Bitcoin wallet taking too long to synch and crashes so I have to start over again,
and it took alot of bandwidth to try three times in a row and added $50 one month and $70 the next month,
to my internet bills.
Sure. Satoshi wallet is fully validating, offering the highest level of security. By using it you are your own bank.
It downloads and verifies whole blockchain containing every payment since Bitcoin creation in 2009. This is huge,now 70GB.
Make sure your
Data directory has at least 80gb free space.
Anyone have tips to help me get a bitcoin wallet again?
Sure. Visit your
Data directory . Inside, you see
wallet.dat - never touch this file. never delete this file. If you are afraid backup this file by copying just to be sure.
OTHERWISE, you will lose ALL your funds![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTfzEzBy.png&t=665&c=Cb-kPSPWMHOflA)
1. Delete
blocks and
chainstate left over from previous failed synchronisations.
2. Start Bitcoin, let it synchronize until it catch up to current week. This can take 10 hours or maybe 2 days.
3. When Bitcoin is synchronized turn it off and backup
blocks and
chainstate to your backup disk.
4. Congratulations ! You will never have to synchronize again in your life, because you can just delete blocks and chainstate and put the backup in there.