Mist: Ethereum Wallet never end sync

[sam1138]

hi
I'm very new here; I have the subject problem
sync seems to never finish

Version: 0.9.3
OS & Version: windows 10 64 bit
Node version: geth 1.8.1
Number of blocks synchronized: stuck at 65 blocks left
pc cable connected
internet speed: around 14 Mbps

I'm using the command
geth --rpc --fast --cache=1024

worked on all sunday
monday night
tuesday morning
still not finished

thanks for help

[sam1138]

sorry Barfield36
it's the same string....I'm already using it as you can see from my first screenshoot

this night is passed and again sync not completed
thanks in advance friends for the support
David

[PepeLopez]

Same here - never get synced, always around 65 blocks to sync.
Actually, my account shows 0 ETH instead of it's real value.
Extremely disappointing...

[CalvinHartwell]

+1

Actually, I managed to get the sync to finish but wallets still show 0 balance. You perhaps could try spinning it up on EC2 for faster network connectivity but honestly this needs to be fixed or at least the problem needs to be addressed and explained.

My guess is that it is caused by the performance of the Ethereum network (usage dramatically increased recently I believe) or an ISP throttle.

I've not read the entire ethereum source-code, mist or geth, but it could be an intentional throttle produced by the developers as a means of stop-loss. If you can't use your wallet, you can't sell or transfer eth, pretty simple. I hope this is not the real reason.

I managed to get my ETH to the exchange using https://www.myetherwallet.com/. It should work fine but be careful, especially if you have a large amount of ETH.

[sam1138]

updates
at today more than 62 Gb downloaded ...
is this normal?

interesting what said by Calvin...

for my very limited knowledge of this arguments the sync problem is still on the table...

[stepanhack]

Try using --syncmode light, otherwise you will have to download the whole chaindata which is currently at 50gb+ (https://etherscan.io/chart2/chaindatasizefast).

See this how to use the light mode with geth https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/669cn9/how_to_use_the_geth_light_client_in_combination/.

You can do the same thing in the Mist Wallet by checking, Develop ->Sync with light client (beta).

[sam1138]

great stepanhack !!!
I think it worked !!
really few minutes to sync

really thanks for help!

[CalvinHartwell]

great stepanhack !!!
I think it worked !!
really few minutes to sync

I was in the same position, but balance would still not appear even though sync'd.

[FGYPXZ]

Using Light version hepls to see the balance, but the transfer fees are much highier than in the main wallet. Min. 0.05 Eth for transaction. It seems Ethereium is a bubble and does not cost that much, because it's useless.

[bifetuga]

It just doesn't end, it's an endless nightmare been at it for 4 days... afraid to say that this wallet is a major fail

[bitNINj4]

I have the same issues on multiple Win10 Pro 64 PC's. It's extremely frustrating to watch the chaindata folder increase and decrease in size but never surpass ~62GB while sequentially writing and deleting block data.. :(
And what's worse is that using the Lite version to send/receive ether took 12hrs to send with almost maximum gas spent to send because there are no peers or the nodes don't seem to function properly.

[Bernard-Biolchini]

Im with the same problem and the solution is painful because you'll have to restart the sync.
But it was impossible to solve without doing that because every time that my computer seems to be reaching the last block, started to sincronize the chaindata , finally, that was an endless process.

You need to go to C:Users: Name of Computer (Each computer has a personal name):App:Roaming:Ethereum:Geth:Chaindata //DELETE THIS FOLDER Chaindata

Now you restart the process from zero , but now you will finally find the END