..for some unknown reason it takes about an hour to download one day of the blockchain
..its taken me several days, two to three hours at a time to download about five days worth of blockchain
..its taken me several days, two to three hours at a time to download about five days worth of blockchain
I recently downloaded the blockchain on an old computer, the speed you quoted sounded about right on a not-so-recent computer.
I remember the first time i installed bitcoin-qt and armory on my previous Ubuntu install
i was able to download the entire blockchain in a day.
i was able to download the entire blockchain in a day.
I remember downloading the blockchain 12 months ago, it took less than half a day
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HAHA! jeesh only 12 months ago were the 'good old days' of downloading. My how quickly the bitcoin times are changing!