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I'm syncing monero for the first time.
I have an SSD on my syncing PC.
I left all day syncing plus all night.
I still got 253624 blocks to sync, and letting it all night only synced 400 blocks. This will take forever.
From monerod I seem to only get messages like this:

2017-06-05 12:29:51.590 [P2P4] INFO global src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:293 [93.230.40.55:18080 OUT] Sync data returned a new top block candidate: 1072218 -> 1325842 [Your node is 253624 blocks (352 days) behind] SYNCHRONIZATION started

What should I do too get fully synced while I'm still alive?

alexandre1985
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These are the usual suspects for slow sync:

  • CPU speed (for block verification). Nothing you can do here other than upgrade CPU or wait for some software optimization but I don't believe there can be any major improvements anymore.
  • HDD/SSD speed (big slowdown for HDDs, as you have to read / write the blockchain somewhere). Same "solution" as above.
  • Network bandwidth. If your connection is sucky, you might get better results reducing sync size or importing from .raw file.
  • Outdated software (sometimes optimizations are rolled out into latest versions). It's good practice in general to have updated software, and sometimes they'll come with a performance boost, too!

From your comments, it seems that network bandwidth is the culprit. Try the .raw method :)

JollyMort
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