Downloading Cardano Blockchain
Quick way to start your Cardano node
Synchronizing the Cardano blockchain from scratch will take a long time, depending on your CPU and network connection it could take up to several days.
We will use the cSnapshots.io service to download the latest snapshot for a faster boot.
downloading and extracting the DB archive (to save space, it will stream the archive and extract it on the fly - without storing the downloaded archive itself)
first - let's delete old files:
Downloading the latest blockchain archive
Wait till it downloads, it could take a while, based on your internet speed. (Mainnet archive is >60GB; TestNet is <1GB)
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