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Re: First time installing bitcoin core...any idea on how long it will take to sync?
by
Turner77
on 24/07/2017, 13:15:35 UTC
I've installed bitcoin core 0.14.2 on my desktop (AMD FX-8300 w/8GB RAM).

It's been running for three days now and I am seeing a Progress of about 56.77%.

Any idea on how long it will take to finish syncing?

Thanks!

why not using another wallet like electrum
need time one weeks for download synch blockchain

I have other BTC wallets, but I want to run Bitcoin Core and support the network.

The sync is making steady but slow progress.  From the system monitoring I've done, my network connection doesn't seem to be a bottleneck. 

This is the first time I've installed Bitcoin Core, so I wasn't sure how long the first blockchain download would be.

Thanks for the replies!