Perhaps this is related to the 1.3.0.1 update a few days ago? Has anyone actually tried to sync to block chain from the beginning with that version?
Yes it was properly tested. Issue is that the hardcoded nodes seem to still have peers that are on the old versions so you end up connecting to those peers and get stuck where they are. Do the following to get past the fork:
Shutdown wallet. Delete blockchain and peers.dat (don't touch the wallet.dat!), in your config file set listen=0 and add connect = cga.inceptioncraft.net, then start the wallet. This will cause you to connect to just cga.inceptioncraft.net and download the correct blockchain. Once you are fully synced, shutdown your wallet, change listen=1 and delete connect = cga.inceptioncraft.net. Start the wallet again... and BAM you should be cooking.
That's exactly what I did. Here is the problem part from the log:
2014-03-20 17:46:51 nActualTimespan = 639 before bounds
2014-03-20 17:46:51 GetNextWorkRequired RETARGET
2014-03-20 17:46:51 nTargetTimespan = 80 nActualTimespan = 320
2014-03-20 17:46:51 Before: 1d02826c 00000002826c0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
2014-03-20 17:46:51 After: 1d0a09b0 0000000a09b00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
2014-03-20 17:46:51 ERROR: ConnectBlock() : coinbase pays too much (actual=100000000 vs limit=0)
2014-03-20 17:46:51 InvalidChainFound: invalid block=361031959e1085697e2e46417d26bcad3d9e9a7b7fc63ec2ac53aa386c494763 height=8738 log2_work=44.74319 date=2014-02-07 11:12:39
2014-03-20 17:46:51 InvalidChainFound: current best=73f3147fadd913980617b8a5bdea301e0c0a5ef3434eec693ecaca0bb62b4604 height=8737 log2_work=44.743169 date=2014-02-07 11:22:25
2014-03-20 17:46:51 InvalidChainFound: invalid block=361031959e1085697e2e46417d26bcad3d9e9a7b7fc63ec2ac53aa386c494763 height=8738 log2_work=44.74319 date=2014-02-07 11:12:39
2014-03-20 17:46:51 InvalidChainFound: current best=73f3147fadd913980617b8a5bdea301e0c0a5ef3434eec693ecaca0bb62b4604 height=8737 log2_work=44.743169 date=2014-02-07 11:22:25
2014-03-20 17:46:51 ERROR: SetBestBlock() : ConnectBlock 361031959e1085697e2e46417d26bcad3d9e9a7b7fc63ec2ac53aa386c494763 failed
2014-03-20 17:46:51 ERROR: AcceptBlock() : AddToBlockIndex failed
2014-03-20 17:46:51 ERROR: ProcessBlock() : AcceptBlock FAILED
2014-03-20 17:46:51 Misbehaving: 184.154.116.146:13931 (0 -> 100) DISCONNECTING
2014-03-20 17:46:51 disconnecting node cga.inceptioncraft.net
2014-03-20 17:46:54 trying connection cga.inceptioncraft.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2014-03-20 17:46:54 connected cga.inceptioncraft.net
2014-03-20 17:46:54 send version message: version 70003, blocks=8737, us=0.0.0.0:0, them=184.154.116.146:13931, peer=184.154.116.146:13931
2014-03-20 17:46:55 receive version message: /Satoshi:1.3.0.2/: version 70003, blocks=66493, us=62.44.208.15:53068, them=184.154.116.146:13931, peer=184.154.116.146:13931
2014-03-20 17:46:59 received block 4f28348ee7816ee9ffd5d9702383b5a8b7bd5d336f90fcea1ca36c6f9bfd5e4e
2014-03-20 17:46:59 ProcessBlock: ORPHAN BLOCK, prev=7b5c65bba4c23236b26225c20644b38bd1f6f93e5333b30c0e33e352d3c83ae6
2014-03-20 17:46:59 received block 47aca5654f4115862ed20fe6c69f585b736eb09dff74eee30202af39a3f01583
I watched the debug log on the cga.inceptioncraft.net node to see what was happening with our connection. Here's the relevant part:
2014-03-20 18:22:06 getblocks 8501 to daf25d32e91b5316bc7e3cf9ed1f444a7142e52e6401dd8a3f89aabf2257dd30 limit 500
2014-03-20 18:22:06 getblocks stopping at limit 9000 7b5c65bba4c23236b26225c20644b38bd1f6f93e5333b30c0e33e352d3c83ae6
2014-03-20 18:22:07 received getdata (500 invsz)
2014-03-20 18:22:09 socket closed
2014-03-20 18:22:09 disconnecting node 62.44.208.15:53107
Please try renaming your ~/.cryptographicanomaly/ directory to something else. Make sure you back up your wallet first. If your wallet is still unable to sync, please try recloning the source from our github repo and doing a fresh compile. If you are STILL unable to get past this point, please join #cganomaly on Freenode IRC so we can troubleshoot more in depth. Here's a link: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#cganomaly