Electrum Totally Stuck Syncing - No fix identified yet

[wilbur28]

Hello, I am using 3.3.4 for Windows.

My electrum wallet has been stuck on synchronizing for about 24 hours now. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. I have tried changing servers manually but none seem to connect. I know there is a DDoS attack going on, however other people seem to have found a work around and some people are expressing they are having no problems at all. I saw someone suggest setting up my own server but I have no idea how to do that.  Are there any known good servers that are working for you? Any help would be appreciated. I have a reasonable size incoming deposit I haven't even been able to see yet.

Thanks in advance.

[iubuuyc]

Hello.

Same problem here. I have rebooted the computer and the electrum 100 times, hand-picked servers, run the wallet on another computer. Re-installed the wallet. Interestingly, I have other wallets on electrum, but only one of them does not work. All others are synchronized without problems. My friends don't have a problem with wallets either, just me.

[djhomeschool]

Hello.

Same problem here. I have rebooted the computer and the electrum 100 times, hand-picked servers, run the wallet on another computer. Re-installed the wallet. Interestingly, I have other wallets on electrum, but only one of them does not work. All others are synchronized without problems. My friends don't have a problem with wallets either, just me.

Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?
Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?
Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

[iubuuyc]

>Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?

If i understand your question correct, i got standard legacy wallet & i got standard number of input addresses.

>Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?

I do not have 2FA on my wallet. I don't know what "increase the gap" means.

>Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

I am using the latest version 3.3.4 & download it from official website https://electrum.org/#download / Me op is Win 7.

[djhomeschool]

>Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?

If i understand your question correct, i got standard legacy wallet & i got standard number of input addresses.

>Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?

I do not have 2FA on my wallet. I don't know what "increase the gap" means.

>Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

I am using the latest version 3.3.4 & download it from official website https://electrum.org/#download / Me op is Win 7.

Can you try to create a new wallet with the same seed and see if this does sync like your other wallets?

[iubuuyc]

>Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?

If i understand your question correct, i got standard legacy wallet & i got standard number of input addresses.

>Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?

I do not have 2FA on my wallet. I don't know what "increase the gap" means.

>Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

I am using the latest version 3.3.4 & download it from official website https://electrum.org/#download / Me op is Win 7.

Can you try to create a new wallet with the same seed and see if this does sync like your other wallets?

That worked for me. Thank you!

[djhomeschool]

>Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?

If i understand your question correct, i got standard legacy wallet & i got standard number of input addresses.

>Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?

I do not have 2FA on my wallet. I don't know what "increase the gap" means.

>Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

I am using the latest version 3.3.4 & download it from official website https://electrum.org/#download / Me op is Win 7.

Can you try to create a new wallet with the same seed and see if this does sync like your other wallets?

That worked for me. Thank you!

Glad you got it solved!

[Aleksiusha]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d316816a4bca44597c123d78b128d6a48796bee2723515e462c3f864fcb695a5/detection

why virus total so mad on electrum portable, i got it from https://electrum.org/#download   and now i am kinda afraid to use it.

[TryNinja]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d316816a4bca44597c123d78b128d6a48796bee2723515e462c3f864fcb695a5/detection

why virus total so mad on electrum portable, i got it from https://electrum.org/#download   and now i am kinda afraid to use it.

Don't worry. It's just a false positive.

Yes. They are false positives. The only "good" anti virus in that list is Kaspersky and they are tagging the file with the virus "not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.TorJok.afe".

If you really want to be safe, verify the integrity of the files by following this guide: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@jklepatch/how-to-verify-the-integrity-of-electrum-wallet-executable-on-windows

This always happens with Electrum files because they use PyInstaller to package their python apps, and some virus do that as well.

Shit antivirus says: if a virus does that, and this app also does that, then this must be a virus!

[wilbur28]

>Do you have the standard number of Electrum addresses on a standard wallet?

If i understand your question correct, i got standard legacy wallet & i got standard number of input addresses.

>Is your wallet 2FA or did you increase the gap?

I do not have 2FA on my wallet. I don't know what "increase the gap" means.

>Are you using the LATEST version of Electrum (3.3.4) and download it from the official Electrum page? (https://electrum.org/#download)

I am using the latest version 3.3.4 & download it from official website https://electrum.org/#download / Me op is Win 7.

Can you try to create a new wallet with the same seed and see if this does sync like your other wallets?

That worked for me. Thank you!

Glad you got it solved!

This did NOT work for me. I tried making a new wallet with my seed several times. Still stuck on syncing. I am using the correct version of electrum downloaded from the correct place. No 2FA on my wallet.

[Abdussamad]

Learn to switch servers.  Keep doing this until it syncs.