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.Most of the fixes are on the sender’s side, so if you were downloading from a 0.1.5 node, some problems are still there. It’ll get better as the network upgrades to 0.2.
How long did the initial download take?
About 1,5h.
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/.