It's October 2018. ./bitcoin-qt -reindex-chainstate takes forever. Is there a way to speed this up?

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Current version: Bitcoin Core 0.16.3

I think I have a corrupted blockchain download as my VM box was shut down in the middle of syncing. Which is why I'm doing a -reindex-chainstate

I have the entire Bitcoin blockchain synced at (250+gb), but its been stuck on "connecting to peers" for the past 12 hours. So this is why I'm assuming I need to do a -reindex

Is there a faster way of syncing -reindex as of October 2018? I read a few other solutions but its for older versions of Bitcoin core.

Patoshi パトシ

Posted 2018-10-02T16:42:49.877

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2Set your dbcache config as high as your system permits.Pieter Wuille 2018-10-03T05:45:05.480

I've put the dbcache in my bitcoin.conf file and started up bitcoin-qt again. Is there a way to confirm the dbcache is changed via the qt gui? thanks!Patoshi パトシ 2018-10-03T16:29:23.270

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