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Add bootstrap.dat to the download page #278

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saivann commented Nov 30, 2013

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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.

@luke-jr luke-jr commented on an outdated diff Nov 30, 2013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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Typo "bootstap"

Add bootstrap.dat to the download page
Mention short instructions about how to use bootstrap.dat
Add a warning icon and title to grab attention to the text

saivann added a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 1, 2013

Merge pull request #278 from bitcoin/bootstrap
Add bootstrap.dat to the download page

@saivann saivann merged commit a218719 into master Dec 1, 2013

@saivann saivann deleted the bootstrap branch Dec 1, 2013

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