Found something I felt I had to fix with the initial block download. Do you mind testing an initial block download again?
The first time I tried it on Windows, the initial download took a few
minutes to start, even though it got many connections quickly. I tried
again twice, and didn’t have the same problem again. I don’t know
whether it’s related to your latest update or not.
On Ubuntu it worked fine.
Hope this isn’t in the middle of your final exams right now.
Well actually it is, but it’s not too bad. Time is a matter of arrangement.
Source: Published by Martti Malmi on GitHub in February 2024 as part of his testimony in the COPA v. Wright trial. The full correspondence archive is available at mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/.