I will admit that I was surprised at the interface that Monero has for its node. Downloaded it for Linux, and away we synched. Took a month and a half though!
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A month and a half? What hardware are you using? Mine synced in 24h but I’m running an old office SFF tower.
Fast! My xmr node is running in a generic laptop. Nothing special.
Pro tip. You can buy an old HP or Dell office workhorse from eBay for $50-$80. Makes a fantastic home server if all you are doing is a couple of nodes and file storage.