Blockchain Synchronization – Syncing for 5 Days, Where is the End?

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I am completely new to the mining world and i wanted to try it once. I have a Sapphire R9 290X.

I followed all the steps to start mining.
Aftert typing in :"geth –rpc –fast –cache=1024" my computer is syncing the last 5 days. My computer crashed 2 times since then, so i reopenend it and it continue loading. Right now my chaindata folder is 56,3GB and the sync is still going on.

my terminal has lines like:

I0213 19:30:51.409306 core/blockchain.go:1001] imported 3 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 49 txs in 16.8458156s. #2431234 [c2eddc7d / 9c8044f2]

I0213 19:31:06.445217 core/blockchain.go:1001] imported 4 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 58 txs in 15.0359109s. #2431238 [9c8044f2 / 0dc91408]

I0213 19:31:20.546331 core/blockchain.go:1001] imported 12 block(s) (0 queued 0 ignored) including 60 txs in 14.1011141s. #2431250 [0dc91408 / 80bd5e52]

Where is the end?

Best Answer

Unfortunately, the latest block (as of this writing) is #3177341. You're most of the way there, but there's still much to go.

Yes, this is absurd. Work is being done to make this less absurd. Two simple options (aside from just waiting) are

  1. Use parity, with parity --warp. It's incredibly fast.
  2. Try a mining pool, which does not require you to personally sync. You would need some sort of synced client eventually to see your payouts.

Hope that helps!

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