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Re: Is it normal that Bitcoin Core wallet takes hours to verify blocks and start?
by
ajareselde
on 26/06/2014, 12:14:35 UTC
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?

if you have a slower computer it is normal, but only first time you run it.  blocks being verified are allready downloaded, and after that is done, client will download the rest of them.
if you dont have the time or patience , just use some online wallet if you dont have 10k+ usd funds there.

cheers