The initial node sync is slows down past Shelley era. It can take up to 72 hours for fully syncing a node from scratch. Instead of referring to download snapshots from centralized locations, I suggest to add support for Mithril
What
This would be:
a ENV variable MITHRIL_SYNC which is False by default
upon setting this variable to True, the requirements for Mithril client are installed and a snapshot is downloaded to bootstrap the node
Why
The initial node sync is slows down past Shelley era. It can take up to 72 hours for fully syncing a node from scratch. Instead of referring to download snapshots from centralized locations, I suggest to add support for Mithril
What
This would be:
MITHRIL_SYNC
which is False by defaultLet me know if you have any questions!