Quote from: YouAreABetaProvider on October 14, 2014, 11:05:39 PM

Quote from: Mark81 on October 14, 2014, 03:40:55 AM

Quote from: visual111 on October 14, 2014, 03:26:37 AM

Quote from: Bitstar_coin on October 13, 2014, 08:32:17 PM

Just updated the official bootstrap

Download http://www.bitstarcoin.com/bootstrap.dat
Backup your wallet
Delete everything apart from wallet.dat, and config (if you have one) from your %appdata%/bitstar
copy bootstrap.dat into %appdata%/bitstar
restart wallet

Edit: Very important ... Make sure your on the current wallet

i followed these instructions. I opened my wallet 20 minutes ago and it's still at the orange Bitstar wallet loading screen. It says it is importing the bootstrap blockchain data file. how long does should this take?

It takes quite long but it's faster than loading from online. I have done it several times. Just wait patiently. You can go watch %appdata%\bitstar to see it progress. There are two files that grow in size. Don't remember them now.

Well, it seems like it's not validating anything, it seems like it's downloading stuff, its really slow.

Where do I add the bootstrap.dat and do I need to rename it? Also, this file should work on mac ok, right? Thanks.