Is it possible to download the blockchain as a file up to some date? It seems it will be downloading for days... :-)
Yes it is in the first post of this thread (search for the word bootstrap). They are community-provided so I can't personally vouch for them being correct, but no problems have been reported.
Thanks, it worked smoothly and now I can see my recently mined coins... :-)
Only sad that half of my 8 GB memory is occupied...