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() < 1 || params.size() > 2)
        throw runtime_error(
            "getblockheader \"hash\" ( verbose )\n"
            "\nIf verbose is false, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for blockheader 'hash'.\n"
            "If verbose is true, returns an Object with information about blockheader <hash>.\n"
            "\nArguments:\n"
            "1. \"hash\"          (string, required) The block hash\n"
            "2. verbose           (boolean, optional, default=true) true for a json object, false for the hex encoded data\n"
            "\nResult (for verbose = true):\n"
            "{\n"
            "  \"hash\" : \"hash\",     (string) the block hash (same as provided)\n"
            "  \"confirmations\" : n,   (numeric) The number of confirmations, or -1 if the block is not on the main chain\n"
            "  \"height\" : n,          (numeric) The block height or index\n"
            "  \"version\" : n,         (numeric) The block version\n"
            "  \"versionHex\" : \"00000000\", (string) The block version formatted in hexadecimal\n"
            "  \"merkleroot\" : \"xxxx\", (string) The merkle root\n"
            "  \"time\" : ttt,          (numeric) The block time in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT)\n"
            "  \"mediantime\" : ttt,    (numeric) The median block time in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT)\n"
            "  \"nonce\" : n,           (numeric) The nonce\n"
            "  \"bits\" : \"1d00ffff\", (string) The bits\n"