The process of bringing a Bitcoin client up to date with the blocks it is missing from the block chain.
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Is the synchronization process supposed to be downloading at less than 5kB/s?
I've been running the bitcoin-qt client for over a week now trying to catch up with the block chain (closer to three weeks if I count the first time I had to synchronize everything). Looking at my ...
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Creating my own bootstrap.dat?
Since I have been tearing down and setting up bitcoin clients a lot for some experiments lately, I was wondering whether there is a simple way to speed up the synchronization with the network. One ...
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Transaction broadcasts and block synchronization
In the original publication about bitcoin, in section 5 it states that
If two nodes broadcast different versions of the next block
simultaneously , some nodes may receive one or the other first. ...
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Bitcoin-qt Not Syncing with errors
My bitcoin-qt (on ubuntu installed via the PPA) just plain won't sync. It's been running for days and no/little progress past ~82256 blocks remaining...
I've also got an error displaying "Warning: ...
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Why is syncing the last 5000 blocks so much more CPU-intensive?
I deleted my block chain and I'm currently syncing again. Just as I did last time, I noticed that from a certain point, my CPU usage raises to almost 100% and stays so for much longer than the usual ...
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Does having the Bitcoin Client running always use up a lot of the CPU?
I have the Bitcoin Client running on my laptop, it is up to date and now fully synchronised, but it is running the CPU at almost 100% and so makes doing anything else extremely slow. Is this normal?
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How long does it take to download the blockchain? It's been over a day and still going
I'm a newbie to bitcoins, and need some help!
I downloaded the Bitcoin client and installed it on my laptop.
It is 'Synchronizing with the network' and has been doing this for over a day. Is this ...
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How does Ripple synchronizes its ledger?
Bitcoin decides on a global clock by the blockchain - every mined block is another tick of that clock.
In Ripple, there is a global ledger that keeps advancing in time - the ledger number keeps ...
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How to increase the speed of synchronisation?
What ways are there to increase the speed of synchronisation of the network, assuming the use of the main Bitcoin client?
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My mate received and then sent a Bitcoin transaction before his wallet was synchronised and it worked perfectly
His Bitcoin wallet was only 1% synchronized with the network and yet he was able to receive and send bitcoins without any problems?!
What are the implications / ramifications of this?
What does this ...
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Synchronising with network
I'm completely new to Bitcoin but finding it all very interesting so far! My Bitcoin-qt wallet has been synchronising for literally days now (2 days actually) but it is getting closer, on 91% now. My ...
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Why does it take so long to initially sync with my bitcoin wallet? [duplicate]
I have downloaded the bitcoin software and I am starting it up for the first time.
However, it begins to download the entire transaction history, which takes a huge amount of time (for some reason). ...
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How much data is transferred using Andreas Schildbach's Bitcoin Wallet Android app?
After installing the app, a message appeared on my phone saying there were 83 weeks of data to synchronise. How much data is involved in this process? I don't want to exceed the data limit for my ...
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I sent bitcoins to my wallet before it had synced. is there ANY way i can get my coins back?
I downloaded Bitcoin. qt and started the sync (which was going to take about 6 days UGH) so about 4 days into it i tried to open the app and Now the app shows "error loading blkindex.dat" So i cannot ...
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Bitcoin network synchronising with network
When I first installed the program I noticed that it was synchronising with the network, and whilst it was doing so it was downloading blocks. I wanted to know if these blocks will be saved on my hard ...
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Can I synchronize the blockchain on one computer then transfer the files to another? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Would it be possible to provide a downloadable blockchain that is updated and verified by a mass of people?
If I install and synchronize the official Bitcoin wallet, can ...
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Install a pre-synchronized blockchain [duplicate]
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Can I download the whole block chain from somewhere?
My Bitcoin client has been "synchronizing" for a really ridiculously long time making the computer leggy. According ...
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Does the synced blockchain always grow in size?
Every time the Bitcoin-Qt is launched, the blockchain syncs to update to its latest state. Does this mean the data stored locally will always grow continously, eating up all available space ...
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Synchronizing with network – What does it mean?
The messages:
synchronizing with network
xxx blocks remaining
what does that mean?
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Why is my bitcoin wallet always out of sync?
Why is my bitcoin wallet always out of sync? What can cause this?
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My sync wont start, what can I do?
I have used Bitcoin previously via Windows GUI miners, but never faced an issue like this before. I am now running Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 and using an updated 0.7.1 Satoshi client.
The sync looks like ...
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Synchronising official bitcoin wallet for the first time; at 95% started going backwards
I.E. 9900 blocks remaining, 9904 blocks remaining and the total percent synced is decreasing. Is this normal behaviour? I'm on a mobile broadband connection but http connections are working just fine. ...
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Mac OS 10.7.5 compatible with Bitcoin-Qt.app?
Program runs but doesn't seem to be able to synchronize with network. Is there more to installing program than just dragging into applications folder?
I'm also confused about why I don't have a ...
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What happens if I force quit a bitcoin wallet application before it finishes synchronizing?
I ask because upon initial install, this program (newest version) is PAINFULLY slow, and slowing down my system extremely, toward the end of the 6k block mark. I'm wondering if you force quit the ...
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My client stopped synchronizing, how can I access my wallet?
My wallet has been stuck synchronizing for 21 days, my transfer is in the block chain but I can't get it to sync with my wallet. I've closed firewalls, uninstalled and reinstalled QT with back up and ...
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Why is downloading blocks taking longer and longer?
First off, this really needs to get fixed. I'm downloading blocks for at least 8 hours now, and it's still not done. I know the problem of having to download the entire block chain is being worked on, ...
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Bitcoin qt won't update
I installed Bitcoin Qt, and it began updating the blocks extremely slowly. After several hours, I restarted the program, thinking it might speed it up. Now, it appears completely stagnant; the icon in ...
