My previous thread was closed after a couple days for some reason, so I have had to make a new one.
I am trying to sync the blockchain so that I can access my funds in a paper wallet.
The blockchain.raw file is out of date and doesn’t work as mentioned by Chris_ETN.
I have since tried to sync from block 1 as mentioned by another member using version 3.0.0.0
The issue I have is that it keeps stalling after 200-300 blocks are done and has remained at ~38 days out of sync for the past 2 days, I can keep restarting the process by closing and restarting electroneumd.exe and it will sync another 200-300 blocks before it stops.
Other than doing that repeatedly for several weeks, I see no other way of sync the blockchain within a reasonable time.
I’m at block 566488 where its taking an eternity to sync each chunk. Upwards of 20-30 minutes per 100 blocks, it randomly stops requiring me to restart the program.
This is again windows 10, on a 250gb ssd with 50%+ space free still.
Try typing set_log 1 to show more verbose error messages
and sync_info to check how many nodes you are connected to
Take a look at your windows electroneum log file, on a windows installation it is usually located at: C:\ProgramData\electroneum\electroneum.log
(it’s best to open large logfiles in notepad++ instead of standard notepad)
A)
Is your copy of blockchain database allowed to resize whenever needed?
If not, I would guess AV is preventing your daemon from changing this file on disk
In your log-file look for something similar to this: LMDB memory map needs to be resized, doing that now. LMDB Mapsize increased. Old: 25988MiB, New: 27012MiB
B)
If your are not connected to at least 8 peers (nodes) I would guess there is some kind of firewall issue preventing your node from exchanging info with other nodes on the network
Ok this might seem a bit irrational, but previously when setting this up I downloaded the blockchain.raw
(said fully downloaded) with Firefox and my setup failed.
I tried re-downloading with Firefox (again, said fully downloaded) and setup again and freeze half way through.
Eventually I decided to download with Chrome and setup and it worked.
Don’t ask me what I’m implying here. I just know this apparently post hoc ergo propter hoc fix worked.
If you’ve used Firefox to download the Blockchain.raw - give Chrome a try instead, if you guys are still encountering issues.
I am doing it the Step 1 way, running the electroneumd.exe, from start. right now, it’s 531 days behind. It has been running for more than 4 hours now. so far so good, hasn’t crashed yet. I am going to let it run and see.
