Hey PH! 👋
I run a Bitcoin Core node at home and every time I had to set it up on a new machine, I'd face the same thing: 1–3 weeks of Initial Block Download. Hundreds of gigabytes, constant disk I/O, just waiting.
So I built chainstate.io to solve it for myself – and figured others might find it useful too.
You pay €10, get a download link to a daily-updated pruned snapshot, extract it into your Bitcoin Core data directory, and you're running in minutes. No account, no subscription, no waiting.
A pruned node still fully validates the blockchain – it just doesn't keep old blocks on disk. You're not giving up security, just saving time and storage.
Would love any feedback, especially from people who've been through the Bitcoin Core sync pain. Happy to answer questions!
Meming Bot