ibd is faster on the newer versions compared to the older ones because the assumevalid bypasses validation for much of the spam of the last 3 years.
v28 - block 856760 (august 2024)
v29 - block 886157
v30 - block 912683 (september 2025)
theres incremental improvements for assumevalid=0 across versions but insignificant to most hardware
just did a reindex recently
Nyoro~n
npub1zw…pqlfd
2026-07-20 10:28:02 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…qqwn
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npub1zwyrus8vrvv5pfj4lfmk44wnxajk56rk0959nqugzj9ewljk258sxpqlfdPublished at
2026-07-20 10:28:02 UTCEvent JSON
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