Re: Is it normal that Bitcoin Core wallet takes hours to verify blocks and start?

I installed Bitcoin Core on my laptop and copied ~22GB of bitcoin data from my PC (blocks folder, chainstate folder, wallet.dat ...)
I launched Bitcoin more than 6 hours ago and its still hasn't started. Task Manager shows that its using %60+ CPU and 500-600 MB RAM resources.

Is that normal?

Yes, it usually will take ~1 day to download the whole blockchain. Once downloaded your computer will serve as a full node while QT is open.

I think OP has already downloaded the full blockchain, the QT is rescanning now, not downloading blocks.

He is asking if it is normal to take hours to start so that is implying that he is still downloading the blockchain.

If he had downloaded the blockchain but kept QT off for several days/weeks then it would need to download the blocks that it had not previously downloaded.

That is a possibility, however, OP stated that it didn't start for 6 hours, if it is syncing, shouldn't it be showing at least the interface?