Post by szarka
Assuming you have a trusted datadir, best way to insta-sync a node?
Start from the datadir
Just run bitcoind.
By pay I believe has some instructions for this. May be useful
BTC pay *
Had a look and might be more specific to their particulars than needed. Apparently, like semisol may have suggested, simply firing it up with an existing directory pointed to may be all it takes. Never done it myself
Copy trusted data dir to the new node.