<p>The importing process is not instant, every block from the bootstrap.dat has to be verified first.</p>

<p>You could be looking at this process of verification.</p>

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2014-07-22T20:42:08.117Z
But how do I know that Iam in a process of verifaction. It just looks like its synchronizing like it does without the bootstrap.dat. Is this normal?
user3055277
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2014-07-22T22:38:54.450Z
The most important distinction would be that it goes faster :-)
gosuto
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2014-07-23T01:36:58.473Z
The latest version shows network activity graph. That should be 0 or low when merely verifying.
Jannes
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2014-07-22T20:40:01.290Z
2014-07-22T20:40:01.290Z
gosuto
<ul>
<li><p>I have downloaded the bootstrap.dat torrent to make bitcoin qt synchronize faster.</p></li>
<li><p>I have searched the bitcoin directory by writing in the Run Application "explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin"</p></li>
<li><p>I have dropped the bootstrap.dat file in there. (other files/maps in there are, blocks, chainstate, .lock, db, debug, peers.dat, wallet.dat/</p></li>
<li><p>I have opened the bitcoin qt program through Start.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>And the bitcoin qt is not importing the bootstrap.dat. It just start synchronizing from 5 years.</p>

<p>Can someone tell me how to solve this</p>

<bitcoin-core><bootstrap.dat>
How to make bootstrap.dat work with bitcoin qt
user3055277
# How to make bootstrap.dat work with bitcoin qt

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-22)

* I have downloaded the bootstrap.dat torrent to make bitcoin qt synchronize faster.
* I have searched the bitcoin directory by writing in the Run Application "explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin"
* I have dropped the bootstrap.dat file in there. (other files/maps in there are, blocks, chainstate, .lock, db, debug, peers.dat, wallet.dat/
* I have opened the bitcoin qt program through Start.

And the bitcoin qt is not importing the bootstrap.dat. It just start synchronizing from 5 years.

Can someone tell me how to solve this

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bootstrap.dat


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-22. Score: 1

The importing process is not instant, every block from the bootstrap.dat has to be verified first.

You could be looking at this process of verification.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: But how do I know that Iam in a process of verifaction. It just looks like its synchronizing like it does without the bootstrap.dat. Is this normal?  
> **username_1**: The most important distinction would be that it goes faster :-)  
> **username_2**: The latest version shows network activity graph. That should be 0 or low when merely verifying.  

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