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Title: getting started without the client Post by: flatfly on March 01, 2012, 06:53:43 PM I hate the initial block download delay and don't care about mining myself for now.
what are the best ways to get started with bitcoin without installing the client? I know it's possible, but would love to have some specific suggestions. thanks Title: Re: getting started without the client Post by: Stephen Gornick on March 01, 2012, 11:04:24 PM I hate the initial block download delay and don't care about mining myself for now. what are the best ways to get started with bitcoin without installing the client? I know it's possible, but would love to have some specific suggestions. Electrum client, or My Wallet from http://BlockChain.info/wallet are two. - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Frontends Title: Re: getting started without the client Post by: flatfly on March 02, 2012, 10:50:03 AM Thanks for the helpful replies. I will check those options.
Title: Re: getting started without the client Post by: xminer on March 03, 2012, 08:20:28 AM depends on what you mean by "get started".
If it's trading - you can plainly have wallets in exchanges directly. E.g. I decided to get rid of litecoin/rucoin clients totally - mined coins go to the exchanges directly (they go as transfers, not as "generated" - this is important). The truck may work with BTC as well - it depends on how pool does the payouts. If it's "normal transfers" - the approach may work, if it's "generated" - you definitely need a client. BTC chain download is not the only problem. Crashing a PC with bitcoin client running can lead to database corruption=redownload. Size matters as well - it's rather expensive on SSD andyou never know how much you'll need tomorrow |