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Add bootstrap.dat to the download page #278
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luke-jr
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Nov 30, 2013
_translations/en.yml
| @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ en: | ||
| downloadsource: "Source code" | ||
| versionhistory: "Show version history" | ||
| notelicense: "Bitcoin-Qt is a community-driven <a href=\"http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software\">free software</a> project, released under the <a href=\"http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php\">MIT license</a>." | ||
| - notesync: "<b>Note</b> : Bitcoin-Qt initial sync can take a day to complete. You should make sure that you have enough bandwidth and storage for the full <a href=\"http://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size\">block chain size</a>." | ||
| + notesync: "Bitcoin-Qt initial sync can take a very long time to complete. You should make sure that you have enough bandwidth and storage for the full <a href=\"http://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size\">block chain size</a>. If you know how to download a torrent file, you can speed up this process by putting <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/bootstrap.dat.torrent/download\">bootstap.dat</a> (a previous copy of the block chain) in the Bitcoin-Qt data directory before starting the software." |
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saivann commentedNov 30, 2013
This pull req can be previewed here: (merged)
This pull request adds a warning icon and title to make sure people read about the initial synchronization time and most importantly, it adds short instructions and link to the bootstrap.dat torrent file, as suggested on reddit and bitcointalk.