I uploaded to Mega the current block chain as of today, might save some new people coming
on board with the lengthy update of the wallet block by block since 2014, may hours/days.
NYC Blockchain Download Dec 14, 2017
https://mega.nz/#!RK4AVDAS!AupFu3-8QQqdWQDKTkjt5lvyO8lt51z9nOxY0IHsx8MLink no longer works: The file which you try to download doesn't exist any more.