user69481: I am trying to setup a node using bitcoin core https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/
but it is taking ages to download. Running for past 2 days and downloaded only 15 % .  I have a decent internet connectivity 200 Mbps and a 4 GB windows machine with 200 GB of free disk dedicated for this.
Since the blocks get pruned, is it possible to get the latest pruned cut from somwhere I guess that will be around 2 GB instead of 350 GB .
Thanks in advance

user24925: If you could download an already synchronized state, you shouldn’t do that. The purpose of synchronization is to produce a valid database containing the state of the network, downloading somebody else’s can have false entries and your node would not know that it is invalid. Increasing the dbcache can improve performance but you don’t have much additional memory to give Bitcoin Core to use.

69481: <p>I am trying to setup a node using bitcoin core <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/</a>
but it is taking ages to download. Running for past 2 days and downloaded only 15 % .  I have a decent internet connectivity 200 Mbps and a 4 GB windows machine with 200 GB of free disk dedicated for this.</p>
<p>Since the blocks get pruned, is it possible to get the latest pruned cut from somwhere I guess that will be around 2 GB instead of 350 GB .</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
 24925: <p>If you could download an already synchronized state, you shouldn’t do that. The purpose of synchronization is to produce a valid database containing the state of the network, downloading somebody else’s can have false entries and your node would not know that it is invalid. Increasing the <code>dbcache</code> can improve performance but you don’t have much additional memory to give Bitcoin Core to use.</p>
