Here the explorer and the nodes

https://telemetry.polkadot.io/

GitHub

https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot

#Install Polkadot

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh sudo apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev

#Then, install Polkadot PoC-2:

cargo install --git https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot.git --branch v0.2 polkadot

#Then start Polkadot for create the folders.

polkadot --telemetry --name '🐞 your own name here 🐞'

#If you want to sync from the 0 block, no need do any more from this guide., You are done. and have your node running. Congratulations, go to Riot chat Polkadot and claim some TestDots.

#If you want to sync from block 798,671 continue this guide.

From here = At your own risk. You must be careful when downloading files from unknown sources, they may have viruses or worse.

#If Polkadot start ok, STOP (CRTL +C)

#Open dir for Data base

cd .local/share/Polkadot/chains/krummelanke/

#Delete the actual DB

sudo rm -r db/* cd

#Download the data base to #798,671 Blocks

wget -c 'https://storage.googleapis.com/polkadot/db.tar.gz' -O db.tar.gz

#Descompress

tar -xzf db.tar.gz

#Copy to the right folder

cp -r db/* .local/share/Polkadot/chains/krummelanke/db

#Delete useless files.

sudo rm -rf db rm db.tar.gz

#Start Polkadot with the new data base.

polkadot --telemetry --name '🐞 your own name here 🐞'

#After this, your Polkadot POC-2 last block have to be 798,671.

#Enjoy Polkadot.

#Go to Riot Chat and claim some free TestDots and play

https://riot.im/app/#/room/#polkadot-watercooler:matrix.org

Cheers!

https://meleatrust.com/polkadot-melea-trust-validator-node/

Enjoy.