bitcoin daemon database error in a block

[darkv0rt3x]

Those first messages are just showing that it was syncing new blocks... you can ignore the "unknown version" messages... while it can be alarming to see, they're 'normal'.

It's a bit tricky to diagnose when you're giving snippets of debug.log... so you got that "Error: Out of memory" AFTER you executed bitcoin-cli stop and the node was shutting down? Did you get the normal shutting down debug like this:

Code:

2020-06-05T06:31:18Z tor: Thread interrupt
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z opencon thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z addcon thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z Shutdown: In progress...
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z torcontrol thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z net thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:18Z msghand thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:44Z scheduler thread exit
2020-06-05T06:31:44Z Dumped mempool: 0.000997s to copy, 0.152187s to dump
2020-06-05T06:31:44Z FlushStateToDisk: write coins cache to disk (677775 coins, 94304kB) started

And then it died at this point with the OOM?

Sorry to miss critical information. My debug.log file is set to be split every 300Mb, so it would be silly of me to paste here the entire file.
That's why I was just pasting here the error messages plus a few lines before.

The error was happening when I issued 'bitcoin-cli stop'.
I was not getting the same output as you because the error happened. Otherwise I would get similar output as yours.

So, I think it was due to the fact that I tried to use a bigger 'dbcache' value of 12000 MB. And when it tried to dump the cache to the disk, it was running out of memory. I 'only' have 16Gb of RAM. Not sure this was being an issue.

Anyway, the process has finished, and I think I already have my full node data back.

And now that I have my full data back (I hope), I tried to import an address where I have a small amount of BTC. I imported the address using the PK. Then I tried to rescan the blockchain to update the wallet with this address transactions. I used 'bitcoin-cli rescanblockchain 597000 633472' but I got this error:

Code:

$ bitcoin-cli rescanblockchain 590000 633465
error: Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:8332 (error code 0 - "timeout reached")
Make sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are connecting to the correct RPC port.

So I tried smaller ranges. With smaller ranges it is working and I get no errors. I tried between 597000 and 600000 and no errors. I tried other ranges and no errors either. But I still can't make that 'listunspent' command shows the utxos in this address I just imported.

What else can I do to make listunspent show my utxos?

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[HCP]

If you stop Bitcoin Core... and then restart bitcoind using:

Code:

bitcoind -rescan

It should do a full rescan of all transactions relating to addresses in your wallet... WITHOUT needing to redownload the blocks etc.


Also, what output do you get if you use:

Code:

bitcoin-cli getaddressinfo "YOUR_BTC_ADDRESS"

[darkv0rt3x]

If you stop Bitcoin Core... and then restart bitcoind using:

Code:

bitcoind -rescan

It should do a full rescan of all transactions relating to addresses in your wallet... WITHOUT needing to redownload the blocks etc.


Also, what output do you get if you use:

Code:

bitcoin-cli getaddressinfo "YOUR_BTC_ADDRESS"

Would that -rescan take how much time?
And isn't the '-rescanblockchain' option the same as that but with the possibility of limiting the range of that scan?

'getaddressinfo' shows me:
(I hide some of the chars. Not sure if they contain any sensitive info)

Code:

{
"address": "bc1...............................",
"scriptPubKey": "0014................................................................",
"ismine": true,
"solvable": true,
"desc": "wpkh([0006fafb]030f587a24dc88d12909415....................................................................)#ay5ng3rp",
"iswatchonly": false,
"isscript": false,
"iswitness": true,
"witness_version": 0,
"witness_program": "0006f...............................................",
"pubkey": "030........................................................................................",
"ischange": false,
"timestamp": 1,
"labels": [
"TugaRev"
]
}

[HCP]

-rescan usually takes a few minutes to complete... possibly as long as 30mins (depending on your computer etc) but it shouldn't take days or hours etc.

Theoretically, -rescanblockchain should do the job, but it's not working for you... whether that is caused by issues you've had with your block data and reindexing, I don't know. I suggested -rescan as it will simply start at the beginning and run through everything making sure that everything is checked.

