new OS on a new box here, been...oh I don't know...year and a half since I have to set bitcoin QT up from scratch

sweet baby zombie jesus, hours and hours, I got hours to go, still 15 weeks back and the weeks are obviously getting bigger all the time

obviously this has to be a tired topic so forgive me, what are the strategies that have been proposed to deal with this?  Couple years ago it was inconvenient, now it is ridiculous, couple years from now it will be untenable.

mass adoption indeed, lol