That is correct. You can check progress as soon as you start your wallet.
Just go to the folder where you placed the bootstrap.dat
You will see blk0001.dat & blkindex.dat size increase.

Just drag/drop the original bootstrap.dat file back into your folder & launch.
(I ran the full sync about 8 hours ago and it worked well, no need to restart)

Note - You can see your progress in the appdata/roaming/Bitstar folder as it
reads from the bootstrap file.
 

Before you delete blk/index.dat try at least one wallet re-start (if you have not already)
just to confirm that it is hanging at the same block height.

There is the possibility that one exchange is affected as well.
I just sent a withdraw from Crypto-Trade.com and nothing after 1 hour.  
Edit- Ticket submitted / problem solved

You could do a full resynch which will work.

-Go to appdata/roaming and back up your wallet.dat & Bitstar.conf file (if you have a conf file) delete everything else.

-Download bootstrap here - http://www.bitstarcoin.com/bootstrap.dat

-Drag and drop bootstrap.dat into your appdata/roaming/Bitstar folder

-Launch wallet - expect about 4 hours to synch

-After synch your bootstrap.dat will be renamed as bootstrap.dat.old which you can safely delete to get back drive space.

Edit - dollux, go to Help/Debug/Console type   repairwallet  if you see a balance mismatch after a full resynch.

The right-hand version of the logo is interesting as it adds depth to the image. My only complaint
about the original logo is that it looked to "flat/no depth", perhaps because of the color (contrast).
The "dark" version looks interesting as well, different contrast.

Nice payout, thanks dev.  

New forum/social network - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=809379.0

Is anyone interested in creating a Bitstar Page/Group?
http://coinblab.com/groups

Tomatocoin
Potatocoin
Dafuqcoin

Nice Bonus, Cryptoday have been very generous with payouts.

I'll set up a V2 Giveaway after the current one runs out, smaller payouts but can remain active throughout the week.

Bootstrap is to help you synch faster (local file vs remote peer). Your balance should appear when you complete the update.
If your balance is still off after updating, Go to Help>Debug Window. In the console type   repairwallet

Richlist - Very nice / live updating 

Bitstar Giveaway just added - https://www.crypto-trade.com/giveaways

BITSTAR-Giveaway

https://www.crypto-trade.com/giveaways

*NOTE - For claiming free coins you need to be logged in to your Crypto-Trade account and have a trade history of at least 3 trades

If we win voting today, I will set up a Giveaway as soon as we are listed.
I just need people to promote it on twitter/reddit/fb etc.

If we are accepted today, it would be nice to set up a Giveaway as a promo...
https://www.crypto-trade.com/giveaways

I submitted a request to have Bitstar added to  - http://www.shapeshift.io

This service would allow for very quick Doge/LTC/BTC/Dark/Peer conversion in and out of Bitstar. No account/sign-up is needed.
It would be interesting to hear the Bitstar devs thoughts on this service including an in-wallet version.

Shapeshift.io contact info  - https://twitter.com/ShapeShift_io
                                    - mail@shapeshift.io

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=717973.0

Edit- I did receive a reply from Shapeshift. Their response was - they are working
hard to add cryptos they deem to be a priority.

Wallet is fine. Try adding a conf file.

fairbyte.conf

rpcuser=rpcuser
rpcpassword=rpcpassword
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
testnet=0
addnode=107.170.80.146
addnode=188.226.179.119
addnode=178.62.57.109