Make Parity UI sync faster

[ethiscool67]

Before filing a new issue, please provide the following information.

I'm running:

• Parity client version: v1.11.2-20180601 beta
• Parity UI version: v0.3.2-beta
• Operating system: Windows
• Installed via: installer
• Fully synchronized: yes
• Network: ethereum
• I tried to restart both Parity UI and Parity Ethereum client: yes

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Is there any way to make Parity UI sync faster? It syncs at around 3-5 blocks per second. I have a gigabit connection and an SSD so I would expect it to sync faster.

[Tbaut]

3-5 blocks per second is really good. Not only your SSD and connection need to be good, your CPU and RAM ought to be recent as the validation of transaction is also resource intensive.
BTW, if you know how to do, consider upgrading your node, here is the Parity Ethereum release page: https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/releases

[ethiscool67]

I have a ryzen 1700x processor and 32 gb 3200 DDR4 RAM. I updated my parity to the 2.0.1 beta which is the latest and still no difference. I remember Parity syncing insanely fast last year on my PC and that was with a much slower internet speed. It's just way too slow right now especially when you have to sync tens of thousands of blocks. Is there a setting to change to increase the speed? I feel like it's being limited right now.

[Tbaut]

You can increase the cache-size. Last year, the Ethreum network was less popular and there was a lot less transactions. Times have changed! To sync to the top of the chain quickly, you can use warp-sync (by default). Here are our recommendations: https://wiki.parity.io/FAQ#how-to-get-parity-ethereum-in-sync-quickly