Taping up fingers was the end of the Burt Reynolds episode <| sep |> You only want to reindex once , so pass it as a command line argument bitcoinqt reindex . If you put it in the conf file it will reindex the whole blockchain every time you start up . txindex is not what you want , txindex builds a seperate database for extra functionality . If you don ' t this extra functionality it will only slow things down for you . <| sep |> Yes , I ' m sure it is exhausting to be a parent of a special needs child . Probably even lifechanging . . in ways like severe poverty in old age , yes . Do you even know what sort of supports are offered to parents of children who will need a lot of additional help growing up , and who will never be able to live independently ? What does the area you are in , just for an example , offer ? An old friend with twin daughters , one who is ' normal , ' and one who will never be able to live alone , had a really fun time on their 21 st birthday . One was doing great , busy in university and enjoying life . The other was off to spend the rest of her life in an institution . That ' s a horror I wouldn ' t wish on anyone . And she is welloff , too . Had she been poor or even middleclass , I have no idea where the 21 yo who was never going to function as an adult might have fetched up . Have you ever seen an underfunded institution for the impoverished and mentally disabled who come from families without money . ? Why not take a tour and see about volunteering there instead of spreading ridiculous propaganda ?