Combined with the fact that the "big" rescanblockchain timed out on you, I'm not 100% convinced that your node is running without issues

[LoyceV]

-rescan usually takes a few minutes to complete... possibly as long as 30mins (depending on your computer etc) but it shouldn't take days or hours etc.

I did a rescan recently, and it took my (old) laptop several hours (reading from HDD).

[darkv0rt3x]

-rescan usually takes a few minutes to complete... possibly as long as 30mins (depending on your computer etc) but it shouldn't take days or hours etc.

Theoretically, -rescanblockchain should do the job, but it's not working for you... whether that is caused by issues you've had with your block data and reindexing, I don't know. I suggested -rescan as it will simply start at the beginning and run through everything making sure that everything is checked.

Combined with the fact that the "big" rescanblockchain timed out on you, I'm not 100% convinced that your node is running without issues

Rescan is now complete but still no output from listunspent command. Rescan took probably 2h. I have an i7-3740QM with 16Gb DDR3 of RAM.

I've just been told that:

a timeout means it's still going. rescans take potentially hours.
it holds the main thread so your peers will disconnect, the RPC call will fail.

I don't know what else can I do.

When I run

Code:

bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo

I get

Code:

{
"walletname": "",
"walletversion": 169900,
"balance": 0.00000000,
"unconfirmed_balance": 0.00000000,
"immature_balance": 0.00000000,
"txcount": 2,
"keypoololdest": 1591223818,
"keypoolsize": 1000,
"hdseedid": "8e........................................",
"keypoolsize_hd_internal": 1000,
"paytxfee": 0.00000000,
"private_keys_enabled": true,
"avoid_reuse": false,
"scanning": false,
"descriptors": false
}

[darkv0rt3x]

Nevermind.

I think it's fixed.

I'll use this thread if I need to keep asking for help.

[HCP]

Nevermind.

I think it's fixed.

Did the balance just show up? or did you do something else after the -rescan?

It would be helpful to know for anyone else that stumbles across this thread when trying to diagnose a similar problem to yours

[darkv0rt3x]

Nevermind.

I think it's fixed.

Did the balance just show up? or did you do something else after the -rescan?

It would be helpful to know for anyone else that stumbles across this thread when trying to diagnose a similar problem to yours

Sure I'm sorry.

I was the problem (as usual).

I imported an address that had 2 inputs and 2 outputs and I didn't thought about that. So, there were no unspent utxo's to show. Address was empty and I was expecting to see the transactions there. The 2 inputs and the 2 outputs. My bad... What can I say.

[LoyceV]

I imported an address that had 2 inputs and 2 outputs and I didn't thought about that. So, there were no unspent utxo's to show. Address was empty and I was expecting to see the transactions there. The 2 inputs and the 2 outputs. My bad... What can I say.

I recently found out that importing addresses into Bitcoin Core has some bugs: the balance doesn't always show up. I tested this with 145 old addresses, and only one very recent transaction showed up, while it didn't show the old balances.

[darkv0rt3x]

I imported an address that had 2 inputs and 2 outputs and I didn't thought about that. So, there were no unspent utxo's to show. Address was empty and I was expecting to see the transactions there. The 2 inputs and the 2 outputs. My bad... What can I say.

I recently found out that importing addresses into Bitcoin Core has some bugs: the balance doesn't always show up. I tested this with 145 old addresses, and only one very recent transaction showed up, while it didn't show the old balances.

Really? I don't want to insult you because I don't know your level of knowledge, but you did the rescan, right?

[LoyceV]

Really?

Really!

I don't want to insult you because I don't know your level of knowledge, but you did the rescan, right?

