⚡Fast Sync

How to reach the latest block using fast sync. Don't waste your time to wait.

In this step you need to use fast sync or catch up to make more faster to reach the latest block.

goal node catchup $(curl -s https://algorand-catchpoints.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/channel/mainnet/latest.catchpoint) -d /var/lib/algorand/

Check your node status.

goal node status -d /var/lib/algorand

Here is the result after your node fully synced using fast sync.

example screenshot from testnet

If your Sync Time is 0.0s, that means your node already reach latest block. To reach the latest block, it depends your VPS specs, It takes around 1-2 hours.

Now your Algorand Node Mainnet is ready to use. Now you can do next step to run goracle node and using your own algorand node API.