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Syntonization is the process where your node / client (geth, Ethereum Wallet, etc) receives the most up to date data from the Ethereum blockchain.

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How can I find out what the highest block is?

The Ethereum wallet will display the latest block number. The official Ethereum stats website also displays it. (Note: this doesn't represent all peers on the network.)
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How can I get a geth node to download the blockchain quickly?

The --fast command line option will sync more quickly. You have to use it from scratch though, you can't use it if the blockchain has been downloaded already. If you have a node which is already synce …
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How can I get a geth node to download the blockchain quickly?

I'm running a geth node on slow hardware. At the current rate of progress it could be several days before I can download all the blockchain. Is there a way to get it to synchronise more quickly?
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How can I find out what the highest block is?

I'm syncing up a new node. How can I find out what the latest block is so that I know how far I've got to go?
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Why doesn't my Ethereum node have any peers?

I'm running an Ethereum node using geth and it can't find any peers. I've already tried the time sync command suggested on the wiki. My bandwidth is good.
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What is Geth's "fast" sync, and why is it faster?

There's a lot of detail on this PR on github. Here's a quote: Instead of processing the entire block-chain one link at a time, and replay all transactions that ever happened in history, fast synci …
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