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Bandwidth

January 09, 2012, 05:23:32 PM

I installed Bitcoin 0.5.1 a few days ago. I activated the "Directory". It started to update the directory. 48 hours later, some 50 Gb interchanged, and a warnig by my Internet provider that I had conusmed my download and upload monthly capacity, and "directory" still showing 92%, I aborted, and unistalled Bitcoin.

Any hint?

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Re: Bandwidth

January 09, 2012, 06:26:44 PM

what is this 'directory' you speak of? my bitcoin 0.5.1 has nothing of the sort that i can find.. and the blockchain is only about 1.15gb at the moment

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January 09, 2012, 08:26:21 PM

This just shows that we need to make a thin BTC client or at least make the whole thing more scalable :

-too big to download 1.2 GB over internet for some
-too big to store 1.2 GB and growing on HDD

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January 10, 2012, 03:21:14 AM

there are indeed javascript wallets that do not require the blockchain download - search this forum, i have seen mention of a few

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January 10, 2012, 12:01:05 PM

Its actually the "address book" button.

What is it supposed to do?

As I said, it was not a 1 Gb download, it was like 50 Gb total up and down traffic.

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Re: Bandwidth

January 10, 2012, 12:06:27 PM

Quote from: yabadaba on January 09, 2012, 08:26:21 PM

This just shows that we need to make a thin BTC client or at least make the whole thing more scalable :

-too big to download 1.2 GB over internet for some
-too big to store 1.2 GB and growing on HDD

There is a thin bitcoin client that doesn't download the blockchain. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum

Also StrongCoin httpa://www.strongcoin.com (I'm the founder) is a javascript based client which also doesn't require you to download the blockchain.

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January 10, 2012, 12:40:21 PM

Quote from: dogisland on January 10, 2012, 12:06:27 PM

Quote from: yabadaba on January 09, 2012, 08:26:21 PM

This just shows that we need to make a thin BTC client or at least make the whole thing more scalable :

-too big to download 1.2 GB over internet for some
-too big to store 1.2 GB and growing on HDD

How are the private keys stored ?

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