I was asked to prepare a syncing guide. Here it is (based on
altcoin.center's post)
If you are having troubles syncing, your wallet does not connect to the networks and can't find any connections, this small guide should help you get synchronized. Also, if your balance seems to be wrong, the procedures described here should fix it.
The following instructions will walk you through creating the dopecoin.conf configuration file and redownloading the blockchain. Your coins will be safe as long as you keep the wallet.dat file backed up.
First make sure you are using the latest version of the DopeCoin wallet, downloaded from
DopeCoin official website or from the links in the
OP. As of the time of posting this message, the latest wallet version available is 4.0.0.2.
First make sure your DopeCoin wallet is not running; if it is, shut it down.
Locate the DopeCoin data folder. The location depends on which operating system you're using:
- In Windows, the data folder is C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\DopeCoinV4. The AppData folder is hidden, and in order to make it visible at Windows File Explorer, you must go to the View tab and make sure the Hidden items check box is checked.
- In Mac OS X, the data folder is /Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/DopeCoinV4. The Library folder is hidden, and in order to make it visible at Finder, you must open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and type the following command to the Terminal window, followed by enter: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES. You will then have to log out and back in to make Finder aware of the configuration change.
- In Linux, the Dopecoin data folder is ~yourusername/.DopeCoinV4
Inside the DopeCoin data folder you should see a handful of folders and files named database, blk0001.dat, db.log, debug.log, peers.dat, wallet.dat etc.
Now create a folder named #BACKUP inside the data folder, and move all other files and folders there except the file wallet.dat. Your DopeCoin data folder should now only contain the file wallet.dat - the rest of the files should be in the #BACKUP subfolder.
Start a text editor. In Windows you can use Notepad, in OS X TextEdit, and in Linux which ever text editor your distribution happens to provide.
Paste the following lines to the text editor:
addnode=94.194.33.23:40420
addnode=24.212.53.77:40420
addnode=89.106.38.148:40420
addnode=213.32.98.226:40420
addnode=188.68.52.172:40420
addnode=37.120.190.76:40420
addnode=203.214.120.117:40420
addnode=144.76.237.39:32490
addnode=[2001:0:9d38:90d7:1883:14d0:bbab:657b]:40420
addnode=[2001:0:4137:9e76:103e:394b:b0b8:263b]:40420
addnode=[2001:0:4137:9e76:81d:1c:52e2:866e]:40420
addnode=[2001:0:9d38:6abd:10a5:5791:399a:f1a2]:40420
addnode=[2001:0:9d38:90d7:c4b:2c14:d02f:4ba3]:40420
addnode=[2001:0:5ef5:79fb:2413:265c:b81c:c4b7]:40420
This is the list of alive nodes you wallet will try to connect to.
Save the file by the name dopecoin.conf inside the DopeCoin data folder. Some text editors automatically add a .txt suffix to the file name, so after saving, make sure the file is really named dopecoin.conf and not dopecoin.conf.txt.
Finally, start your DopeCoin wallet again.
Your wallet should now connect to the DopeCoin network and start downloading the blockchain from scratch.
Sometimes it may happen that your balance shows wrong numbers, don't panic
Go to Help - Debug Window - Console and type "repairwallet" there. The wallet will rescan blockchain, find any mismatches and fix them.
Good luck!