Was that running bitcoind on a server somewhere, or on a consumer laptop with a home internet connection? Even if it "only took about 2 hours," we're living in

Was that running bitcoind on a server somewhere, or on a consumer laptop with a home internet connection? Even if it "only took about 2 hours," we're living in a world where companies are living and dying by shaving 30ms off page load times and a/b testing the color of their signup buttons.