<p>Please consider using thin client, like Multibit. Your balance will be available to you after few second. You can import BitcoinQT wallet in no time.</p>

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2013-11-30T12:51:25.353Z
2013-11-30T12:51:25.353Z
Maciej Mączko
<p>What I would do in your case:</p>

<ul>
<li>download a Multibit client</li>
<li>import your "official" bitcoin wallet.dat into blockchain.info web wallet, as described here - <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/5324/how-do-i-import-private-keys-from-bitcoin-qt-to-multibit-client">How do I import private keys from Bitcoin-qt to Multibit client?</a></li>
<li>transfer to the multibit address</li>
</ul>

<p>Bitcoin-qt is notoriously slow.</p>

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2013-11-30T13:49:38.920Z
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Karel Bílek
<p>here's the story: </p>

<p>I've downloaded Bitcoin v0.8.5-beta and bought myself some bitcoins before the block downloading was finished. Now the downloading is still not finished (3 days and counting): 250k and a bit with a rate of 100 an hour or so. I' ve got a bit of an older computer so that's probably not helping. </p>

<p>Question: will I ever see my bitcoins and/or is there another way to transfer it to another wallet? Or is there a way to download the blocks faster? </p>

<p>I'm fearing that the rate of blocks created is higher then the download rate of my computer...</p>

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Receive bitcoin before block downloading is finished
Pieter
# Receive bitcoin before block downloading is finished

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-30)

here's the story:

I've downloaded Bitcoin v0.8.5-beta and bought myself some bitcoins before the block downloading was finished. Now the downloading is still not finished (3 days and counting): 250k and a bit with a rate of 100 an hour or so. I' ve got a bit of an older computer so that's probably not helping.

Question: will I ever see my bitcoins and/or is there another way to transfer it to another wallet? Or is there a way to download the blocks faster?

I'm fearing that the rate of blocks created is higher then the download rate of my computer...

**Tags:** synchronization


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-30. Score: 1

Please consider using thin client, like Multibit. Your balance will be available to you after few second. You can import BitcoinQT wallet in no time.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-11-30. Score: 0

What I would do in your case:

* download a Multibit client
* import your "official" bitcoin wallet.dat into blockchain.info web wallet, as described here - [How do I import private keys from Bitcoin-qt to Multibit client?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/5324/how-do-i-import-private-keys-from-bitcoin-qt-to-multibit-client)
* transfer to the multibit address

Bitcoin-qt is notoriously slow.


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