I just started up geth after importing my presale wallet. I'm getting a lot of block import messages like this:
I0305 17:40:03.815435 10833 blockchain.go:1251] imported 256 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 1162 txs in 3.915381827s. #1083988 [3ff3cc37 / 5db2cea7]
I0305 17:40:08.434452 10833 blockchain.go:1251] imported 256 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 1350 txs in 4.618004564s. #1084244 [55d6cbb2 / 722f56a4]
I0305 17:40:12.582012 10833 blockchain.go:1251] imported 256 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 1274 txs in 4.146564747s. #1084500 [fe0f2e27 / ca63792c]
I0305 17:40:15.234566 10833 blockchain.go:1251] imported 256 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 1262 txs in 2.645272129s. #1084756 [03653029 / 761d29e0]
I assume this means that my client is still downloading the blockchain. Is there a way I can tell how much longer this is going to take and how much space it will take on my machine? Is anything done to conserve space such as block compression and/or digesting?
eth.syncing
will give you an indication: ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/424/42