It's probably me not being able to follow steps constantly between the documents I could find ; )

For real.

What I used is

hsc_20210203_b50993579.archive

What I think happened was my edit to "config.json" being 0, or 50993579

https://hive.blog/engine/@rishi556/how-to-set-up-a-hive-engine-witness-step-by-step-guide

"startHiveBlock": 0,

https://github.com/hive-engine/steemsmartcontracts-wiki/blob/master/How-to-setup-a-Steem-Smart-Contracts-node.md

When using this snapshot, set startHiveBlock to 50993579 in your config file.

I'm catching up tho : )

0|engwit  | 2021-02-13 22:42:08 info: [Blockchain] scheduled witness kanibot for block 4776325 (round 25818)
0|engwit  | 2021-02-13 22:42:08 info: [Streamer] head_block_number 51306866 currentBlock 51242101 Hive blockchain is 64765 blocks ahead
0|engwit  | 2021-02-13 22:42:08 info: [Streamer] Node block fetch average for https://api.deathwing.me is 300.98266558188186 with 60227 requests