Bitcoin QT slow synchronizing (been DAYS and it's at 20%)

[kavin2468]

Hey everyone...

So this has definitely come up a few times but my case seem a bit different. I have left BitCoin-qt 0.8.6 (Mac OSX Mavericks) running for a few days now on a 15-20Mbps connection and I am only at 20% synch. Is there something wrong or something I can do to speed this up?

Thanks!

[Wusolini]

it downloads huge amount of GB (16 or more ) .... how fast is your dowload?

edit:  sorry I read it completely now .. ..  maybe just keep it sync and stop doing anything

[bit34]

Try searching google for bitcoin bootstrap.dat

https://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin+bootstrap.dat&oq=bitcoin+bootstrap

That should help you get the blockchain faster.

[BlockChainLottery]

Open the debug window in the help menu. There you will see the current number of blocks and the estimated total blocks and the last block time. See if the current number of blocks field is going up. If so it's OK. Then you probably have a slow computer or have a lot of programs running in the background.

[kavin2468]

Try searching google for bitcoin bootstrap.dat

https://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin+bootstrap.dat&oq=bitcoin+bootstrap

That should help you get the blockchain faster.

Thank you! That's downloading at over 2.5MBps so it shouldn't be more than a few hours. That file is from august though so I will probably still have some catching up to do afterwards =/

But seriously...thank you haha exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

[R0yalAir]

hey,
There is nothing you can do to speed this up, except to wait.

[winsome22]

Does waiting really speed things up?

[evgamine]

mine took 3 days to sync

[shadowcoin]

You can use Multibit instead of the official version

[MsCollec]

You can use Multibit instead of the official version

+1

[R0yalAir]

You can use Multibit instead of the official version

What's the difference between these two wallets ?

[Wusolini]

You can use Multibit instead of the official version

What's the difference between these two wallets ?

multibit won't download blockchain thus sync will take only few minutes

[jimmyjimmy]

yes and mine took some minutes to sync with multibit

[kavin2468]

I am so excited, this moment has been like a week of waiting for me haha. I decided that I was already on my way and I wanted to have the blockchain...not sure why yet but I WANT it haha.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2wp5m3t.png