I've got the wallet fully synced on one computer. Is there a folder I can copy to my laptop to get it in sync quicker. Don't want to wait 3 days again.
Yes, you can copy/paste the consensus folder. It is not located on the folder you de-compress from the zip, but in a different place. In Windows, it is in Users/your_user/appdata/roaming/sia
It will have to validate the blockchain in the new computer, but it will be just some hours, instead of days
i've never had to wait more than 45 minutes to sync. even from fresh install. running macbook pro 2011 ssd. could be non windows is faster, or it's the ssd?
Right, on SSDs it is blazing fast. But on HDDs will take up to 2-3 days
I think there is a trick to sync it quicker with a download file, not too sure of the details.
Maybe you can ask on the sia reddit?? IM sure they would know there I have seen someone have a similar slow issue
Fornax, a very reputable user, keeps a repository of consensus.db files for downloading:
https://forum.sia.tech/topic/155/consensus-db-downloads You can simple use the latest one.
Also, tech-savvy users can use a RAM-disk to download and validate the blockchain in just a few minutes. But that is out of the reach of average users