bootstrap.dat - Bitcoin Core ?

[Madness]

ok installed  0.9.3 on another machines gotas asfar as week 36 then the machines froze. after i removed the bootsrap file out of the bitcoin directory and allowed it to sync withe the network online. keeps freezing must have restarted at least 10 times. at week 29 now , not sure why it keeps freezing. could it be the laptop? running for too long maybe needs a desktop machines?

how long does it take to sync nowadays?

It depends on your hardware. What are your specs? IIRC 0.9.3 caused trouble with Windows (I'm guessing that's what you use?), see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=936408.msg10276009#msg10276009

ok I did suspect the client. Down to 17 weeks now it seems to be ok since10pm last night.
I have a core 2duo 3.2ghs 3gb ram.

I do have basically the same specs that you have mate and my Wallet is just working fine and without issues .
is your problem perssisting ? blocking on what week now ?.

~ Madness.

[zulover]

Had a couple more freezes but down to 9 days now so nearly there. Its different for different people apparently. Hopefully should be sone by morning.

[zulover]

On all done now after 50 freezes finally got there's and got the coins or not using this client again too awkward.

[Madness]

On all done now after 50 freezes finally got there's and got the coins or not using this client again too awkward.

So all good ? glad you got it sorted out , I guess the issue was your internet speed if you was downloading the Blockchain file directly from Bitcoin Core instead of downloading the torrent then adding it to Bitcoin Core Data directory . anyway what matters now that you got it done
If you want a simplier and faster wallet , then simply use Electrum pretty simple and there is no Blockchain file needed to work.

~ Madness.

[zulover]

Yep thatnks for the help. Had electrum fir a while now just this one wallet which was left to transfer.

[ranochigo]

On all done now after 50 freezes finally got there's and got the coins or not using this client again too awkward.

So all good ? glad you got it sorted out , I guess the issue was your internet speed if you was downloading the Blockchain file directly from Bitcoin Core instead of downloading the torrent then adding it to Bitcoin Core Data directory . anyway what matters now that you got it done
If you want a simplier and faster wallet , then simply use Electrum pretty simple and there is no Blockchain file needed to work.

~ Madness.

I suspect that the 'freezes' are actually the system verifying the authenticity of the blocks downloaded. Verification can take up some CPU processing power and freezes would be more noticeable on older computers, like the one he's using.

[zulover]

Sounds about right processing takes up serious time.