j"1LAnZuoQdcKCkpDBKQMCgziGMoPC4VQUckM;<div class="post"><div class="quoteheader"><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1931.msg24664#msg24664">Quote from: RHorning on November 26, 2010, 05:42:17 PM</a></div><div class="quote">The purpose of this is mainly so those who are updating to a new version can do so without having to also keep downloading the same block data, which by definition is going to grow over time.<br/></div><br/>I'm not sure how it is for you, but when I upgrade Bitcoin I don't have to re-download any blocks. It just picks up right where it left off before the upgrade.</div> text/html
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