Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Current behaviour
Fatal crash at block height=204907 when intalling bitcoin-core on new mac
Expected behaviour
download whole chain.
Steps to reproduce
tried it several times and it keeps crashing. also tried earlier versions of bitcoin core.
Non techie so please forgive if I am a Numpty!
Relevant log output
2024-12-16T13:13:15Z UpdateTip: new best=000000000000049dfa92a13ebe5f250b6139b17f90348618d4022a798eab97e9 height=204906 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.915302 tx=8334826 date=‘2012-10-25T14:06:46Z’ progress=0.007280 cache=348.1MiB(2981431txo) 2024-12-16T13:13:15Z UpdateTip: new best=00000000000004a9639319bbbd67e2f37876d3894ac89cbc6a1ba5c4b36ebf53 height=204907 version=0x00000001 log2_work=68.915336 tx=8335103 date=‘2012-10-25T14:31:31Z’ progress=0.007280 cache=348.1MiB(2981430txo) 2024-12-16T13:13:15Z *** Corrupt block found indicating potential hardware failure; shutting down 2024-12-16T13:13:15Z Error: A fatal internal error occurred, see debug.log for details 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z ERROR: ConnectTip: ConnectBlock 000000000000016afdf1a0a9a98d5f3b5a73f0e00532f47cc234e6e97f4f6f2f failed, bad-txnmrklroot, hashMerkleRoot mismatch 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z ERROR: ProcessNewBlock: ActivateBestChain failed (bad-txnmrklroot, hashMerkleRoot mismatch) 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z Flushed fee estimates to fee_estimates.dat. 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z tor: Thread interrupt 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z Shutdown: In progress… 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z opencon thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z addcon thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z torcontrol thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z net thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z msghand thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z DumpAnchors: Flush 0 outbound block-relay-only peer addresses to anchors.dat started 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z DumpAnchors: Flush 0 outbound block-relay-only peer addresses to anchors.dat completed (0.01s) 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z scheduler thread exit 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z Writing 0 unbroadcast transactions to disk. 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z Dumped mempool: 0.000s to copy, 0.007s to dump 2024-12-16T14:46:14Z Flushed fee estimates to fee_estimates.dat. 2024-12-16T14:46:17Z Shutdown: done
How did you obtain Bitcoin Core
Compiled from source
What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?
27.0.0, Copyright © 2009-2024 The Bitcoin Core developers
Operating system and version
Mac OS 15.1.1 (24B2091)
Machine specifications
16gb memory External SSD 1 TB, checked with Disc Utility and ok
