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December 14, 2013, 10:25:48 AM |
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Hi!
My BTC-wallet for example needs about two minutes after the GUI is ready for synch. Is this normal? The start screen stays a long time at "verify blocks", after the "real" GUI comes up.
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December 14, 2013, 10:27:42 AM |
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Unfortunately it is normal, if you use Bitcoin-qt. If you use a light wallet like Multibit or Armory, it is not.
Perhaps you could use a disk defrag program to improve performance of your \users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin folder
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December 14, 2013, 10:27:54 AM |
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Yes its normal, at least I have it as well. I suppose with a SSD i would go faster.
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Im not really here, its just your imagination.
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December 14, 2013, 10:29:53 AM |
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I also have this, I assume that it's normal.
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December 14, 2013, 10:34:43 AM |
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Hi!
My BTC-wallet for example needs about two minutes after the GUI is ready for synch. Is this normal? The start screen stays a long time at "verify blocks", after the "real" GUI comes up.
you're probably using Bitcoin-Qt which is more detailed and takes longer to load, I'm using it too ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I don't mind waiting 2 minutes as I don't usually need to use my wallet so fast or urgently, if you do you can download multibit, he loads faster but has less options ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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December 14, 2013, 10:38:05 AM |
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Hi!
My BTC-wallet for example needs about two minutes after the GUI is ready for synch. Is this normal? The start screen stays a long time at "verify blocks", after the "real" GUI comes up.
Hi, you can download MultiBit wallet, sync takes just few seconds. https://multibit.org/
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December 14, 2013, 12:06:17 PM |
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Electrum is a good wallet too.
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December 14, 2013, 12:07:22 PM |
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It's not the wallet that takes long to start but the full P2P node. If a full node is too heavy you can use one of the lightweight wallets.
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Bitcoin Core developer [PGP] Warning: For most, coin loss is a larger risk than coin theft. A disk can die any time. Regularly back up your wallet through File → Backup Wallet to an external storage or the (encrypted!) cloud. Use a separate offline wallet for storing larger amounts.
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December 14, 2013, 12:22:39 PM |
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Just download one of the lightweight wallets like multibit and electrum. There is absolutely no need to run bitcoin-qt as your wallet.
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December 14, 2013, 12:23:41 PM |
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Yes, it's normal. If you use Multibit, it will be much faster.
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December 14, 2013, 01:33:56 PM |
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Yes, I am using QT-wallets for every coin and alt-coin. I will stay on it. Just wanted to know, if the loading-time is normal. Thanks for your replies.
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December 14, 2013, 01:37:42 PM |
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December 14, 2013, 01:53:37 PM |
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Yes, I am using QT-wallets for every coin and alt-coin. I will stay on it. Just wanted to know, if the loading-time is normal. Thanks for your replies.
No problem. Let us know if you have any other questions ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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December 14, 2013, 02:31:09 PM |
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yea its normal
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December 14, 2013, 06:25:28 PM |
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As you can see, I am a new to bitcoin.
I am trying to download a wallet on bitcoin.org, and found the description for the official wallet program.
"Bitcoin-Qt is a full Bitcoin client and builds the backbone of the network. It offers the highest levels of security, privacy, and stability. However, it has fewer features and it takes a lot of space and memory."
I am wondering how the other lightweight programs perform on security, privacy, and stability. Could anyone share?
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December 14, 2013, 06:32:08 PM |
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As you can see, I am a new to bitcoin.
I am trying to download a wallet on bitcoin.org, and found the description for the official wallet program.
"Bitcoin-Qt is a full Bitcoin client and builds the backbone of the network. It offers the highest levels of security, privacy, and stability. However, it has fewer features and it takes a lot of space and memory."
I am wondering how the other lightweight programs perform on security, privacy, and stability. Could anyone share?
The lightweight programs does not check if it follows the real blockchain, so it just assumes that the one most people follows is the correct one. But for most people a lightweight will be enough (and easier!).
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December 14, 2013, 06:33:41 PM |
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just about every coins wallet has a lengthy loading time. I suspect it has a fair bit to do with the size of the blockchain for that coin.
the one's I find take the longest are DGC and CGB. Both can take upwards of a minute to load
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December 14, 2013, 07:11:57 PM |
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As you can see, I am a new to bitcoin.
I am trying to download a wallet on bitcoin.org, and found the description for the official wallet program.
"Bitcoin-Qt is a full Bitcoin client and builds the backbone of the network. It offers the highest levels of security, privacy, and stability. However, it has fewer features and it takes a lot of space and memory."
I am wondering how the other lightweight programs perform on security, privacy, and stability. Could anyone share?
The lightweight programs does not check if it follows the real blockchain, so it just assumes that the one most people follows is the correct one. But for most people a lightweight will be enough (and easier!). Which one will you suggest? Multibit? Electrum? or web wallets?
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December 14, 2013, 07:14:53 PM |
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Multibit or Electrum, your choice. They are lightweight clients, that means the wallet is still on your pc, like with bitcoin-qt so it is secure.
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December 14, 2013, 07:15:48 PM |
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Yes, I am using QT-wallets for every coin and alt-coin. I will stay on it. Just wanted to know, if the loading-time is normal. Thanks for your replies.
Yes, it's normal even for alt-coins because they all use the same open-source code.
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