diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
index 92a511adb9..5bd1517091 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
@@ -109,13 +109,24 @@ QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Error: Disk space is low!"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Error: Transaction creation failed!"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Error: Wallet locked, unable to create transaction!"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Error: could not start node"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Error: system error: "),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to listen on any port. Use -listen=0 if you want this."),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to read block info"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to read block"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to sync block index"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write block index"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write block info"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write block"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write file info"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write to coin database"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write transaction index"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Failed to write undo data"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Fee per KB to add to transactions you send"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Find peers using internet relay chat (default: 0)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Generate coins"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Get help for a command"),
-QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "How many blocks to check at startup (default: 2500, 0 = all)"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Importing blocks from block database..."),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file"),
@@ -163,6 +174,7 @@ QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (d
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Specify data directory"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Specify pid file (default: bitcoind.pid)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Specify your own public address"),
+QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "System error: "),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "This help message"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "To use the %s option"),
diff --git a/src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts b/src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
index 4895e9ba4e..18249b1669 100644
--- a/src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
+++ b/src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
         <translation>&lt;b&gt;Bitcoin&lt;/b&gt; version</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+41"/>
-        <source>Copyright © 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers</source>
-        <translation>Copyright © 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers</translation>
-    </message>
-    <message>
-        <location line="+13"/>
+        <location line="+57"/>
         <source>
 This is experimental software.
 
@@ -34,6 +29,16 @@ Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file COPYIN
 
 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/) and cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.</translation>
     </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="../aboutdialog.cpp" line="+17"/>
+        <source>Copyright</source>
+        <translation>Copyright</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+0"/>
+        <source>2009-%1 The Bitcoin developers</source>
+        <translation>2009-%1 The Bitcoin developers</translation>
+    </message>
 </context>
 <context>
     <name>AddressBookPage</name>
@@ -713,7 +718,7 @@ Address: %4
 <context>
     <name>ClientModel</name>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../clientmodel.cpp" line="+86"/>
+        <location filename="../clientmodel.cpp" line="+89"/>
         <source>Network Alert</source>
         <translation>Network Alert</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2174,12 +2179,12 @@ Address: %4
         <translation>Bitcoin version</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+83"/>
+        <location line="+95"/>
         <source>Usage:</source>
         <translation>Usage:</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-23"/>
+        <location line="-24"/>
         <source>Send command to -server or bitcoind</source>
         <translation>Send command to -server or bitcoind</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2214,12 +2219,12 @@ Address: %4
         <translation>Generate coins</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-15"/>
+        <location line="-26"/>
         <source>Don&apos;t generate coins</source>
         <translation>Don&apos;t generate coins</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+62"/>
+        <location line="+73"/>
         <source>Specify data directory</source>
         <translation>Specify data directory</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2239,22 +2244,22 @@ Address: %4
         <translation>Maintain at most &lt;n&gt; connections to peers (default: 125)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-35"/>
+        <location line="-46"/>
         <source>Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect</source>
         <translation>Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+66"/>
+        <location line="+77"/>
         <source>Specify your own public address</source>
         <translation>Specify your own public address</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+2"/>
+        <location line="+3"/>
         <source>Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)</source>
         <translation>Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-117"/>
+        <location line="-129"/>
         <source>Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)</source>
         <translation>Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2274,17 +2279,17 @@ Address: %4
         <translation>Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+63"/>
+        <location line="+74"/>
         <source>Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands</source>
         <translation>Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+31"/>
+        <location line="+32"/>
         <source>Use the test network</source>
         <translation>Use the test network</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-93"/>
+        <location line="-105"/>
         <source>Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)</source>
         <translation>Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2425,16 +2430,76 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
     </message>
     <message>
         <location line="+2"/>
+        <source>Error: system error: </source>
+        <translation>Error: system error: </translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
         <source>Failed to listen on any port. Use -listen=0 if you want this.</source>
         <translation>Failed to listen on any port. Use -listen=0 if you want this.</translation>
     </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to read block info</source>
+        <translation>Failed to read block info</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to read block</source>
+        <translation>Failed to read block</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to sync block index</source>
+        <translation>Failed to sync block index</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write block index</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write block index</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write block info</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write block info</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write block</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write block</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write file info</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write file info</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write to coin database</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write to coin database</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write transaction index</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write transaction index</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
+        <source>Failed to write undo data</source>
+        <translation>Failed to write undo data</translation>
+    </message>
     <message>
         <location line="+2"/>
         <source>Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)</source>
