Topic: 0 Connections (Read 1250 times)
There seems to be an ongoing attack of some subtle sort disrupting connections to nodes that announce themselves via the IRC bootstrapping channel. Look up the "bitcoin fallback nodes" on google, and use several ip addresses randomly using the following -connect=ip.address.goes.here and also use -noirc to keep your own ip address off of the irc bootstrapping channel.
For the last several days I've been trying to connect to "the network" with the standard bitcoin client (0.3.20.1), but it's stuck at 0 connections, 125364 blocks.
I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
Upgrading to the latest version may help since the IRC bootstrapping mechanism was changed. The other standard advice is to (a) forward port 8333 in your router and/or (b) add some fallback nodes.I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
hmm that port 8333 might have worked as I have 2 connections now - I also upgraded the software
I suppose we'll see. 
For the last several days I've been trying to connect to "the network" with the standard bitcoin client (0.3.20.1), but it's stuck at 0 connections, 125364 blocks.
I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
Upgrading to the latest version may help since the IRC bootstrapping mechanism was changed. The other standard advice is to (a) forward port 8333 in your router and/or (b) add some fallback nodes. I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
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For the last several days I've been trying to connect to "the network" with the standard bitcoin client (0.3.20.1), but it's stuck at 0 connections, 125364 blocks.
I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
I saw that there was a version 0.3.22 released, but I didn't think I had to upgrade to stay connected.
How can I help my poor client connect? I've got a few coins floating around in transactions my client hasn't downloaded yet, and would like to send them somewhere else!
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