Can't connect to Bitcoin network after connecting to Bitcoin Mainet via Tor

caro · December 30, 2020, 5:03am

I’ve been using Bisq for over a week and everything was working just fine. However, two hours ago, the screen froze and I can no longer access it. I turned off the computer and restarted it but no luck. It connects to the Bitcoin Mainet via Tor, but won’t connect to the Bitcoin network. I am a bit worried because I need to send the funds on four transactions before the deadline, otherwise I will lose my deposit.
Thank you very much in advance.

jonny3 · December 30, 2020, 9:07am

I think I got the same problem, for some days it run without problems till yesterday night but right now Bisq gets stuck indefinitely on step 3/4 after synchronizing to bitcoin network via Tor

Hope this is solved since I got a mediation pending

Thanks in advance for your help

MnM · December 30, 2020, 9:24am

There’s an issue with seed nodes, when trying to connect to Bisq CPU is overloaded. They’re working on it.
Don’t worry about your funds, this is affecting all traders so you should not be penalized by that, other than the time lost and worries.

JAM69 · January 11, 2021, 10:10pm

I think the same or similar happens to me. It connects to Bitcoin but the program doesn’t open. I have an ongoing transaction. Any help?

JAM69 · January 11, 2021, 10:19pm

I tried in windows 10 and the same happens.

Kit · January 11, 2021, 10:31pm

This is an ongoing issue with many Tor based services, general consensus seems to be it’s a DDOS on v3 addresses.
Check here for more info:
https://twitter.com/bisq_network
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/kvav7r/v3_down_again_after_12h_h_of_peace/

tieck · January 12, 2021, 4:08pm

If you wait and let the application run in this situation it will eventually come up completely after several minutes.

JAM69 · January 12, 2021, 10:30pm

Thanks. Now everything is working fine. Probably it was the problem with TOR.

thehaze · January 17, 2021, 8:39pm

I tried to restart both the computer and router and tried different settings about bridges but no luck, it has being going like that for few days now…any help please?

MnM · January 18, 2021, 9:51am

You don’t need to touch the bridges unless someone is locking you to connect to Tor actively (China, etc). Try to connect Tor browser to see if it works.

thehaze · January 18, 2021, 5:54pm

I thought so…then what can I try to solve the problem?

MnM · January 19, 2021, 9:12am

Make a backup and clean the Tor files via Settings/Network/Tor settings. Don’t do it manually.

thehaze · January 20, 2021, 7:51pm

tried already, didn’t work either…

MnM · January 21, 2021, 9:24am

Are you using a slow connection?

thehaze · January 22, 2021, 1:07pm

nope and I’ve tried a couple of different ones too

MnM · January 23, 2021, 8:54am

Hi, this is becoming a too frequent issue that needs to be investigated (although sometimes it gets eventually fixed by itself).
Could you go to Keybase to share logs and answer some questions? Keybase
Go to support channel or DM @ mwithm