It takes from 5 (shortest) to almost 40 (longest) minutes for `bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo` to return an _empty_ dict. I noticed this first whilst configuring the Statoshi branch of Bitcoin Core, but went back to install Bitcoin Core (git clone -b v0.11.2 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git) to find the same results.

```
20:10 pi@raspinode:~/bin/bitcoin.orig $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo
{
}
20:12 pi@raspinode:~/bin/bitcoin.orig $ bitcoin-cli getinfo
{
    "version" : 110200,
    "protocolversion" : 70002,
    "blocks" : 393193,
    "timeoffset" : 0,
    "connections" : 12,
    "proxy" : "",
    "difficulty" : 113354299801.47113037,
    "testnet" : false,
    "relayfee" : 0.00005000,
    "errors" : ""
}
20:17 pi@raspinode:~/bin/bitcoin.orig $
```

Raspberry Pi 2 - 1GB memory - 4 core CPU 900MHz - Blockchain on SanDisk Ultra Android microSDXC 128GB up to 80 MB/Sec Class 10

All other RPC calls through bitcoin-cli are answered promptly and correctly.
See also issue on jlopp/statoshi https://github.com/jlopp/statoshi/issues/19#issuecomment-171350739

{
    if (fHelp || params.size() != 0)
        throw runtime_error(
            "getbestblockhash\n"
            "\nReturns the hash of the best (tip) block in the longest block chain.\n"
            "\nResult\n"
            "\"hex\"      (string) the block hash hex encoded\n"
            "\nExamples\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("getbestblockhash", "")
            + HelpExampleRpc("getbestblockhash", "")
        );
    LOCK(cs_main);
    return chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().GetHex();
}
void RPCNotifyBlockChange(bool ibd, const CBlockIndex * pindex)
{
    if(pindex) {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(cs_blockchange);
        latestblock.hash = pindex->GetBlockHash();
        latestblock.height = pindex->nHeight;
    }
	cond_blockchange.notify_all();
}
UniValue waitfornewblock(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
{
    if (fHelp || params.size() > 1)
        throw runtime_error(
            "waitfornewblock\n"
            "\nWaits for a specific new block and returns useful info about it.\n"
            "\nReturns the current block on timeout or exit.\n"