Quote from: themossinator on July 16, 2021, 02:16:04 PM

Hi, just getting back to this, the only thing that has seemed to solve the slow sync problem I was having is to increase the memory usage in the settings to 2GB, i think it was initially set to 450mb, my computer has 4GB of memory
Now getting Progress Increase of 0.45% which is way way faster than before

Just asking, you haven't finished sync in ~8 months? Or do you try again from zero recently?

Anyway, increasing memory usage is easiest way to improve sync speed. However, there are few options to increase sync speed (in case you need it) such as,
1. Disable proxy.
2. Use SSD to store all blockchain file (expensive).
3. Use SSD only to store chainstate file. See https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Splitting_the_data_directory.