Hey guys I'm getting frustrated with SDC. The wallet is slow and crashes constantly. I've been downloading the blockchain for 4 days now and it's only at 15%. I read the whitepaper and got excited about the tech and put over $400 into it at 74k, only to watch the price go down to 61k today. I'm on iOS X is this going to get better? I can't "cut my losses". It looks like I'm locked in this for seemingly forever... I'm sort of waking up to the trends on Bittrex now... one day it's TRON the next day it's CRAVE and then today it's some new coin called 8Bit. I thought I was investing in new and innovative tech, sort of like how bitcoin was years ago, turns out this more a of stupid game of hot potato and I'm starting to regret my purchase decision.
That's the alt-coin scene in a nutshell. It is very easy to get distracted by coins which perform much better than the ones you are invested in. But chasing those quick profits is also a good way to get burned. 74k to 60k or even 50k should be insignificant when you realize that this coin is still trading way below it's value and that most of it's potential is going to be realized in a long term process. Also keep in mind that the price spikes of the last few weeks mostly come from increased awareness, rather than announcements or new features. The real features which will define the coin and the entire project (Encrypted Chat, Market, Exchange, Mobile app and Updated Core) have yet to be released. By that time 74k will be a laughable price. Dig a little deeper in this project and you'll understand how big this will become.
As for your syncing issues ; try bootstrapping the client and run it in thin mode:
http://shadowcash.info/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1376304