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December 04, 2013, 01:29:53 AM
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Hi

I have left a bitcoin on my computer for well over 2 years with out opening the wallet. I now have open the wallet program with it on. The wallet has been going for 3 days now but it say it is still loading blocks. Is this normal.

What is the best way to maintain your bitcoin wallet. I don't really want it running all the time as it seems to use a lot of resources..


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There are several different types of Bitcoin clients. The most secure are full nodes like Bitcoin Core, which will follow the rules of the network no matter what miners do. Even if every miner decided to create 1000 bitcoins per block, full nodes would stick to the rules and reject those blocks.
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December 04, 2013, 01:31:21 AM
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Normal.  It has to download the blockchain.

I would recommend however closing it down and installing the latest version of Bitcoin QT (assuming thats the program you're using).

I wouldn't run one that is 2 years old.
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December 04, 2013, 02:07:33 AM
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thx.. Just updated... Latest version not such a resource hog 

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December 04, 2013, 02:13:27 AM
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You may download some of the lightweight wallets like multibit that they sync with the network in seconds.
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December 05, 2013, 02:30:45 PM
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From my side I reccomend Electrum - very light and super fast. For me much better than Bitcoin-QT.
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December 05, 2013, 03:18:51 PM
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Quote from: Qbeczeq on December 05, 2013, 02:30:45 PM
From my side I reccomend Electrum - very light and super fast. For me much better than Bitcoin-QT.

I also changed from Bitcoin-QT to Multibit. Very satisfied so far... (+-3 weeks of usage)
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December 05, 2013, 03:38:51 PM
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just find your wallet.dat file.  i think you can import it to blockchain.info
without having to download the entire blockchain.
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December 05, 2013, 04:41:57 PM
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Make sure you have a backup of your wallet!
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