Yes. Don't worry about insulting me, if only the problem would be that simple It's worse:
From Bitcointalk Party - Discord server (05/25/2020):

Quick question... I have Bitcoin Core, import 145 addresses read-only, type "rescanblockchain" in Console, wait 2 hours, and none of the old transactions show up. Only a transaction received today shows up. Am I missing something?

how did you import them in first place?

there are soem ... issues with imports and rescans
issues that are difficult to reproduce and nail down

I imported them through Console: copy/paste all at once.
The "issues" I guess I ran into :stuck_out_tongue: I've never had this problem before, but I'm not using the latest version of Bitcoin Core, so the "issues" might be fixed already in later versions.

might not be fixed. I've ran into import and rescan issues before in various versions of the master branch and haven't been able to figure out what was wrong

it is not; I tried imported one when Loyce posted (to try some new stuff out) and after the whole rescan (debug log shows it's completed), the balance shows 0

I trust achow101's knowledge on this. So Bitcoin Core has "issues with imports and rescans"

[darkv0rt3x]

That seems to be a bit of an issue indeed.
Is this already know by devs? Anyone opened an issue on Github? (I'm sure you did, obviously)

[LoyceV]

Is this already know by devs? Anyone opened an issue on Github? (I'm sure you did, obviously)

If achow101 knows, I'm sure it's known at the right places. I didn't open an issue myself.
I want to test what happens if I re-download the entire blockchain with the same watch-only wallet instead of just doing a rescan, but as always I don't have enough time for everything I want to do.

[darkv0rt3x]

Is this already know by devs? Anyone opened an issue on Github? (I'm sure you did, obviously)

If achow101 knows, I'm sure it's known at the right places. I didn't open an issue myself.
I want to test what happens if I re-download the entire blockchain with the same watch-only wallet instead of just doing a rescan, but as always I don't have enough time for everything I want to do.

I know the feeling, for sure.

[Amirofski]

i srart new node and processing somthing like this

Code:

20-08-12T13:29:56Z UpdateTip: new best=000000000000000002c8bb221485c0f******5c8bb904fde06fbeebd0153 height=423773 version=0x20000000 log2_work=85.087637 tx=147146353 date='2016-08-05T09:49:25Z' progress=0.265073 cache=110.2MiB(430827txo)
2020-08-12T13:30:01Z UpdateTip: new best=000000000000000002cb3e3d652bc2da****c9abfb81788b8189db101b height=423774 version=0x20000000 log2_work=85.087668 tx=147146929 date='2016-08-05T09:52:35Z' progress=0.265074 cache=111.0MiB(436662txo)
2020-08-12T13:30:08Z UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000000008c9e1b5134e4365f7fb1347beec90aafd*****05eaa2a28 height=423775 version=0x20000000 log2_work=85.087698 tx=147147295 date='2016-08-05T09:54:14Z' progress=0.265074 cache=111.7MiB(443114txo)
2020-08-12T13:30:08Z UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000000053b04f519d1983ab88932600e682de78********03b3976 height=423776 version=0x20000000 log2_work=85.087729 tx=147147501 date='2016-08-05T09:55:37Z' progress=0.265075 cache=111.8MiB(443354txo)
2020-08-12T13:30:09Z Pre-allocating up to position 0xb00000 in rev00589.dat
2020-08-12T13:30:09Z UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000000051c2f0cbbec5db8858426f65fa***********7974f3 height=423777 version=0x20000000 log2_work=85.087759 tx=147149633 date='2016-08-05T10:10:36Z' progress=0.265078 cache=112.1MiB(446128txo)

it's normal?

[HCP]

it's normal?

I don't see any obvious error or problem with that output...

It is simply showing that it is updating with each new block that is received and parsed. Note how the "height" number is incrementing. Looks like it's a little over 26.5% synced... the "progress" value is the percentage (divided by 100)... so 0.265078 * 100 = 26.5078%.

[Amirofski]

it's normal?

I don't see any obvious error or problem with that output...

It is simply showing that it is updating with each new block that is received and parsed. Note how the "height" number is incrementing. Looks like it's a little over 26.5% synced... the "progress" value is the percentage (divided by 100)... so 0.265078 * 100 = 26.5078%.

thanks for your useful reply