# \[Poll\] How long did it take your Umbrel to sync Bitcoin Core? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [May 1, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169 "2021-05-01T04:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Copinmalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Copinmalin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Copinmalin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/63 "2022-02-13T16:19:43Z")
Thanks for information @DHD ---
**Author:** ![n080dy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/n080dy/32/2207_2.png) [@n080dy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/n080dy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/64 "2022-02-13T20:19:01Z")
Thanks @DHD really usefull to know 🙂 so are the peers # related to the network as well? Ideally will be nice to have information about the node itself in the dashboard. For example not sure why the temperature appears on the setting page? Isn’t an important information that should be monitored to improve the node performance? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Gringeot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/le_gringeot/32/1662_2.png) [@Le\_Gringeot](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Le_Gringeot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/65 "2022-02-13T23:19:10Z")
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 - 8G ram Fiber-Optic internet Recent speed test : 439 MB down 83 MB up No trick to share, sorry… PS: I’m a complete noobs, hardly trying to understand Linux basic commands. ---
**Author:** ![n080dy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/n080dy/32/2207_2.png) [@n080dy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/n080dy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/66 "2022-02-13T23:22:34Z")
Thanks @Le_Gringeot, nice connection speed 💪😆 Do you mind sharing your detailed setup [here](http://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-what-is-your-hardware/6304)? ---
**Author:** ![kazu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@kazu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kazu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/67 "2022-02-14T16:16:04Z")
it took me 2 months on the raspberry pi but it synced about 20% percent in 1 day then slowed drastically ---
**Author:** ![snakeboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@snakeboat](https://community.umbrel.com/u/snakeboat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/68 "2022-02-14T19:08:15Z")
A note to anyone thinking of using a hard drive… I went the cheap route and bought a WD Red drive. Set up Umbrel right before Thanksgiving and it finally finished sync’ing on Feb 9th! Caveat Emptor! ---
**Author:** ![n080dy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/n080dy/32/2207_2.png) [@n080dy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/n080dy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/69 "2022-02-15T01:53:26Z")
Had [1% sync in less than 30min with the new hardware setup](http://community.umbrel.com/t/a-carton-box-doing-much-better-job-than-thebitcoinmachines/6322) 🥳. Compared with the previous 1% in 1day using TheBitcoinMachine is a massive improvement and am expecting the bctCore sync to be completed in the next 3-4 days! Look forward to responding to this poll asap! ---
**Author:** ![damien.thg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/damien.thg/32/2430_2.png) [@damien.thg](https://community.umbrel.com/u/damien.thg)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/70 "2022-03-20T22:27:55Z")
Mac Mini 2012 - i5 3210M (2,5 Ghz) - 8G of Ram Fiber connection (FTTLa) - 1G/60M OS : Ubuntu Mate 21.10 It took me about 32 hours to sync. > [@junderw](#): > > The easiest way is to just install umbrel from Github (instructions on the README) onto your Linux PC (or a VM with linux that you give almost 100% of your host PC’s resources) > > Then once everything is synced, set up umbrel on the pi and start syncing. Wait a couple minutes til you start seeing the % go up from 0, then shut down the pi and remove the SSD. > > Connect the SSD to the PC, stop the local installed umbrel using `sudo ./scripts/stop` as per the instructions and send over the files from the installed Umbrel to the pi’s SSD. (You don’t want to copy over bitcoin files if the source or target are currently syncing. So make sure everything bitcoin related is not running.) > > The folders you want to copy are: > > - bitcoin > - electrs > > Once you’ve copied those over to the SSD in the proper location (you can delete the existing ones and replace them with the synced ones.) Plug it back into the pi, and start up Umbrel, it should take a while the first time booting, but it should be 100% (or close, depending on how long it takes you to copy over the files) as soon as you log in. > [@xphade](#): > > After encountering some problems with the IBD on the RPi, I followed your advice and did the sync on a VM (running Ubuntu 20.04). Worked flawlessly and took about a day. > > One thing to note, though: When copying the bitcoin directory, I had to skip the `bitcoin.conf` file. Otherwise bitcoin reported some `ThreadRPCServer` errors, I guess because of the `rpcauth` password. I also use this trick to transfer it on my Pi4 and a classic HDD. ---
