Questions tagged [synchronization]
Syntonization is the process where your node / client (geth, Ethereum Wallet, etc) receives the most up to date data from the Ethereum blockchain.
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Best way to get balances of multitude of addresses
I have a list/array/map of addresses.
I want to keep track of their balances on the front end.
Currently, the front end is calling the balanceOf() function for each address and updating based on the ...
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Can GETH run quickly and be always up-to-date with an AWS c5 instance?
I've noticed that most people who are using AWS to run their ethereum node are using the i3 (or i3en) instance type for its high I/O performance with the attached SSD.
For my particular use case, I ...
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Private network desync
This is a similar to question to this one
I have just setup 2 private nodes on AWS EC2 via geth, which are connected to each other, and have 1 "Hello World" smart contract already mined.
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Fastest way to download Ethereum state with geth?
I want to do some experiments that require that I access Ethereum state db. I have a standard laptop with SSD drive. From what I've read, synchronizing in "fast" mode may be endless on a ...
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Ethereum Geth never finishes sync, block OK, states past 1b, Debian VM Docker SSD
yes, I know this has been asked before, but it's got me stumped. I've build and run Ethereum nodes using Geth on Windows and RasPi 4 fine before.
This time I'm using Docker on a Debian VM on and SSD ...
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Export aleth(ethereum c++) to geth (go-ethereum) blockchain data
I have the private aleth network, but want to test some new features, so I want to move to geth. But didn't find any instructions how to get it to work.
Here is a couple of questions:
Is it anywhere ...
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Does data in memory variables get added to the blockchain? How does consensus work for memory?
If a function call involves a memory variable, does the data in memory get added to the blockchain history?
If no, how come others can validate the transaction? Is the data only deleted after a block ...
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Can I resume fast sync in GoEthereum?
I have synced whole geth into computer in --fast mode. However, it had to be stopped at one point today. Using the already downloaded data, can I pass the download phase and resume from where it is ...
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Transaction Wait Time - Full Node vs?
I need to record how long a transaction waits in the pending pool before being picked up by a miner. I have a solution to run a full node with maxpeers 1000 and record timings once the sync is ...
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Synchronisation failed, dropping peer peer=... err="retrieved hash chain is invalid: block in the future" in private geth ethereum network
Geth Version: 1.10.7-stable-12f0ff40
Operating system: Windows 10 Home
I have created a Private Ethereum Blockchain with 2 nodes in seperated command prompts:
geth --http --http.port "8085" -...
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State trie pruning and synching, how does that work?
how does state trie prunning works during syncing? or does pruning only happens on the nodes that is not the state root? since if state root are deleted then there will be errors in the blocks and it ...
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Can pending pool watched during fast sync
I need to record some statistics regarding the pending pool. I know I need to sync, and once it's done, I can record my experiments.
Is it possible to sync in the fast option and still record ...
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Block sealing failed err="unauthorized validator"
I ran a validator/miner node with a snapshot from https://github.com/binance-chain/bsc-snapshots and the following cmd (after geth account import ...):
docker run -d --restart=always -v /data:/root/....
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eth.getBalance returning 0 due to syncing problem in rinkeby [duplicate]
when I am running eth.syncing it is returning false and when I am running eth.getBlock("latest") it is returning number: 8290864, with some other data. Which is less than Block Height ...
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eth.syncing is falling behind
I lost internet connection for about 5 minutes and my full node was disconnected. At first it was about 500 blocks behind and looked like it was catching up. Now every time I check:
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txpool.content return empty object
I opened a full node successfully (I succeed getting data from e.g eth_getTransactionByHash).
I'm trying to get all pending transactions, but I get:
> txpool.content
{
pending: {},
queued: {}
}
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Local full node is one block behind mainnet after sync is completed
I just created a local Binance Smart Chain full node on my PC with the following specs:
OS: Linux running on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Storage: 1TB SSD (Samsung 980 Pro)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x
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High Block Validation
Suppose node A is running on height 2000. Node B sends to node A block with height 2002. Node A is not able to validate the block without having a block with height 2001. How does node A behave in ...
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Highest known block in the peer network - permissioned ethereum network
We are starting to define the best metrics to monitor a permissioned Besu network.
One important point to monitor is the block height of a node and from other nodes in order to discover if the node is ...
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What should be done first: extract snapshot or create genesis?
bsc documentation describes a method of accelerating creation of a full-node using a snapshot.
However, it is not clear in which order these commands should be executed and if it makes any difference:
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What's the reason at block says 0?
I am trying to setup bsc node following the official documentation.
Here is what I have so far:
Downloaded snapshot and extracted contents to /srv/node
Wrote genesis state locally:
geth --datadir node ...
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Work with local copy of Ropsten without syncing
I have used Geth to successfuly download (and sync) with Ropsten network. Is it possible to use downloaded blockchain (reading blocks with Geth) without syncing with Ropsten? I would basically like to ...
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Ensuring correct block order with subscribe on "newHeads"
I have an issue with processing new blocks through a WebSocket connection on a local node. Sometimes I receive multiple events with the same blockNumber but different blockHashes.
I understood from ...
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geth: does --gcmode=archive require --syncmode=full?
I can't seem to find a straight answer to this question since snap is relatively new.
I'm currently running geth 1.10.3 with --syncmode snap and --gcmode archive, but i'm beginning to think that ...
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Ropsten light node block number ~1000 greater than it should be
I'm running geth on Ropsten, using
geth --ropsten --syncmode "light" --http.addr localhost --http.port 8545 --rpc
My most recent block number is 10266786 (and increasing), whereas etherscan....
