# Stuck in connecting to btc

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128 "2021-10-08T19:50:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rj100k](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rj100k/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Rj100k](https://bisq.community/u/Rj100k)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128/1 "2021-10-08T19:50:22Z")

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I tried to set my with one of my nodes and wasn’t working so I decided to resync Bisq. It has been stuck in connecting to btc network for about 14 hours. Connected to 0 btc peers but 8 Bisq network peers.

I did try to close app then restart a few hours ago. Popped up w resync message again and has been stuck on the same screen ever since. Any suggestions would be great

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**Author:** ![Pazza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/pazza/32/2703_2.png) [@Pazza](https://bisq.community/u/Pazza)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128/2 "2021-10-08T22:56:34Z")

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Hi sorry that you have issues connecting. Have you checked out the wiki on connecting to Bisq via your own node: [Connecting to your own Bitcoin node - Bisq Wiki](https://bisq.wiki/Connecting_to_your_own_Bitcoin_node)

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**Author:** ![Rj100k](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rj100k/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Rj100k](https://bisq.community/u/Rj100k)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128/3 "2021-10-09T02:10:07Z")

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Yeah nothing on there is working for me. Idk what to do. I can’t get back in and access my btc

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**Author:** ![Pazza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/pazza/32/2703_2.png) [@Pazza](https://bisq.community/u/Pazza)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/stuck-in-connecting-to-btc/11128/4 "2021-10-09T21:14:06Z")

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Posting the info from Keybase that resolved this issue:

Try this:

`/Applications/Bisq.app/Contents/MacOS/Bisq --btcNodes=[]`

and if that doesn’t work, try this.

`/Applications/Bisq.app/Contents/MacOS/Bisq --btcNodes=jygcc54etaubgdpcvzgbihjaqbc37cstpvum5sjzvka4bibkp4wrgnqd.onion`

for that last command, i just picked a random node from here: [bisq/BtcNodes.java at b76bbc0e2a0e701f7d9c54f4670120a6f6dedf90 · bisq-network/bisq · GitHub](https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/blob/b76bbc0e2a0e701f7d9c54f4670120a6f6dedf90/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/btc/nodes/BtcNodes.java)

you can pick whatever bitcoin node you want…not sure why, but picking a specific node helps sometimes.