule the downloading of blockchain, or must it really be done all at once?

Thanks.
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