# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-10-02 01:55:33
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46493.msg553778#msg553778

The new QT GUI (in git HEAD) has a nifty block-chain-download-progress indicator. @p{par}

I'd like to pull together a version 0.5 release candidate and start testing it early next week. @p{par}

Maybe the big feature for version 0.6 can be fast initial download (I'm thinking the best thing to do for brand-new, starting-with-an-empty-wallet installations is to download only block headers, function as a 'lightweight' client, and 'backfill' full blocks until you're caught up with the full chain@p{--} then function as a 'full' client). @p{brk}