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Taras: Taras moved page Talk:Getting started installing bitcoin-qt to Help talk:Installing Bitcoin Core

2015-08-18T01:41:16Z

Taras moved page Talk:Getting started installing bitcoin-qt to Help talk:Installing Bitcoin Core

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	== Downloading every block ever created ==		== Downloading every block ever created ==

	It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks		It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks {{unsigned\|KryChek\|08:29, 25 June 2011‎}}

Nobody: /* online wallet */

2013-01-09T14:37:18Z

online wallet

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	It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks		It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks

	~~== online wallet ==~~

	~~Online wallet is good idea for newbies.~~
	~~Some examples should be listed !~~

Nobody: /* online wallet */ new section

2013-01-09T14:36:28Z

online wallet: new section

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	It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks		It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks

			== online wallet ==

			Online wallet is good idea for newbies.
			Some examples should be listed !

Ripper234: Ripper234 moved page Talk:Getting started to Talk:Getting started installing bitcoin-qt: Original title is too general.

2012-07-14T04:52:48Z

Ripper234 moved page Talk:Getting started to Talk:Getting started installing bitcoin-qt: Original title is too general.

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Krychek: added: Downloading every block ever created

2011-06-25T08:29:38Z

added: Downloading every block ever created

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	:::It's fine because we're all trying to make everything better :) and it's good to hash everything out to show the reasoning. By having this here then every contributor can make better edits for this page. I also wanted to show you I wasn't trying to be an ass. [[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 20:29, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		:::It's fine because we're all trying to make everything better :) and it's good to hash everything out to show the reasoning. By having this here then every contributor can make better edits for this page. I also wanted to show you I wasn't trying to be an ass. [[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 20:29, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

			== Downloading every block ever created ==

			It took me about 8-12 hours to download every block after I first started the bitcoin client. (I don't have a slow internet connection) Since bitcoin is still young I consider this amount of time very long. What will happen if bitcoin really goes mainstream? Is it really necessary that everyone stores every transaction ever happened? It will be gigabytes of data on everyones computer and will take really long time to download it. Will bitcoin change to handle this issue? Can someone add this information to this wiki? Thanks

Genjix: /* nanotube changes */

2011-01-09T20:36:51Z

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	:: Genjix, dude, you just wasted a whole bunch of your time trying to comment on bits of page that are no longer even there. As per your and mt's feedback regarding the desired simplicity of this page, I have already moved the 'more detailed' intro to a separate page. So just let it go, and do what you think is best on the 'getting started' page. --[[User:Nanotube\|Nanotube]] 17:58, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		:: Genjix, dude, you just wasted a whole bunch of your time trying to comment on bits of page that are no longer even there. As per your and mt's feedback regarding the desired simplicity of this page, I have already moved the 'more detailed' intro to a separate page. So just let it go, and do what you think is best on the 'getting started' page. --[[User:Nanotube\|Nanotube]] 17:58, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

	:::It's fine because we're all trying to make everything better :) and it's good to hash everything out to show the reasoning. By having this here then every contributor can make better edits for this page. [[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 20:29, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		:::It's fine because we're all trying to make everything better :) and it's good to hash everything out to show the reasoning. By having this here then every contributor can make better edits for this page. I also wanted to show you I wasn't trying to be an ass. [[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 20:29, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

Genjix at 20:29, 9 January 2011

2011-01-09T20:29:21Z

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	:: Genjix, dude, you just wasted a whole bunch of your time trying to comment on bits of page that are no longer even there. As per your and mt's feedback regarding the desired simplicity of this page, I have already moved the 'more detailed' intro to a separate page. So just let it go, and do what you think is best on the 'getting started' page. --[[User:Nanotube\|Nanotube]] 17:58, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		:: Genjix, dude, you just wasted a whole bunch of your time trying to comment on bits of page that are no longer even there. As per your and mt's feedback regarding the desired simplicity of this page, I have already moved the 'more detailed' intro to a separate page. So just let it go, and do what you think is best on the 'getting started' page. --[[User:Nanotube\|Nanotube]] 17:58, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

			:::It's fine because we're all trying to make everything better :) and it's good to hash everything out to show the reasoning. By having this here then every contributor can make better edits for this page. [[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 20:29, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

Nanotube: respond to genjix

2011-01-09T17:58:25Z

respond to genjix

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	[[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 16:27, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		[[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 16:27, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

			:: Genjix, dude, you just wasted a whole bunch of your time trying to comment on bits of page that are no longer even there. As per your and mt's feedback regarding the desired simplicity of this page, I have already moved the 'more detailed' intro to a separate page. So just let it go, and do what you think is best on the 'getting started' page. --[[User:Nanotube\|Nanotube]] 17:58, 9 January 2011 (GMT)

Genjix at 16:28, 9 January 2011

2011-01-09T16:28:02Z

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	I'm assuming your linked page is the up-to-date version:		I'm assuming your linked page is the up-to-date version:
	"This is a step-by-step tutorial to help new users start using bitcoin. After you read this page, you'll know the basics of what bitcoin is and how it is structured, how to get and install the bitcoin client, where to get coins, and how to use the client to send and receive transactions."
			:"This is a step-by-step tutorial to help new users start using bitcoin. After you read this page, you'll know the basics of what bitcoin is and how it is structured, how to get and install the bitcoin client, where to get coins, and how to use the client to send and receive transactions."

