[signet v22.0.0] Unable to sync node from scratch

saravadeanil commented at 1:02 pm on June 16, 2025: none

Hi, I am trying to run bitcoin signet node with below configurations:-

Bitcore release:- v22.0.0
Parameters:-

 0            - '-chain=signet'
 1            - '-rest'
 2            - '-txindex'
 3            - '-disablewallet'
 4            - '-server'
 5            - '-rpcbind=0.0.0.0'
 6            - '-rpcport=38332'
 7            - '-rpcallowip=0.0.0.0/0'
 8            - '-rpcthreads=512'
 9            - '-rpcworkqueue=4096'
10            - '-rpcuser=xxxxxxxxxx'
11            - '-rpcpassword=xxxxxxxxxx'
12            - '-dbcache=2048'
13            - '-zmqpubrawtx=tcp://*:38333'
14            - '-deprecatedrpc=addresses'
15            - '-printtoconsole'

My node is stuck with below logs:-

 02025-06-16T12:52:18Z init message: Loading P2P addresses…
 12025-06-16T12:52:18Z Imported mempool transactions from disk: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 expired, 0 already there, 0 waiting for initial broadcast
 22025-06-16T12:52:18Z loadblk thread exit
 32025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loaded 0 addresses from peers.dat  1ms
 42025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loaded 0 addresses from "anchors.dat"
 52025-06-16T12:52:18Z 0 block-relay-only anchors will be tried for connections.
 62025-06-16T12:52:18Z init message: Starting network threads…
 72025-06-16T12:52:18Z net thread start
 82025-06-16T12:52:18Z dnsseed thread start
 92025-06-16T12:52:18Z addcon thread start
102025-06-16T12:52:18Z init message: Done loading
112025-06-16T12:52:18Z msghand thread start
122025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loading addresses from DNS seed v7ajjeirttkbnt32wpy3c6w3emwnfr3fkla7hpxcfokr3ysd3kqtzmqd.onion:38333
132025-06-16T12:52:18Z opencon thread start
142025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loading addresses from DNS seed 178.128.221.177
152025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loading addresses from DNS seed 2a01:7c8:d005:390::5
162025-06-16T12:52:18Z 0 addresses found from DNS seeds
172025-06-16T12:52:18Z dnsseed thread exit
182025-06-16T12:52:19Z Cannot create socket for v7ajjeirttkbnt32wpy3c6w3emwnfr3fkla7hpxcfokr3ysd3kqtzmqd.onion:38333: unsupported network
192025-06-16T12:53:19Z Adding fixed seeds as 60 seconds have passed and addrman is empty

Any idea how to resolve it?

mzumsande commented at 6:49 pm on June 16, 2025: contributor

looks like you have no initial peers - if you don’t want to upgrade to a newer version, maybe addnode a current signet node to find an an initial peer that helps you bootstrap ( dig seed.signet.achownodes.xyz should return some).

0xB10C commented at 6:51 pm on June 16, 2025: contributor

2025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loading addresses from DNS seed 178.128.221.177 2025-06-16T12:52:18Z Loading addresses from DNS seed 2a01:7c8:d005:390::5 2025-06-16T12:52:18Z 0 addresses found from DNS seeds

the signet DNS seeds don’t seem to be returning addresses of peers for you to connect to and the hardcoded seeds in version v22 might be down too.

Trying a more recent Bitcoin Core release might work, as it has more recent SigNet peers hardcoded.

saravadeanil commented at 5:27 am on June 17, 2025: none

Thanks for the suggestions, I tried to run the node with v26.0 and it started syncing 🎉

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