A problem in building a private network using Ethereum

Question

There is a problem in in building a private network using Ethereum.

Geth version : 1.8.3 stable
OS & Version : windows 10

My scenario is as follows:

1. The genesis block is as follows

   {
       "config": {
           "chainId"       : 7686,
           "homesteadBlock": 0,
           "eip155Block"   : 0,
           "eip158Block"   : 0
       },
       "nonce"     : "0x0000000000000042",
       "timestamp" : "0x00",
       "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "extraData" : "0x00",
       "gasLimit"  : "0x4c4b40",
       "difficulty": "0x400000",
       "mixhash"   : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "coinbase"  : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "alloc": {
       }
   }
   

2. On the first PC(windows10, 192.168.0.7), the following commands is executed

   bootnode --nodekey=bootnode.key <=== started botstrap node

   geth --networkid 7686 --datadir "C:\EPN" --ethash.dagdir "C:\EPN" init genesis_block.json

   geth --networkid 7686 --datadir "C:\EPN" --ethash.dagdir "C:\EPN" --rpc --rpcapi "db,eth,net,web3" --rpccorsdomain "*" --nat "none" --netrestrict "192.168.0.0/16" --syncmode "full" --mine --gasprice 1 --etherbase "0x554C2C877aFc8A8EA0cDD2eA97ea5b5B9A7960e2" --bootnodes "enode://342a241c8baab9e6ff69a6df015a8dc37df2b477e43338f2e7d98078a115f6b1282e280ed444719d8c5d2bac89837693149771ed10b7bf1e9c1cd13930a270a5@127.0.0.1:30301"

3. On the second PC, the following commands is executed

   geth --networkid 7686 --datadir "C:\EPN" --ethash.dagdir "C:\EPN" init genesis_block.json

   geth --networkid 7686 --datadir "C:\EPN" --ethash.dagdir "C:\EPN" --rpc --rpcapi "db,eth,net,web3" --rpccorsdomain "*" --nat "none" --netrestrict "192.168.0.0/16" --syncmode "full" --bootnodes "enode://342a241c8baab9e6ff69a6df015a8dc37df2b477e43338f2e7d98078a115f6b1282e280ed444719d8c5d2bac89837693149771ed10b7bf1e9c1cd13930a270a5@192.168.0.7:30301"

4. The first PC(windows10) is no problem, on the second PC, however, the following error message is displayed

   ERROR[04-17|19:26:01]
   ########## BAD BLOCK #########
   Chain config: {ChainID: 7686 Homestead: 0 DAO: <nil> DAOSupport: false EIP150: <nil> EIP155: 0 EIP158: 0 Byzantium: <nil> Constantinople: <nil> Engine: unknown}
   
   Number: 1
   Hash: 0xcc00615c7554b7c9d8813943e43216e7c4a8dcea6db6e262a8bc6c213d78733c
   
   
   Error: invalid mix digest
   ##############################
   
   WARN [04-17|19:26:01] Synchronisation failed, dropping peer    peer=cadcc80d87d6245a err="retrieved hash chain is invalid"
   

What is the problem?

Answer 1

This might be an issue with you RAM being used up. is your second PC config weaker than first?

Check here similar issue, hope it helps. Running private blockchain is expensive for PC's and laptops. I also suggest you use AWS server