<p>Are you running the latest version? (0.12 is much faster than earlier versions) On decent PC hardware with decent internet connection it should finish well within a day, I think.</p>

<p>On a PC you might want to give bitcoind a bit more memory:</p>

<pre><code>-dbcache=&lt;n&gt;    Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 100)
</code></pre>

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<p>Today is the third day, when I'm waiting for Bitcoin Core win-x64 application will sync/initialize. How long should I wait more?</p>

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Bitcoin Core initialization taking forever
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# Bitcoin Core initialization taking forever

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-29)

Today is the third day, when I'm waiting for Bitcoin Core win-x64 application will sync/initialize. How long should I wait more?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, synchronization


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-29. Score: 1

Are you running the latest version? (0.12 is much faster than earlier versions) On decent PC hardware with decent internet connection it should finish well within a day, I think.

On a PC you might want to give bitcoind a bit more memory:

```
-dbcache=<n>    Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 100)

```


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