Average transaction time?

[ksd5]

What is the average transaction time? I sent my friend one Bitcoin a few hours ago, and at the time of this posting, he still hasn't received it.

[Gavin Andresen]

After he's downloaded all 66,312 blocks and is up-to-date, transactions are very fast.

[ksd5]

For some reason, he's not downloading blocks. He's getting around 1400-1600 khash/s, and has generated 50 coins already (they're still maturing in 100 or so blocks), but he tells me that he has only 3 blocks.

[Insti]

For some reason, he's not downloading blocks. He's getting around 1400-1600 khash/s, and has generated 50 coins already (they're still maturing in 100 or so blocks), but he tells me that he has only 3 blocks.

Unfortunately this means he has not generated a block that anyone else will accept.
So he probably won't be getting his 50 coins.
Sorry

Make sure you download all the blocks before you start generating coins.