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Title: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: CurbsideProphet on December 20, 2012, 10:15:21 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.
Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: mccorvic on December 20, 2012, 10:19:55 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. Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: CurbsideProphet on December 20, 2012, 10:25:41 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? Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: DannyHamilton on December 20, 2012, 11:13:16 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? Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: Bendur on December 21, 2012, 06:14:53 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. Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: cxaxukluth on December 21, 2012, 06:36:12 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. why not? what're you worried about? Title: Re: Does the newer Bitcoin clients download the block chain faster? Post by: live627 on December 21, 2012, 07:01:39 AM Cold storage is safer than hot storage I hear.
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