How Do I use the prune option on bitcoin core?

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How Do I use the prune option on bitcoin core ? as it is taking forever to sync

As Nick said, pruning doesn't speed up synchronization. I think you're actually looking for: How to increase the speed of synchronisation?. — Murch, Mar 08 '17 at 08:17

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:47

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Like so:

prune=550

in your bitcoin.conf in your data directory.

This will not make blockchain sync faster. It will make it take less space, though, which can be helpful.

(I have only 40 gigabytes of storage on my system, so this helps me a lot.)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:47

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 19:00

Nick ODell

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