I¹ am attempting to sync Bitcoin Core v24.0.1 on my Desktop with 16 GB RAM and an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, however it’s taking eternally even to get previous the header synchronization. It tells me that it’ll take over 3.5 years to synchronize.
3 hours later, my node continues to be in Header Synchronization:
- I’ve an honest web connection and am related to my router through wifi
- I downloaded Bitcoin Core v24.0.1 from bitcoincore.org
- I’m utilizing an inside arduous drive
- I’ve ten connections, however have solely obtained about 340 kB throughout my eight outbound connections within the ~10 minutes minutes

- I’ve tried so as to add a number of nodes from bitnodes.io through
addnode <ip> onetryto maybe find out about extra friends (and the added nodes present up once I namegetaddednodeinfoas previous connections) - I’ve over 365 GB of free disk area
Any concepts what else I ought to attempt?
¹Asking for a pal.

