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Crypto - Chia - Troubleshooting - Wallet not Syncing

Opening Port 8444

Opening Port 8444 on your router so other peers can connect to you.

NOTE: Port 8444 is the port through which other Chia computers can communicate with your PC.

This allows linking up, downloading and syncing with the Chia blockchain.

Connect to other peers

chia show -a node.chia.net:8444
chia show -a node-eu.chia.net:8444

NOTE: Other peers can also be tried: 

North Asia introducer-apne.chia.net:8444
South Asia introducer-apse.chia.net:8444
Western North America: introducer-or.chia.net:8444 2
Eastern North America introducer-va.chia.net:8444
Europe: introducer-eu.chia.net:8444

Check if the timezone is correct

date

NOTE: This should display the date and time correctly.

  • If not, then continue…
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

NOTE: The Timezone and Location matter and have to be a precise matched!

  • Select the right Timezone and Location.

Delete the peer DB

rm ~/.chia/mainnet/db/peer_table_node.sqlite

NOTE: Then:

  • Close Chia.
  • Restart Chia.

Remove the old wallet

WARNING: Only do this as a last resort.

  • This may force a resync back to the blockchain which can take a very long time.

Stop the Wallet

chia stop wallet-only

Delete all files in ~/.chia/mainnet/wallet/db

rm ~/.chia/mainnet/wallet/db/*

NOTE: Then:

  • Close Chia.
  • Restart Chia.

Start the Wallet

chia start wallet

Show the Wallet

chia wallet show

NOTE: It should prompt to load from backup or skip.

  • Choose Skip S.

The wallet will resync.

Modify the Chia Config

Edit ~/.chia/mainnet/config/config.yaml.

NOTE: If that value is not there, you can add it under the full_node section.

It can take a few minutes to start receiving peers and several hours to completely sync.

References

https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain/wiki/FAQ#why-does-my-node-have-no-connections-how-can-i-get-more-connections