Hi there, hope I’m not writing a unuseful and already touched theme. Sometimes my BitcoinCore loses 1 or 2 blocks, sometimes the health state test fails and this puts my node in a limbo (if BitcoinCore it’s not synched, neither are other services). When I see through the logs, it seems that the proble is the unreacheability of the hosts. I wonder why: maybe the problem is my connection? Maybe the fact the my btc node is set up to go under tor and tor is unstable?
I believe that with some circustances, it’s impossible to run a LN node (it could be embarassing to have your node stuck when you are ready to pay for something)
I was thinking: what should I check to understand the source of the problem? Is there a tool to monitor my connection and see if sometimes I lose the connection?
It could be a couple of things, such as hardware limitations or connectivity issues. First, you can check in System > Insights > Monitor how many resources you have available. Then, you can try to enable Clearnet in the Bitcoin config and see if it helps. Also, do you have everything up to date (StartOS, services)? Have you tried restarting the server to see if it helps?
Hi @h0mer , thanks for your reply. Today I experienced this problem while I was testing the ping, so it’s something that doesn’t (shouldn’t) depend from my connection. Hardward shouldn’t be a problem cause it’s quite decent.
Please see my reply in the other thread you linked to. Your device is only slightly more powerful than a Raspberry Pi, and for a full Bitcoin stack as you are running, this may be insufficient, especially in the coming months and years as the resource consumption continues to increase.
