How to download the blockchain quickly? Stuck at 3 years...
Did you tried using dooglus' bootstrap?
Problems Getting Sync'd with the Network?The following file may be placed in the data direcrory. Then, simply restart the client:
dooglus' Bootstrap:
Bootstrap Post I heard from other people that used this method, it will speed up the process, but still it will take some time to sync. dunno how updated the bootstrap.dat is because I asked someone about the blockchain size file and he seems to be stuck in the same point as you.