Hello new to the forum but not to bitcoin.

Setup my bitcoin node using the raspibolt guide (https://raspibolt.org/guide/raspberry-pi/) . Apparently it is taking so long to download. Now the verification progress is at 0.4. I was thinking the slow download is due to running thru TOR.

I am running the node on a Raspberry Pi 4B which is the 4gig ram version. I am running Pi Hole along with the node.

Anyway to speed up the download?

The idea is to run the node and setup my private electrum server so that I could use it with sparrow desktop wallet.

Also please share what's the best practice when running a node?