How to sync an Ethereum node without making the mistakes I made

fast-sync quickly to the current state of the network To do so: $ geth --fast --cache=512 console This command will: Start geth in fast sync mode

Running Geth · The Full sync mode will download the entire blockchain · The Fast sync mode will also download the entire blockchain but using a snapshot from

geth fast sync Here are some latest stats on how long it takes to synchronise with the Ethereum blockchain Geth can run in 3 modes Fast, full or light

khajana fastcom Parity's warp sync is faster, but is not supported in geth We propose a new sync protocol and an algorithm, which we believe can perform