You don't have to sync the entire Bitcoin blockchain. You can run a pruned node which means you download just the last xxxx blocks. Normally okay but you can get issues when you run a deeper wallet. Also if you want to restore an older wallet with a pruned node it will. not find any transactions.
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Yeah, but I can't run a pruned node without creating a wallet first to give it config to track. And I can't create a wallet if I don't have it fully sync. Or I have to prune to nothing, let it sync, create a wallet, erase the DB and sync again with that wallet in the config files.
Also, I don't even have an option to choose to prune in the UI yet. How are normals supposed to do this?
Pruning simply tosses the oldest #Bitcoin blocks once you're synced, but you actually DO still have to download the entire #BTC blockchain to verify all blocks before it can toss the old ones. 🤙
Correct but when it is ready you only have the last xxxx blocks for wallet scans
Yeah, but he's specifically complaining about the #Bitcoin / #BTC node sync speed hindering wallet creation & a pruned node won't fix that issue. 🤷♂️
If he just needs an address to send to ASAP, then there is a better solution. 🤙