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December 18, 2013, 03:42:32 AM
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Hello all,

first of all what is a node and what is a block?

I just wanted to know if there is a way of telling if all the nodes/blocks have downloaded regarding multibit?


When i downloaded the latest version of bitcoin QT it was running for 4 days and it got to 79 blocks to go, i was extatic, however, the next day it went back to 275,543 to go... omg! what happened? I then downloaded multibit to see if that was an easier and faster download, im not sure how to tell.

I'm from Australia and the internet i use is ADSL1 which isn't very fast but fast enough to play DDO  Smiley

Thank you and i apologize if i have asked a stupid question.

Happy solstice to all
mezzie 

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December 18, 2013, 03:47:10 AM
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Hello all,

first of all what is a node and what is a block?

I just wanted to know if there is a way of telling if all the nodes/blocks have downloaded regarding multibit?


When i downloaded the latest version of bitcoin QT it was running for 4 days and it got to 79 blocks to go, i was extatic, however, the next day it went back to 275,543 to go... omg! what happened? I then downloaded multibit to see if that was an easier and faster download, im not sure how to tell.

I'm from Australia and the internet i use is ADSL1 which isn't very fast but fast enough to play DDO  Smiley

Thank you and i apologize if i have asked a stupid question.

Happy solstice to all
mezzie 



You might try electrum as well. Up and running in 5 mins.
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December 18, 2013, 05:06:16 PM
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Hello all,

first of all what is a node and what is a block?

I just wanted to know if there is a way of telling if all the nodes/blocks have downloaded regarding multibit?


When i downloaded the latest version of bitcoin QT it was running for 4 days and it got to 79 blocks to go, i was extatic, however, the next day it went back to 275,543 to go... omg! what happened? I then downloaded multibit to see if that was an easier and faster download, im not sure how to tell.

I'm from Australia and the internet i use is ADSL1 which isn't very fast but fast enough to play DDO  Smiley

Thank you and i apologize if i have asked a stupid question.

Happy solstice to all
mezzie 



If you hover your mouse over the 'Online' button on the bottom left you get a little message window popup.

The first line is something like: "Number of blocks : 275,662"
That's the number of blocks it has seen - you can compare it to, say, the front page of blockchain.info to see what block height it thinkgs the blockchain is at.

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