# Computer stalling when connecting to bitcoin mainnet?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010 "2019-07-08T05:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hennyj](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/hennyj/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@hennyj](https://bisq.community/u/hennyj)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010/1 "2019-07-08T05:20:00Z")

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Every time I try to open Bisq the tor node is created but as it is connecting the bitcoin mainnet my computer stalls… any suggestions as how I can bypass this as I would love to trade on bisq

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010/2 "2019-07-08T05:49:34Z")

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Do you have a bitcoin node running on your computer ?  
Which bisq version do you use ?  
What is your OS ?

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**Author:** ![hennyj](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/hennyj/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@hennyj](https://bisq.community/u/hennyj)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010/3 "2019-07-09T23:22:07Z")

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No I am not running a node on my computer. I believe it is 1.1.2. MacOS High sierra verzion 10.13.6.

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010/4 "2019-07-10T04:29:56Z")

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In order to help to diagnose what happens, you should look at the concerned logfile part when the issue happens. All the logfile lines are timestamped.  
You can post the concerned part here, or open an issue in the github and upload it.

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**Author:** ![Badha5h](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/badha5h/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Badha5h](https://bisq.community/u/Badha5h)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-stalling-when-connecting-to-bitcoin-mainnet/8010/5 "2019-07-11T08:36:28Z")

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Are you running a VPN?

I had an issue where Bisq will freeze if I start it while connected to a VPN.