	This is fluff. It's obvious by glancing at the contents that it's a step-by-step. People know it's for bitcoin (they're on a bitcoin website). The rest can be shortened to "use Bitcoin" and is redundant.		This is fluff. It's obvious by glancing at the contents that it's a step-by-step. People know it's for bitcoin (they're on a bitcoin website). The rest can be shortened to "use Bitcoin" and is redundant.

	"Choose the appropriate link depending on your operating system, and install in the usual manner. For Windows, easiest is probably the executable installer. For Linux, note that the tar.gz contains the binary build, in addition to the source, so if you run a recent distribution, you should be able to just run the binary without compiling yourself."		:"Choose the appropriate link depending on your operating system, and install in the usual manner. For Windows, easiest is probably the executable installer. For Linux, note that the tar.gz contains the binary build, in addition to the source, so if you run a recent distribution, you should be able to just run the binary without compiling yourself."

	Linux users will be more saavy. We don't need to mix the Windows and Linux sections. We can add a new section for Linux but I haven't done so yet as I'm sure Linux user know how to unpack a gzip file and run a binary.		Linux users will be more saavy. We don't need to mix the Windows and Linux sections. We can add a new section for Linux but I haven't done so yet as I'm sure Linux user know how to unpack a gzip file and run a binary.

	"Bitcoin comes with a GUI client called "bitcoin", and a CLI (text-mode) client called "bitcoind". It is probably more user-friendly to start with the GUI, so launch the bitcoin client. [insert screenshot of client]."		:"Bitcoin comes with a GUI client called "bitcoin", and a CLI (text-mode) client called "bitcoind". It is probably more user-friendly to start with the GUI, so launch the bitcoin client. [insert screenshot of client]."

	Erm, why do users need to even know about bitcoind? TMI.		Erm, why do users need to even know about bitcoind? TMI.

	"Your starting bitcoin address (you can have as many as you want - we'll talk about addresses later) shows in a text box at the top. Right below it is your total bitcoin balance, which, of course, to start with will be zero. There is a list box below it showing all your transactions, which can be variously filtered with tabs, which again will be empty to start with."		:"Your starting bitcoin address (you can have as many as you want - we'll talk about addresses later) shows in a text box at the top. Right below it is your total bitcoin balance, which, of course, to start with will be zero. There is a list box below it showing all your transactions, which can be variously filtered with tabs, which again will be empty to start with."

	Will merge this into the main text.		Will merge this into the main text.

	"The status bar at the bottom will display some important information. If you have bitcoin generation (block hashing) turned on, on the left the client will display your hash rate. To the right of that, you will see the number of bitcoin nodes your client is connected to, then, the number of blocks your client has in its chain, and finally, the number of transactions you have in your wallet."		:"The status bar at the bottom will display some important information. If you have bitcoin generation (block hashing) turned on, on the left the client will display your hash rate. To the right of that, you will see the number of bitcoin nodes your client is connected to, then, the number of blocks your client has in its chain, and finally, the number of transactions you have in your wallet."

	Too much too fast. The block chain can be alluded too, but throwing in those words like "generation", "block hashing", "nodes" and "hash rate" = scary. No need for it. Especially since a new user will have no idea what these are because they haven't yet been explained. Pointless to include it here.		Too much too fast. The block chain can be alluded too, but throwing in those words like "generation", "block hashing", "nodes" and "hash rate" = scary. No need for it. Especially since a new user will have no idea what these are because they haven't yet been explained. Pointless to include it here.

	"There are few things more exciting than getting your first bitcoins! So once you have all the blocks downloaded, head on over to the bitcoin faucet, fill out the form and put in your bitcoin address, and receive your free bitcoin! (You can do this before finishing the block chain download, but you won't see the coins in your wallet until you finish downloading the blocks... which would put a damper on the whole excitement bit.) Once you submit the form successfully, you should see a new transaction in your client within seconds."		:"There are few things more exciting than getting your first bitcoins! So once you have all the blocks downloaded, head on over to the bitcoin faucet, fill out the form and put in your bitcoin address, and receive your free bitcoin! (You can do this before finishing the block chain download, but you won't see the coins in your wallet until you finish downloading the blocks... which would put a damper on the whole excitement bit.) Once you submit the form successfully, you should see a new transaction in your client within seconds."

	The pictures adequately explain this, and this text would just be extra filler that's uneeded (as already the pictures have guided you through this).		The pictures adequately explain this, and this text would just be extra filler that's uneeded (as already the pictures have guided you through this).

	"But it will be grayed out, and have 0/unconfirmed status. What's up with that? Read on."		:"But it will be grayed out, and have 0/unconfirmed status. What's up with that? Read on."

	Already in the main text.		Already in the main text.

	[[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 16:27, 9 January 2011 (GMT)		[[User:Genjix\|Genjix]] 16:27, 9 January 2011 (GMT)