# Gavin Andresen # 2011-06-06 02:11:28 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=12440.msg173189#msg173189 First, don't sudo; there is no reason for bitcoin to run as root. @p{par} Second: it isn't done downloading the block chain. I just checked a bitcoind I've got running on an Amazon micro instance, and it is using less than 1% of the CPU. After you've got all 128,909 blocks the CPU usage should drop. @p{par}