user78: Are there concrete plans for the official client to be able to download just a portion of the blockchain?
By concrete I mean what's the issue tracking this on github, is there a planned version for it?

user94: Gavin has stated that he wishes to pull features in the version .5 release candidate this weeks.  He further states maybe the version .6 release will have it as a killer feature.

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-- then function as a 'full' client)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46493.msg553778#msg553778

78: <p>Are there concrete plans for the official client to be able to download just a portion of the blockchain?</p>

<p>By concrete I mean what's the issue tracking this on github, is there a planned version for it?</p>
 94: <p>Gavin has stated that he wishes to pull features in the version .5 release candidate this weeks.  He further states maybe the version .6 release will have it as a killer feature.</p>

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  <p>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-- then function as a 'full' client)</p>
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