I've spent the night sleeping on an uncomfortable sofa because I didn't want to sleep next my computer fan, and all for nothing because this thing was at 7% only. I closed it and opened it again, back to 0%. My chainstate folder is 6GB. Fuck this thing. I wanted the Bitcoin Core equivalent for Ethereum and I've only experienced frustration thus far.
Is there any safe way to store ETH any other way? by the time I get a functional Ethereum wallet going Vitalik will have gained weight.
Synchronisation of my client took three and a half days. Closing the client and reopen it made the synchronisation progress report sometimes kidding for a while. Let the synchronisation run, run, run. Relax and no haste. If needed, store your computer outside your sleeping room...
No haste? this was supposed to be a move to protect from BTC shitstorm, I need it to be quicker.
What about parity? i've read it syncs faster:
www.parity.ioI downloaded InstallParity.exe, but I don't know where I can verify the checksum of this file to guarantee I downloaded the real file.. am I taking crazy pills? why is it so hard to get things done right?
EDit: anyway I figured it out. Downloaded it from here:
https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.6.4The MD5 from the parity.io website is not the same, so I would be worried if I downloaded it from that site but whatever.