Mist Browser - Ethereum Wallet Recovery Recovery

[jaxonlove]

Hello

I have an ethereum wallet that I started almost two years ago. I have not been able to get it to sync with the blockchain for about a year.

Hoping to find some low-cost advise on how to get the Ethereum Wallet working again (type of hardware, operating system, connection speed, etc).

Thanks for any help or introductions you might be able to provide. Thank you!

Version: `0.8.10`
License: GPL-3.0
OS & Version: windows/
Node version: `geth 0.0.0`
Number of blocks synchronized: 0

[philsmd]

it depends if you reaally want to operate a full node. 0.10.0 of mist defaults to a light node (and the upcoming version even tries a layered sync/node approach, i.e. it uses a remote connection to infura and only if your node is "fully synced" it switches to the local provider).

All these syncing problems were already discussed a couple of times and it's basically not a problem of mist/ethereum wallet but it also affects geth (go-ethereum) and the underlying ethereum protocol etc.

For instance you can only operate a full node with a fast SSD (a HDD won't be fast enough to catch up).

see https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/3738#issuecomment-374160082 and https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/16251#issuecomment-371449572 and https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/3097 etc

[alexvandesande]

Sorry about the trouble syncing. This is typically an issue of geth taking a while to download many state entries before it can finalize the last blocks. If you haven’t tried syncing in Light mode, please do so by selecting the “Sync with Light client (beta)” option under the “Develop” menu tab. The feature is still in beta, but if you run into any trouble, you can usually clear it up by restarting.

If you have a time-sensitive need to move funds from your wallet, you can always access your wallet and send transactions within myetherwallet or mycrypto

We are merging all sync issues on this thread: https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/3097

[jaxonlove]

Great thank you Alex. I will try this.

Jaxon

On Apr 9, 2018, at 7:41 AM, Alex Van de Sande notifications@github.com wrote:

Sorry about the trouble syncing. This is typically an issue of geth taking a while to download many state entries before it can finalize the last blocks. If you haven’t tried syncing in Light mode, please do so by selecting the “Sync with Light client (beta)” option under the “Develop” menu tab. The feature is still in beta, but if you run into any trouble, you can usually clear it up by restarting.

If you have a time-sensitive need to move funds from your wallet, you can always access your wallet and send transactions within myetherwallet or mycrypto

We are merging all sync issues on this thread: #3097

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[jaxonlove]

I was able to recover my ETH using myetherwallet! Thank you very much for the help. Sorry it took me a while to finally get time to sit down and do this.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 7:41 AM, Alex Van de Sande notifications@github.com wrote:

Sorry about the trouble syncing. This is typically an issue of geth taking a while to download many state entries before it can finalize the last blocks. If you haven’t tried syncing in Light mode, please do so by selecting the “Sync with Light client (beta)” option under the “Develop” menu tab. The feature is still in beta, but if you run into any trouble, you can usually clear it up by restarting.

If you have a time-sensitive need to move funds from your wallet, you can always access your wallet and send transactions within myetherwallet https://myetherWallet.com or mycrypto https://mycrypto.com

We are merging all sync issues on this thread: #3097 https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/3097

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-- Jaxon Love