02:54:50 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Does it normally take over a month to download the blockchain?
03:00:31 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Using `monerod`*
03:00:51 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Fresh install
03:10:01 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> no
03:10:08 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> you are on a mechanical hard drive ?
03:10:19 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> is it your pc or a server?
03:10:39 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> HDD
03:10:40 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Server
03:12:23 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> ok yeah then its normal
03:12:48 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> VPS that uses HDD sync in a month, it's completely ridiculous
03:13:44 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> HDD is significantly slower than SSD for monero because the database requires random access pattern, while HDD are meant for sequential access pattern, which is worst case scenario for monerod's database
03:13:59 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> On an average PC you would expect monero to sync on HDD in 1 to 2 weeks
03:14:11 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> on SSD it only take 1 day
03:14:23 <m-relay> <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> on VPS + SSD between 1 to 4 days
04:46:08 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Gotcha. Thanks
04:47:13 <BoBeR182> is there a torrent with a known checkpoint
04:47:18 <BoBeR182> I know bitcoin does that
04:47:21 <BoBeR182> to make it faster
04:47:57 <m-relay> <n​eromonero1024:monero.social> there exists to known such torrents... only the blockchain.raw file you can get from getmonero.org
04:49:01 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> I tried the blockchain from getmonero a couple of times, but always got errors while importing
04:49:31 <BoBeR182> https://www.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/importing_blockchain.html
04:49:31 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Since there is no way to validate the file, im sure its just getting corrupted while downloading
04:49:55 <BoBeR182> blockchain.raw should publish a sha256 hash or be gpg signed
04:51:03 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> It would take a while to calculate that hash tbh
04:52:00 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> That, and im fairly sure that exporting the blockchain isnt always successful, so the blockchain.raw file on getmonero could be corrupt on its own
04:52:24 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Tons of issues about this on the github
04:56:41 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Does the pruned option work while `monero` symcs the blockchain? Or does it only prune after the entire blockchain is synced?
04:56:53 <m-relay> <g​ofigga:matrix.org> Does the pruned option work while `monero` syncs the blockchain? Or does it only prune after the entire blockchain is synced?
04:57:10 <m-relay> <b​4n6_b4n6:matrix.org> alao upping the default download/upload and peer count limits can make it faster? i remember reading the defaults are a bit out of date
05:18:34 <m-relay> <n​eromonero1024:monero.social> it will help a bit... will mostly depend on the up/down limit of your peers
07:52:18 <ofrnxmr> "Does the pruned option work while `monero` symcs the blockchain?" Yes
07:54:24 <ofrnxmr> "blockchain.raw should publish a sha256 hash or be gpg signed" it will be removed from getmonero.org shortly
22:00:04 <revuoxmr> Revuo Monero Issue 227: February 9 - 16, 2025. https://www.revuo-xmr.com/weekly/issue-227/