<p>The bitcoin daemon takes around 24 hours on a good server to sync to the network. During this time CPU usage is very high as it is verifying the blockchain from scratch.</p>

<p>Once synced, bitcoind is a far lighter program.</p>

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2014-02-12T12:22:07.940Z
2014-02-12T12:22:07.940Z
Hugh M Halford-Thompson
<p>we run a Bitcoin Daemon on a Linode server.</p>

<p>We're seeing huge CPU usage to the point its crashing our server.</p>

<p>We're not mining, simply running a node.</p>

<p>Can you help?</p>

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2013-04-18T07:36:31.883Z
Can you please add details such as client version and whether you are using a bootstrap file or downloading and verifying the blockchain from scratch?  Or is the blockchain already up to date?
eMansipater
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Bitcoin Daemon Syncing Crashing Server. CPU through the roof
BitWarrior
# Bitcoin Daemon Syncing Crashing Server. CPU through the roof

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-16)

we run a Bitcoin Daemon on a Linode server.

We're seeing huge CPU usage to the point its crashing our server.

We're not mining, simply running a node.

Can you help?

**Tags:** bitcoind

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you please add details such as client version and whether you are using a bootstrap file or downloading and verifying the blockchain from scratch?  Or is the blockchain already up to date?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-12. Score: 1

The bitcoin daemon takes around 24 hours on a good server to sync to the network. During this time CPU usage is very high as it is verifying the blockchain from scratch.

Once synced, bitcoind is a far lighter program.


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