# Re: Faster initial block download

Post by: satoshi on July 23, 2010, 08:13:27 PM

Quote from: knightmb on July 23, 2010, 07:32:58 PM

> Is there a safety reason to stop within the last 2000 blocks or can it be tweaked to stop at remaining 500 blocks for example?

Not really.  I'll change it to 1000 next time.

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