Bitcoin core stuck ! please help

[jepy2]

Hello :-)

I have installed bitcoin and it was Building Block chain for a few days now, it was almost done but after pc reboot it will not open, its stuck, the window with the logo comes on screen but nothing more happens.

Its stuck at : ACTIVATING BEST CHAIN

What should i do ?

I have transferred a large amount of bitcoins to the wallet but since it never finished Building and now will not open i have not seen the bitcoin in the wallet yet.

I am new to all this so please help me out , i dont know what to do and fear i have lost all the Money.

 

[achow101]

Hello :-)

I have installed bitcoin and it was Building Block chain for a few days now, it was almost done but after pc reboot it will not open, its stuck, the window with the logo comes on screen but nothing more happens.

Its stuck at : ACTIVATING BEST CHAIN

What should i do ?

I have transferred a large amount of bitcoins to the wallet but since it never finished Building and now will not open i have not seen the bitcoin in the wallet yet.

I am new to all this so please help me out , i dont know what to do and fear i have lost all the Money.

 

Don't worry, your Bitcoin is still safe, as long as you don't delete the wallet file. Sometimes it takes a long time for Bitcoin Core to start up and it just looks like it is frozen, so wait.

However, in case it is broken, please provide us with the OS you are using and the debug.log file. Find data directory (specific instructions for different OSes here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory) and find the debug.log file inside it. Then post everything inside the file on this thread (don't worry, the file does not have any sensitive information in it), preferably between the code brackets.

[jepy2]

It is still stuck and has been a long time now, CPU and memory use is very high and the pc is under load... should i expect to wait for days ?

The loading window or what you call it is showing and at the bottom it says : activating best chain

[achow101]

It is still stuck and has been a long time now, CPU and memory use is very high and the pc is under load... should i expect to wait for days ?

The loading window or what you call it is showing and at the bottom it says : activating best chain

It is definitely stuck. post the debug.log. You should kill the Bitcoin Core process, but that will probably require you to need to reindex the databases which can also take a long time.

[jepy2]

its magic, its working Again now, just took some time and cpu use was like 90 percent , but its back !  thx

[achow101]

Can you post the whole log? Put it in code brackets (the pound # symbol button in the bar above the message box will do it automatically for you)

Try restarting Bitcoin Core. Kill the program using task manager and then restart it. Then tell us what happens.

[jepy2]

No need for log file, its working Again now, as if by magic, i just left it be and suddenly it opened up and was back to downloading Blocks like before...

Thx so much for the quick reply , good to know we can get help here, thank you very much :-)


EDIT : Maybe not ! i just closed the bitcoin core program and waited for the Little window to disappear, then opened it up Again to see if it really was working like before , but nope, its stuck at activating  best chain again, why does it do this ? its going to take foreever each time i need to open the wallet if its going to do this from now on.

I will try to wait again and hope it opens like before......

oohhh lord all this I.T.