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Does verification of a world state require downloading the whole ethereum blockchain?
Lets say I'm a new node on the Ethereum network, I download a world state of 500 blocks ago and I download the blockchain from that point to present (500 blocks).
Can I verify that the world state I'...
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Geth syncing, how to keep on par with the network in syncronized blocks
I am trying to get data from the last block via my own local node. I do this by calling the RPC API on my node.
the issue I have is that the node is not fully synchronized and is never fully ...
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computer configuration for connecting eth 50 or more nodes
I'd like to rent a server to run eth client ,but I am not sure what the computer configuration should be?In my local pc ,I can only connect less than 10 nodes and failed in sync.If I want to connect ...
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RPC returns 0x0 after sync
binance smart chain v1.0.7
When new node complete syncing, RPC returns 0x0 values few hours.Can I fix that? Please help me
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Q: How long does table compacting take?
I was doing a full sync with geth 1.9.22-stable. The sync is paused and the blocks are stuck at sometime on April 15th.
The log contains the following lines:
10:30:13.672838 table@compaction L0·173200 ...
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I can no longer access old blocks via RPC in full syncmode?
I have a private network based on geth v1.9.25. I upgraded from v1.8.27. Recently, I saw that I'm unable to access the previous blocks at all. Like, e.g. eth.getBlockByNumber(1) gives me null, even ...
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Ethereum network Sync up with Matic network
We are able to deploy our ERC20 token into Matic Network and it is working fine. But we have few questions here to understand how Matic works with Ethereum Mainnet
Once the contract is deployed in ...
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Exactly what data does snap sync download?
Geth 1.10 introduces snap sync, faster way of syncing the blockchain. What data does snap sync actually download? If I run a snap sync with --gcmode archive will I end up with an archive node?
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Ethereum Bucket Synchronisation
The normal operation of Ethereum and other blockchains is to Store new transactions in a mempool, Distribute the bucket, and then mine contents into a block picked from the bucket based on priority of ...
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Unable to synchronize with Ropsten testnet with Geth 1.9.25
For the past two days I've been trying to synchronize with Ropsten testnet using the following command in Geth 1.9.25:
./geth --ropsten --rpc --rpcaddr="0.0.0.0" --rpcapi="eth, web3, ...
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Running --no-ancient-blocks on a synced node
I have an up to date OpenEthereum node that is taking a long time to sync it's ancient blocks, Which has left it syncing a batch of ancient blocks, while falling behind, then syncing up to date. Put ...
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When the ETH node receive a new block ,which will be verified?
I know that when a node receives a transaction, it can verify the RLP format, transaction signature, gas and account nonce value, but I don't know when the node receives a new block, whether will it ...
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Fast node can't cacth up, how to find whats slowing me down?
I'm running a geth fast node but I can't seem to catch up.
I did it using a ubuntu in wsl (windows) and everything is on a SSD.
However when I do eth.syncing.highestBlock - eth.syncing.currentBlock it'...
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Synchronization Fraud Protection
Suppose I want to synchronize my chain. I download the blocks and state from a Node. What if this node is malicious? It can give me an alternative chain that I won't be able to distinguish from the ...
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How many new nodes join the Ethereum Network per month? How many leave?
I'm researching the cost of serving old blocks to new nodes that need to synchronize and download the whole blockchain. I can indirectly estimate the bandwidth consumed to serve old blocks, if I know ...
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Geth/Parity node - When is a new block imported
Based on my observations and also on block-timestamps-vs-received-timestamp, I suppose that a block "n" is imported into geth or parity node, only after a block "n+1" is mined.
Is ...
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Should I use Parity instead of Geth?
I've been trying different things to get Geth to get a fully sync'd Geth node for the past two weeks on a host with 4 cores, 16G of memory and 2TB SSD, to no avail. The only time I get close to being ...
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How can I download the entire Ethereum blockchain?
Is there a way to "get" the whole ethereum blockchain in order to process it locally? For example a link for direct download or via a developer API?
Thanks in advance!
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Error in DNS random node sync // lookup les.mainnet.ethdisco.net on ANY-dns-server:53: server misbehaving
The Err:
TRACE[02-03|13:52:02.589] Updating DNS discovery root tree=les.mainnet.ethdisco.net err="lookup les.mainnet.ethdisco.net on 192.168.20.1:53: server misbehaving"
DEBUG[...
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geth.exe checksum is differant than what is writen on the website but the installers checksum is correct. is this an issue?
I started syncing geth with this command he command:
geth --rpc --etherbase <pulbic wallet adrress> --syncmode=fast --cache=2048
and about 25 hours later, the syncing stopped and this error ...
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Open Ethereum Syncing
How do I know if openethereum syncing is done and what should I do next?
This is what my current state looks like
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Why Openethereum sync strategy is not the same for different machines?
These days I ran several ETH nodes using openethereum (3.1.0 stable ) . All these node has the same config, same system ( ubuntu 20) , same SSD storage.
I found a strange thing: they have different ...
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What does this mean?
First time server owner, geth n00b. I am getting this back from my geth.
INFO [12-09|15:30:57.673] Imported new state entries count=2304 elapsed=27.988ms processed=597390231 pending=...
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How to convert geth arhive to full node without loosing intermediate state
We have a geth node that runs with --gcmode "archive". However, the recent growth of disk space is unsustainable and we want to change this to a full node. If I stop the node and just re-run ...
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can a node mine without download all of the blocks
if there is a node which doesn't have enough disk space, can i mine without download all of the blocks?
i wonder if i can mine ,with just downloading the latest states of ethereum? but i'm not sure ...
