# BTC Pay - syncs Bitcoin again?

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/btc-pay-syncs-bitcoin-again/5414>\
**Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\
**Created:** [December 26, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/btc-pay-syncs-bitcoin-again/5414 "2021-12-26T15:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ade](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ade/32/1904_2.png) [@ade](https://community.umbrel.com/u/ade)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/btc-pay-syncs-bitcoin-again/5414/1 "2021-12-26T15:46:26Z")

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I installed BTCPay and it seemed to be syncing the bitcoin blockchain again - even though I have bitcoind running and sync’d - is that actually the behaviour or am I wrong on that?