Quote from: uki on April 10, 2016, 09:25:24 AM

I guess it is down to the settings. I run ZEIT wallet on VM, Win7, 4GB RAM with 2 cores and 32GB of free disk space. Should be more than enough to keep the syncing speed at the acceptable level.
But my point was to flag this issue as a point to discussion at some time from here. We may want to discuss block time and introduction of fixed hard-coded check point to make the issue of installing new wallet easier and thus attract new users.

Block time is the main delay for syncing and why our Blockchain is ~1 gig per year.
I played with some that have a 2½ minute block time and they do sync very fast, but man are they slow when you send your coins out.
Plus once we are used globally, the lower our block time the more transactions we will be able to deliver, avoiding the issue that BTC is currently facing.
Plus Lower Block times the more chance to stake , which should make sure the poor are never crowded out from staking by the rich.
45 seconds is only 15 second more , but % wise ~33% more time, which would improve sync speeds while staying close enough to the original 30 second block time, that few if any will notice a speed difference in sending coins, plus yearly a smaller growth in the block chain and a higher difficulty # making our coin more secure.
Ray does add a new fixed hard-coded check point in every new wallet, personally I would not mind a rolling checkpoint be added someday (After say every 500 blocks the wallet would refuse a reorganization).

It is becoming apparent, that their will need to be 3rd parties players involved in the future that makes things easier.
Even thru I would prefer it if ZEIT stayed completely under everyone's personal control.
This making it easier for the general public is going to require web wallets & mobile access to said wallets in a style similar to coinbase and beyond their current efforts.
Plus a connection to Debit style cards and 3rd partys running internal transactions that may not show up on the ZEIT blockchain, but will have a fortunate side effect of giving us the ability to scale on an infinite level, not restrained by any block speed or transactions limit.
Our Main Focus will be making sure ZEIT runs as stable and reliable as possible , but the final easy solutions will be provided by a 3rd party.

Cool