Old Qt-Wallet 0.8.5.0-beta sync stalled 184 wks ago
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Newbish questions… I have an old qt-wallet 0.8.5.0-beta where the sync stalled 184 wks ago. Couple of questions:
- Can I initiate a transfer out of that wallet if it’s not synced?
- I see 0.9.6.2 is current wallet version. If I simply update to the new version, will the keys import and the wallet start syncing again? Any special upgrade steps to take besides making a copy before I start?
Thanks.
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You cannot send anything unless the client is fully synced.
To be on the safe side you need to
1 - back up your wallet.dat
2 - make a separate backup of your private keysOnce you have done the above install the latest 0.9.6.2
You shouldn’t have any problems…but if you do something wrong…you atleast have two backups of your private keys and you can recover your coins.
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Tks. Updated to 0.9.6.2 successfully. Old wallet imported ok.
It’s been sitting now for about an hour and has not located any active connections for peers yet.
After waiting a while, I tried the console command:
addnode “xxx.xxx.xx.xxx” “add”for a few of the IP’s listed here: https://www.coinexchange.io/network/peers/FTC
However, no active connections. Thoughts on what I should do? Think firewall/AV could be an issue?
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I suggest:
check the last lines of your debug.log file in the feathercoin data directory.
If the file is too large, stop the wallet, delete the file and start the wallet again.
The log file gives some information, if peers are contacted and what is going on.[update]
after checking the peers listed on coinexchange.io please be sure to add nodes with protocol version 70006 and Feathercoin version 0.9.6.2 only.
coinexchange lists some outdated nodes. -
So after a reboot and adjustments to firewall, I now have 10 active connections to the Feathercoin network. However, there is a message “No block source available” in the bottom left status line. It’s stuck on the same 205848 block number as before I updated.
The debug log has grown from about 2k to 6,000k overnight. It seems to be processing blocks, but the block number and weeks behind has not incremented. The majority of the log entries look like similar to this:
2017-12-28 15:08:35 ProcessBlock() ProcessBlock: ORPHAN BLOCK 7501, prev=302af39ced993449cced24f5a06a2c7523e0c4f2e309a3093b7f3928c8a72c7e
2017-12-28 15:08:58 ProcessBlock() ProcessBlock: ORPHAN BLOCK 7501, prev=8c82441ce3023926f2aad65afce69c4b44bab4420f6cda0c5c3a9c9ac2d19e2d
2017-12-28 15:08:59 ProcessBlock() ProcessBlock: ORPHAN BLOCK 7501, prev=48b30340b9eb0db60fbe20bd1d1849210a8e9d5305b828f125eeff63e07fbdafShould I just delete the block history? Will that force the wallet to rebuild the block history?
Appreciate the help!
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I your wallet is stuck with the ‘process block: ORPHAN BLOCK…’ message close the wallet, wait 30 - 60 secs and start the wallet again.
Most of time the sync will go on.
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If it helps anyone else, I deleted all the files in my windows/users/[username]/appdate/roaming/feathercoin directory except wallet.dat and this forced the wallet to re-download the blockchain. It successfully passed the block it was hung on before and is now up-to-date. All is good now.
Steps I took to update were:
- Backup all the files in the directory noted above including wallet.dat
- Installed latest wallet 0.9.6.2
- Deleted all files in the above mentioned /roaming/feathercoin/ directory except wallet.dat
- Adjust windows firewall settings to allow feathcoin-qt unrestricted internet access
- Started the feathercoin-qt wallet program
- Waited about a day for it to update
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@nicholi3 said in Old Qt-Wallet 0.8.5.0-beta sync stalled 184 wks ago:
If it helps anyone else, I deleted all the files in my windows/users/[username]/appdate/roaming/feathercoin directory except wallet.dat and this forced the wallet to re-download the blockchain. It successfully passed the block it was hung on before and is now up-to-date. All is good now.
Steps I took to update were:
Thanks for the update, it explains why some have more trouble than others syncing.
