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12 questions linked to/from How to delete or reset the blockchain in geth? (OSX)
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What is Geth's "fast" sync, and why is it faster?
One of the answers to this question suggested using Geth's --fast flag to help quickly synchronise the block data.
How does the flag work, and how does using it speed up the synchronisation? Are we ...
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How can I get a geth node to download the blockchain quickly?
I'm running a geth node on slow hardware. At the current rate of progress it could be several days before I can download all the blockchain. Is there a way to get it to synchronise more quickly?
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How can the transaction status from a thrown error be detected when gas can be exactly the same as the gasUsed for a successful transaction?
This question arose from answering Transaction Status.
In the following example, I am sending gas of 21,000 (the amount required for a regular transaction). In this situation gas == gasUsed, and so ...
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How can I empty the blockchain?
I am trying to do a fast sync using geth --fast but I am getting this message:
blockchain not empty, fast sync disabled
How can I empty the blockchain to allow for fast sync?
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Geth node starts to sync from the beginning after fast sync
I have synced using the --fast command. Now how should I proceed?
I tried stopping it, and then running geth --rpc but it says:
Last Header #1311471
Last Block #0
Fast Block #1310224
What should I ...
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How to check the VM trace using Geth?
How to check the VM trace using Geth?
I've ran geth with --verbosity 6, and stuff like this gets logged:
I0525 01:26:12.418607 core/vm/vm.go:157] running byte VM b82addc7
I0525 01:26:12.419818 core/...
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Missing trie node only on some blocks > is it possible to resync a specific Block?
I'm trying to trace some transactions and I'm getting the
"Missing trie node" warning only on some specific blocks, but not on others
I've read a solution that suggests to delete the chaindata folder
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My geth node is taking ages to sync, can I still send ether?
It looks like I have to sync my blockchain at least until the block when my account was funded. Because as of right now the balance for my address is still zero.
I'm runnig geth version 1.4.4-stable-...
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Synch stuck at block 2283419
Total newbie here. I am trying to get my blockchain synced again after the Geth Node issue of Sept. 18. I am stuck on block #2283419. I am running Mist 8.2 and Ethereum Wallet 8.2. Node connects ...
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Blockchain sync on geth stalls at block 1.1 million
I saw the responses on a few issues regarding ethereum and blockchain sync on this site, and was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I'm facing.
I've been trying to sync the blockchain ...
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Synchronisation failed Invalid old chain
I got this error "Synchronisation failed: Invalid old chain" I tried geth removedb and geth upgradedb but I got the same error again any help please?
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Deinstall geth builded from source completely together with the blockchain and every piece of data [duplicate]
I use Lubuntu 17.10.
I have followed the steps in the tutorial to build geth from source. (here)
I have abandoned the idea of mining ether with my crappy hardware.
How can I deinstall the big fat ...
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