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author Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2014-03-24 11:37:15 +0000
committer Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2014-03-24 11:37:15 +0000
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+IMPORTANT:
+
+Bitcoin Core is a full Bitcoin client and builds the backbone of the network.
+It offers the highest levels of security, privacy, and stability.
+However, it has fewer features and it takes a lot of space and memory.
+
+Bitcoin Core initial sync can take a very long time to complete.
+You should make sure that you have enough bandwidth and storage for the
+full block chain size. In March 2014, this zize is 15 GB, see
+http://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size
+
+If you know how to download a torrent file, you can speed up this process
+by putting bootstrap.dat (a previous copy of the block chain) in the
+Bitcoin Core data directory before starting the software.
+
+Torrent URL for bootstrap.dat is:
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download
+