         <translation>Find peers using DNS lookup (default: 1 unless -connect)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+5"/>
+        <location line="+4"/>
+        <source>How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)</source>
+        <translation>How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)</translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+1"/>
         <source>How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3)</source>
         <translation>How thorough the block verification is (0-4, default: 3)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2544,7 +2609,12 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+13"/>
+        <location line="+4"/>
+        <source>System error: </source>
+        <translation>System error: </translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location line="+10"/>
         <source>Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)</source>
         <translation>Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2584,32 +2654,32 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>wallet.dat corrupt, salvage failed</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-44"/>
+        <location line="-45"/>
         <source>Password for JSON-RPC connections</source>
         <translation>Password for JSON-RPC connections</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-54"/>
+        <location line="-65"/>
         <source>Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address</source>
         <translation>Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+63"/>
+        <location line="+74"/>
         <source>Send commands to node running on &lt;ip&gt; (default: 127.0.0.1)</source>
         <translation>Send commands to node running on &lt;ip&gt; (default: 127.0.0.1)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-106"/>
+        <location line="-117"/>
         <source>Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)</source>
         <translation>Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+127"/>
+        <location line="+139"/>
         <source>Upgrade wallet to latest format</source>
         <translation>Upgrade wallet to latest format</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-15"/>
+        <location line="-16"/>
         <source>Set key pool size to &lt;n&gt; (default: 100)</source>
         <translation>Set key pool size to &lt;n&gt; (default: 100)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2619,17 +2689,12 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-27"/>
-        <source>How many blocks to check at startup (default: 2500, 0 = all)</source>
-        <translation>How many blocks to check at startup (default: 2500, 0 = all)</translation>
-    </message>
-    <message>
-        <location line="+56"/>
+        <location line="+30"/>
         <source>Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections</source>
         <translation>Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-20"/>
+        <location line="-21"/>
         <source>Server certificate file (default: server.cert)</source>
         <translation>Server certificate file (default: server.cert)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2639,12 +2704,12 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Server private key (default: server.pem)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-136"/>
+        <location line="-147"/>
         <source>Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)</source>
         <translation>Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+147"/>
+        <location line="+159"/>
         <source>This help message</source>
         <translation>This help message</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2654,7 +2719,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Unable to bind to %s on this computer (bind returned error %d, %s)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-71"/>
+        <location line="-83"/>
         <source>Connect through socks proxy</source>
         <translation>Connect through socks proxy</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2664,12 +2729,12 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+43"/>
+        <location line="+54"/>
         <source>Loading addresses...</source>
         <translation>Loading addresses...</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-25"/>
+        <location line="-36"/>
         <source>Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet corrupted</source>
         <translation>Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet corrupted</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2679,7 +2744,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Error loading wallet.dat: Wallet requires newer version of Bitcoin</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+74"/>
+        <location line="+86"/>
         <source>Verifying block database integrity...</source>
         <translation>Verifying block database integrity...</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2694,17 +2759,17 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Wallet needed to be rewritten: restart Bitcoin to complete</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-78"/>
+        <location line="-90"/>
         <source>Error loading wallet.dat</source>
         <translation>Error loading wallet.dat</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+20"/>
+        <location line="+31"/>
         <source>Invalid -proxy address: &apos;%s&apos;</source>
         <translation>Invalid -proxy address: &apos;%s&apos;</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+47"/>
+        <location line="+48"/>
         <source>Unknown network specified in -onlynet: &apos;%s&apos;</source>
         <translation>Unknown network specified in -onlynet: &apos;%s&apos;</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2714,7 +2779,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Unknown -socks proxy version requested: %i</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-76"/>
+        <location line="-88"/>
         <source>Cannot resolve -bind address: &apos;%s&apos;</source>
         <translation>Cannot resolve -bind address: &apos;%s&apos;</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2724,17 +2789,17 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Cannot resolve -externalip address: &apos;%s&apos;</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+31"/>
+        <location line="+42"/>
         <source>Invalid amount for -paytxfee=&lt;amount&gt;: &apos;%s&apos;</source>
         <translation>Invalid amount for -paytxfee=&lt;amount&gt;: &apos;%s&apos;</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-15"/>
+        <location line="-26"/>
         <source>Error: could not start node</source>
         <translation>Error: could not start node</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+16"/>
+        <location line="+27"/>
         <source>Invalid amount</source>
         <translation>Invalid amount</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2749,7 +2814,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Loading block index...</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-45"/>
+        <location line="-56"/>
         <source>Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open</source>
         <translation>Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2759,7 +2824,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Unable to bind to %s on this computer. Bitcoin is probably already running.</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+54"/>
+        <location line="+65"/>
         <source>Find peers using internet relay chat (default: 0)</source>
         <translation>Find peers using internet relay chat (default: 0)</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2774,7 +2839,7 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Loading wallet...</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-40"/>
+        <location line="-51"/>
         <source>Cannot downgrade wallet</source>
         <translation>Cannot downgrade wallet</translation>
     </message>
@@ -2789,22 +2854,22 @@ If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
         <translation>Cannot write default address</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+50"/>
+        <location line="+61"/>
         <source>Rescanning...</source>
         <translation>Rescanning...</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-44"/>
+        <location line="-55"/>
         <source>Done loading</source>
         <translation>Done loading</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="+66"/>
+        <location line="+78"/>
         <source>To use the %s option</source>
         <translation>To use the %s option</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location line="-61"/>
+        <location line="-73"/>
         <source>Error</source>
         <translation>Error</translation>
     </message>