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Topic: Warning notice on bitcoin.org (Read 778 times)

hero member
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August 12, 2012, 02:20:46 PM
#4
Well, you can always use hybrid wallets like blockchain.info/wallet .

You don't need to leech the entire blockchain.
sr. member
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August 12, 2012, 01:41:53 PM
#3
I agree.

I recently suffered through this.  I wish I would have been warned that I would need ten to fifteen hours before the software would become usable.

Running computers 24/7 in this heat is not an option.  It took me four consecutive nights to synchronize with the network.
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August 12, 2012, 12:52:20 PM
#1
Many new users coming to bitcoin.org and proceeding to install the client
are quite upset when they find out the software needs hours / days to synchronize,
during which there is lots of hard disk thrashing and bandwidth eaten, and all
other tasks on their computer slow down to a crawl.

Really, is it too much to ask for a little informative notice on the download
page? Not everyone is a geek.
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