Still possible to bootstrap blockchain via Torrent?

[taera249]

Chances are, if you were to download the bootstrap using an external source, the process would take longer than if you synchronized it using the client. The client can synchronize and download the Blockchain from your peers simultaneously. This would be way faster as opposed to if you were to get the outdated bootstrap and have the client verify it at the end.

If you want any significant speedup, you would have to find someone with a pre-validated data directory so that your client won't have to validate it all over again. I wouldn't consider this as secure as the other methods though.