**Author:** ![ruh2409](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ruh2409](https://community.umbrel.com/u/ruh2409)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/72 "2022-03-20T22:47:37Z")
It took just over 3 months to sync. I assume the length of time was due to the external drive being an HDD not an SSD? System: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B/4GB 2 TB Seagate One Touch HDD USB 3 ---
**Author:** ![PvtCaboose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/pvtcaboose/32/3114_2.png) [@PvtCaboose](https://community.umbrel.com/u/PvtCaboose)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/73 "2022-03-22T16:50:47Z")
After replacing my HDD with a SSD, the initial sync took a little over 5 days. I am using a RPi4 4GB with gigabit internet from Xfinity and connected directly to the router. I think it would have gone faster but I live in an apartment in the city so bandwidth gets pretty limited during the day. Instead of the recommended SSD I went with a INLAND Platinum 1TB external SSD (USB3.2 Type-C). It has read and write speeds up to 1100MB/s and 1000MB/s respectively. Not sure if this had any effect on my sync time. ---
**Author:** ![00sapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/00sapper/32/2515_2.png) [@00sapper](https://community.umbrel.com/u/00sapper)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/74 "2022-04-08T20:51:47Z")
I’m trying to do a fresh install on an NVMe and having no luck. I think it might be the case, as I’ve tried multiple cable/adapter combos. Saw another post that Realtek RTL9210 are not supported - that’s my case. Hoping to find a combo that works. ---
**Author:** ![mossy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mossy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mossy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/75 "2022-05-25T13:12:04Z")
Hi, i installed Umbrel on rpi about 2 months ago, it’s the 4GB RAM version, 4TB HDD. Unfortunately after 2 months it had only reached 48% synced I just switched to an SSD today to see if this might help as seen some recommendations above, it’s only at 2% so still early but the hashrate is at 1 PH/s so initally it seems to be syncing faster (even on these early blocks) ---
**Author:** ![armstrys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@armstrys](https://community.umbrel.com/u/armstrys)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/76 "2022-06-17T04:15:05Z")
I’m also running a 2012 Mac Mini (i5)! 16 GB ram and a 2 TB HDD. Sync took about 55 hours on 50M/50M fiber. Was actually surprised by the speed given the HDD ---
**Author:** ![ncryppt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ncryppt/32/3168_2.png) [@ncryppt](https://community.umbrel.com/u/ncryppt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/77 "2022-08-22T17:02:01Z")
what I am currently averaging right now. 63% synced after 2 days ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/78 "2022-08-22T19:59:22Z")
8 days, Raspberry 4GB, 1TB SSD Scandisk, LAN 50Mb ---
**Author:** ![jamesartha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jamesartha](https://community.umbrel.com/u/jamesartha)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/79 "2022-09-30T15:58:01Z")
18% for about 28 Hours sync process ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/6/628880a584c0f485bfab917365115342e7e73985.png) ---
**Author:** ![snakeboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@snakeboat](https://community.umbrel.com/u/snakeboat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/80 "2022-11-03T23:46:07Z")
I unfortunately used a spinning drive as well, but it only took me 3.5 weeks. Gah! RasbPi 4 ---
**Author:** ![Hasher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/hasher/32/3918_2.png) [@Hasher](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Hasher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/81 "2023-04-11T20:42:58Z")
Raspberry Pi 4 Computer Model B 8GB Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD Samsung PRO Endurance 32GB 100MB/s (U1) MicroSDXC Memory Card 20 download 2 upload DSL internet speed First 24 hours 27.65% After 24.5 hours increased Cache size from 450 to 700 then lower from 700 to 650 when the download seemed to get slower CPU Temp increased by 5°C I’m guessing 4 days ---
**Author:** ![Achim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Achim](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Achim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/82 "2024-03-24T08:41:06Z")
Rpi 5, 8GB, 2TB SSD USB 3.0 connected. Umbrel 1.0, took 28 hours for the blockchain and an additional around 4 hours for Electrs. ---
**Author:** ![denny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/denny/32/6330_2.png) [@denny](https://community.umbrel.com/u/denny)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169/83 "2024-03-25T20:57:38Z")
Umbrel Home 2023 (U130120) with cache size optimization 🚀 Blockchain: ~ 12,5 Hours Electrs: ~ 1,5 Hours Lightning Recovery: not worth mentioning [Previous page](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.umbrel.com/t/poll-how-long-did-it-take-your-umbrel-to-sync-bitcoin-core/169.md?page=5)