<p>I already have a full node synced with <code>blocks</code> and <code>chainstate</code> folder, however i wanted to run a pruned node, is there a way to copy the blocks or chainstate folder to make the initial sync of the pruned node faster?</p>

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Thank you @Prayank. When i start it as proned, will it remove all the other blocks data?
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Copy data from full node to a new pruned node to sync faster
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# Copy data from full node to a new pruned node to sync faster

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-21)

I already have a full node synced with `blocks` and `chainstate` folder, however i wanted to run a pruned node, is there a way to copy the blocks or chainstate folder to make the initial sync of the pruned node faster?

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> **username_0**: Thank you @Prayank. When i start it as proned, will it remove all the other blocks data?  

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