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31 questions linked to/from How can I get a geth node to download the blockchain quickly?
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Mist is synchronizing extremely slowly on Linux Ubuntu 15.10. Any way to speed it up? [duplicate]
Mist is synchronizing extremely slowly on Linux Ubuntu 15.10. Any way to speed it up?
Current info:
Downloading block 1,081,182 of 1,521,138.
It's downloading like a few blocks per minute, tops ...
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how to make geth import faster? [duplicate]
my computer is mac and it has run geth import for about a week, and it's 4000000 block now. I have ran geth --fast before and it's slow too. I am in china, is it something i can do to make it faster?
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Ethereum Block Synchronize delay [duplicate]
I run the geth on my server. But after days, the block number is behind the network thousands. I restart, but no use.
I need remove the block and re-sync from the beginning. But later it's behind ...
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My node lags behind, and more and more so [duplicate]
A few months ago, I had no problem to synchronize my Debian node.
Now, I lag behind and I cannot catch up. There are long delays between blocks Here, a gap of several hours:
I0507 03:40:13.321969 ...
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slow start of block synchronization in geth [duplicate]
What can I improve or debug to find causes of a delayed start of the block synchronization in geth?
I am running the latest geth (1.4.5-stable-a269a713) on Ubuntu 15.10, I noticed this behavior ...
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Blockchain taking abnormally long time to download? [duplicate]
I'm a newbie to Ethereum. I initialized the download process for the Ethereum network blockchain using geth yesterday (geth --rpc). It's been nearly 20 hours and blocks are still being imported. Is ...
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Help with very slow mist sync
I have seen other posts in reddit where users experienced slow sync times. I am using windows 10 and version 3.7 (I saw on gitter that other users on windows 10 had trouble with version 3.8 crashing). ...
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What is Geth's "fast" sync, and why is it faster?
One of the answers to this question suggested using Geth's --fast flag to help quickly synchronise the block data.
How does the flag work, and how does using it speed up the synchronisation? Are we ...
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How to delete or reset the blockchain in geth? (OSX)
I have a currupt Blockchain and want to hard reset the chain. what do I need to delete in order to start downloading the chain from scratch?
I know that there are 2 ethereum folders (I am on OSX):
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geth import vs copying chaindata
I'm trying to sync my RPi 2 with the blockchain.
geth import runs quite slowly, as well as syncing from scratch.
What would be the problem in just copying the .ethereum/chaindata folder from ...
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How can I empty the blockchain?
I am trying to do a fast sync using geth --fast but I am getting this message:
blockchain not empty, fast sync disabled
How can I empty the blockchain to allow for fast sync?
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Is there a quicker way than geth --fast to download the Ethereum blockchain?
I had the Mist client installed, but it hadn't been updated in a few weeks so I tried renaming the chaindata folder (instead of deleting it) and downloading the blockchain with geth --fast as that is ...
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How much faster is it to sync with --jitvm?
geth help has:
VIRTUAL MACHINE OPTIONS:
--jitvm Enable the JIT VM
The impact of --jitvm has been unanswered and I'm looking for answers to these 3 specifically:
How much faster is geth --fast -...
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Can chaindata be split across two (or more) locations?
With the size of full nodes rapidly growing, I'm looking for a way to split my chaindata across multiple hard drives. I have one internal 1TB SSD capable of syncing the chain, and then an internal HDD ...
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geth mainnet fast sync appears stuck at around 100 blocks from highestBlock
I started syncing a geth node to the mainnet in fast sync mode 7 days ago. The status is still around 74 blocks behind the highestBlock, e.g. if I run the following:
eth.syncing.highestBlock - eth....
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