Let us know how long Bitcoin Core takes to sync so we can keep track of the average sync time for Umbrel users. Sync time should be measured from when you first plug your Umbrel in to when Bitcoin Core says 100% in the dashboard. poll

I cheated and synced by installing umbrel on my beefy Linux gaming PC, then copied over the synced files to my raspi 4. Took maybe half a day.

Linux… gaming PC… well now we know you’re lying…

I originally had the Umbrel connected to a Ethernet splitter shared with my office phone’s Ethernet phone Jack. It was taking forever to sync the block chain… I ran a home run wire to the router and now my hash rate has nearly tripled! [image] [image]

Still PH/s. I’m running 155 EH/s on a 100 mbit connection. What’s your bandwidth?

It took just a few hours short of five full days with ethernet cable directly into my router. I had synced bitcoin core on my desktop computer a couple of weeks before hand and it only took about three days, maybe less, and that was over Wi-Fi+VPN. Curious why it takes longer over Umbrel… Tor?

Nope. I rarely run into issues with Linux and gaming anymore thanks to proton. (Valve threw a ton of resources into an open source compatibility layer between DX and Linux) Valve supports this heavily because they saw the writing on the walls with Microsoft making large moves to try and destroy th…

Mine took about a month, but only because it was using a HDD rather than an SSD. For the love of god, use an SSD folks

Yep, if you have this happening and watch the logs, you can see the usb ssd constantly resetting due to power or data cable / enclosure issues. I think power supply and usb-sata cable both can produce thus behavior. And so blockchain download crawls.

I am at day 3 of the sync process so far. Hoping to be running by next Friday. [image]

[Poll] How long did it take your Umbrel to sync Bitcoin Core?

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btcdragonlord May 2, 2021, 7:44am 10

About a week.

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[Poll] How long did it take your Umbrel to sync Bitcoin Core?

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