Invalid or missing peers.dat; recreating #11079

1. 
   ne-vlezay80 commented at 3:49 pm on August 17, 2017: none

   2017-08-17 15:44:47 Discover: IPv6 vio0: 2a01:d0:c353:180::64 2017-08-17 15:44:47 Bound to [::]:8333 2017-08-17 15:44:47 Bound to 0.0.0.0:8333 2017-08-17 15:44:47 init message: Loading P2P addresses… 2017-08-17 15:44:48 UpdateTip: new best=000000000000018ef8c94f6c5e754760efb598c87caf7d2bb65fcbd29b9e385b height=180538 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.147054 tx=3231243 date=‘2012-05-17 23:35:48’ progress=0.013060 cache=0.1MiB(644txo) 2017-08-17 15:44:48 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000000a564232ce80a5755af9b5d47965be1a35ee12b8fbc6c7069db height=180539 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.147087 tx=3231499 date=‘2012-05-17 23:49:55’ progress=0.013061 cache=0.2MiB(1296txo) 2017-08-17 15:44:48 UpdateTip: new best=00000000000000452a0ffe0ba85571bc6645897b319c1cbae56f414f1d0fcbf5 height=180540 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.14712 tx=3231611 date=‘2012-05-17 23:55:03’ progress=0.013061 cache=0.2MiB(1553txo) 2017-08-17 15:44:48 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000994ce96f795a514922538bc795a36f8c39f6b89b7160a383241 height=180541 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.147153 tx=3231753 date=‘2012-05-17 23:59:43’ progress=0.013062 cache=0.3MiB(1863txo) 2017-08-17 15:44:48 ERROR: DeserializeDB: Checksum mismatch, data corrupted 2017-08-17 15:44:48 Invalid or missing peers.dat; recreating

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   1. Incressing ram the virtual machine
   2. ERROR: DeserializeDB: Checksum mismatch, data corrupted

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   • OS: OpenBSD 6.1
   • CPU: QEMU(Libvirt)
   • RAM:1024M
   • Disk size:32G
   • Disk Type (HD/SDD):HD

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2. laanwj added the label Data corruption on Aug 17, 2017
3. laanwj added the label P2P on Aug 17, 2017
4. 
   victorperin commented at 2:52 am on October 10, 2017: none

   Got the same error in here guys, How can I help?
5. 
   theuni commented at 6:14 pm on October 10, 2017: member

   This should be fixed by #11252, though unfortunately it has not made it into a release yet.

   If you’re crashing at startup, the quick fix is just to delete the peers.dat from your profile dir.

6. theuni closed this on Oct 10, 2017

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7. 
   victorperin commented at 6:30 pm on October 10, 2017: none

   Thanks! :)
8. MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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