Hi,
I'm using Bitcoin Core for my wallet, the only problem so far I've encountered is it takes FOREVER to sync with the block chain, it's upto 24 weeks behind and before it was 3 years last time I remember.
I can see that it doesn't take a lot to work that in the software it's saying there are only 8 connected peers and the connection quality depicted is the lowest (one bar). I'm guessing I'm not doing something right here... do I need to portforward to allow Bitcoin to work properly, configure my firewall or both? Is there something I'm missing here? It would be great to get wallet up and running...

Thanks