Maybe the front page and website should be updated with an installation file that has the proper peers.dat file in it for everyone from the gate, rather than people needing to learn to search somewhere else... to go somewhere else... to get something else... to replace something else... and so on.
Ideally, the installation file would also create a basic .config file for both Mac and Windows. It would solve all of this.
No it wouldn't like i said.. its your system problem, not the wallet itself. Its just some random people in here who don't know how to configure their system. Then blame their wallet for not syncing correctly.
If this would be really a global problem then we wouldn't have such strong staking network. At the moment the network weight is at
120000And it could be a LOT higher if you didn't simply assume people have messed up systems and all know as much as you do. That isn't the problem. My system is perfectly fine, and not everyone knows as much (or even close to as much) as you probably do. I still had trouble on three different computers, all with perfectly fine systems, one of them a brand new OS installation. The problem is that people with limited knowledge should be able to plug and play, but a lot of them can't. The numbers would go through the roof if they could. If all that is stopping that from happening is creating a SLIGHTLY better installation file, it's stupid not to do that. Why are you against that?
What happens after a price rise like BTCD just had is that a bunch of new people come in the door, lots without any advanced knowledge (other than being able to read a chart). Why not do everything possible to keep them? If they purchase BTCD, and then try (and fail) to get the wallet going on their computer, what do you think the next logical step is for them? Spending hours searching forums and waiting for people to reply to their posts? No, it's pressing the "sell" button.