Bitcoin Blockchain Initial Sync Time Dramatically Reduced By Headers-First Sync
Downloading the Bitcoin blockchain is about to become a lot easier, ending a common complaint that users have about the barrier of entry to using Bitcoin software. With this new feature, new users can be fully synced with Bitcoin Core closer to 4 hours, as opposed to 2 days on an average internet connection. The common complaint about Bitcoin is that the start-up time in getting set up with the original BitcoinQT client. Previously, in order to run a full node, the Bitcoin client requires a complete copy of the Bitcoin blockchain (22 GB at the time of writing). One bootstrap solution has....
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