RE: Hive-Engine Witness active!

Have a look here:
https://github.com/hive-engine/steemsmartcontracts-wiki/blob/master/How-to-setup-a-Steem-Smart-Contracts-node.md
or here:
https://peakd.com/engine/@rishi556/how-to-set-up-a-hive-engine-witness-step-by-step-guide

and use a snapshot from @jedigeiss :
https://jedigeiss.tech/

or @primersion :
https://snap.primersion.com/

Otherwise you will wait for ages, like I did :))

Oh, have a !BEER