I'm pretty sure bitcoin is losing HUGE amounts of users just because bitcoin-qt appears so prominently on google and bitcoin.org. Most normal people usually don't bother 'looking for alternative clients.'
When they try bitcoin-qt and realize it takes many hours (or days!) to initialize, and consumes many gigabytes of bandwidth per month, they just don't bother looking further. Kinda sad.
Topic: The original Bitcoin client sucks. - page 3. (Read 5688 times)
The satoshi client is THE reference client - without it there is no bitcoin network.
You can imagine that the devs have to be conservative with any changes they make and make sure everything is tested as best as possible. This inevitably takes much longer to make changes.
By keeping the bitcoin network stable and working smoothly they ARE indirectly helping to create lightweight clients and web wallets etc. Everyone else relies on them. With the limited manpower all open source projects have I presume they concentrate their firepower on "keeping the engine running smoothly" and leave the eye candy to other devs.
You can imagine that the devs have to be conservative with any changes they make and make sure everything is tested as best as possible. This inevitably takes much longer to make changes.
By keeping the bitcoin network stable and working smoothly they ARE indirectly helping to create lightweight clients and web wallets etc. Everyone else relies on them. With the limited manpower all open source projects have I presume they concentrate their firepower on "keeping the engine running smoothly" and leave the eye candy to other devs.
I agree. The block chain download is making newbie users hate bitcoin. However there are better alternatives in the pipeline: http://electrum-desktop.com/
And web wallets work pretty well for small amounts IMHO...
And web wallets work pretty well for small amounts IMHO...
It takes forever to get started and I bet most people who are new to Bitcoin pick it up, get tired of it and move on.
Why hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
Without the original client we would all be fucked. It is the only fully validating bitcoin node in existence.Why hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
If you want Bitcoin to continue to be a small, geek currency, then please keep forcing this slow, CPU-intensive software down our throats.
As for your lite clients, people who type "Bitcoin" in google never learn about them. It took me forever to find http://blockchain.info/wallet because it doesn't get the privilege of being called "official".
I have the odd impression you need to buy something really fast... ? Then don't use the desktop wallet if you're in a hurry!
It takes forever to get started and I bet most people who are new to Bitcoin pick it up, get tired of it and move on.
Why hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
Without the original client we would all be fucked. It is the only fully validating bitcoin node in existence. There are many alternative light clients. Take a look at http://lovebitcoins.org/getStarted.htmlWhy hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
It takes forever to get started and I bet most people who are new to Bitcoin pick it up, get tired of it and move on.
Why hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
Why hasn't the development team created a thin client yet?
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