Just use assumevalid in bitcoin core like 50 blocks from current height, don't torture yourself waiting for a full sync and validation honestly
I just did entire IBD in 8 hours after my node crashed twice
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Hmmm… not really sure if that’s a good idea if everyone did that
NVMe drives in the node really speed up IBD to 24 hours or so from 0. No need to trust anyone for anything that way.
doesn't improve anything, assumeutxo is where it's at