It's great to hear that you are back up again! Can you share the costs of the (home) machine that you created?
Even with a gigabit+ internet connection it can take days to download as the file transfer rate may be throttled.
I hate when that happens and it happens a lot!! You plan your time and you see that you need double of that to wait... or even more
Let me get back to you on that. I didn't buy anything specifically for this project since I already had a lot of computer parts lying around. My friend owns a 3d sculpting studio and frequently upgrades his employees computers. So when I do the upgrades I end up with all the spare parts.
My biggest recommendation is having at least 64gb of RAM and a fast 2tb NVMe drive. Apparently running a node can be cpu intensive but I think that the thread ripper might be a bit overkill.
Oh, well... That's the best... When you don't have to buy, but rather collect parts that are lying around... 😃 I remember those times when I was much more into hardware stuff! :)
Thanks for the suggestions!