The initial 15% synced in a few days but now the process is fluctuating wildly around 2-7 weeks. Suffice to say it is very slow.
This happens because the very first blocks were pretty munch empty, so it's easy to verify.
I am worried that putting in the RAM will "reset" the blockchain download and I will have to start syncing from 0% again.
No, it doesn't.
There are numerous things that impact how fast your Bitcoin Core will sync, your HD speed, internet bandwidth, RAM, how good is your CPU… That said, -dbcache changes how many things we cache, cached things = less disk access, so it should increase performance, BUT it's not a linear thing; more RAM not necessarily means faster sync.
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