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The process of bringing a Monero client up to date with the blocks it is missing from the block chain.

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My monerod server will not sync fully

Title says, my server is stuck between 100-300 blocks behind. It has been oscillating for days like this. Here is a custom log output of how many blocks behind I am: time:14:36:11 block:150 time:14:37:03 block:147 time:14:38:52…
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Problem with speed of synchronization

I have mined 0.1 Monero on MinerGate and since yesterday am transferring it to the wallet. After 24 hours it's got about 20% ... Is this slowness normal ..? It will take about 5 days to finish the transfer.
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Changing block-sync-size within GUI or running monerod

This answer explains how to start the daemon with a specified block-sync-size: ./monerod --block-sync-size 10 How can I do the same thing from the Monero GUI or from a Monero daemon that is already running?
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chunk size error when import blockchain file using monero-blockchain-import

I am importing monero blockchain using this command: ./monero-blockchain-import --verify 0 --input-file ./blockchain.raw I am getting error: Aborting: chunk size exceeds buffer size more details…
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What is the limiting factor for synchronization speed?

I'm syncing a node right now from scratch. It seems to be going slower than I expected. CPU/Memory/IO/Network all do not seem fully utilized. What is the limiting factor here? My assumption is it might be it's doing a lot of random IO which is a lot…
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What are the potential attack vectors of doing a kind of "quick sync" by just asking for/validating the last X blocks?

Would it be possible to request for example the latest 200 blocks from peers, and let the user start using their wallet while the rest of the blockchain is sync'd normally in the background? What kind of attack's would this be opening the user up…
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Why the syncing of the wallet is very very slow?

I am new in Monero, I created a wallet address with Monero GUI, and someone transferred a little bit Monero to my address. However, I cannot see any transferred Monero in my wallet and the wallet just shows me a message about daemon syncing, after a…
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Have Windows 64, and Norton won't let me download Monero 12

I am trying to download Monero v12 from Get Monero but my antivirus keeps blocking the file, and won't let me sync the blockchain. Do you know why this is happening, and should i be concerned for Malware if I temporarily turn off my antivirus…
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Sync takes forever?

I set up a Monero wallet using the GUI version. I'm on a 2016 MBP and 24 hours have gone by now. Checked this morning and say 870 blocks remaining... Now it's showing 1180921 blocks remaining. Checking the deamon log I see lots of errors: 2017-08-24…
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Is there a secure way to boostrap a node?

It seems the sync process is tediously slow with it's verification. I do know of the bootstrap file, but I'm not sure how secure this is (How to synchronize the GUI wallet using the blockchain bootstrap seems to state that verification is disabled…
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How do I sync 'monero.exe' and my wallet?

I just installed the monero package from monero.org and I set up a wallet. Now I'm running 'monerod.exe' and the wallet, but it says that they're not synced together... How do I fix this?
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Initial chain sync crashed due to power outage - db-salvage fails. Can anything else be done?

The initial chain sync crashed due to a power outage. Now monerod fails to start. 2023-10-06 14:05:23.938 I Monero 'Fluorine Fermi' (v0.18.2.2-release) 2023-10-06 14:05:23.939 I Initializing cryptonote protocol... 2023-10-06 14:05:23.939 I…
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What is the expected size of the data.mdb file (May 2023)?

Waiting several days for Monero-gui wallet daemon to sync, can anybody tell me the approximate size to expect for the data.mdb file?
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Stuck synchronizing small blockchain on test network

I am running a test network and I am stuck with the following logs. 2022-03-31 16:06:33.886 I ********************************************************************** 2022-03-31 16:06:33.886 I The daemon will start synchronizing with the network. This…
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Could not connect to daemon

I am a newbie and still trying to figure out what i am doing. For a couple of weeks now I've really been struggling to sync Daemom. The blocks are painfully slow. I'm setting up a local wallet, for the first time, using a Ledger Nano S. Typically…
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