# Synchronizing for 4 days so far

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/synchronizing-for-4-days-so-far/9082>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/synchronizing-for-4-days-so-far/9082 "2020-03-10T01:13:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RudiJan](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rudijan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@RudiJan](https://bisq.community/u/RudiJan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/synchronizing-for-4-days-so-far/9082/1 "2020-03-10T01:13:57Z")

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I agreed to a buy offer almost two weeks ago. I waited 24 hours for a block chain confirmation…but nothing. I sent a text msg to the seller (no answer) and waited another 24 hours (BISQ moved the timeline up 24 hours for some reason) but no block chain confirmation. I lodged a dispute for the record and in case of a deeper issue. I thought that by re-syncing the /wallet/bisq.spvchain might resolve the problem by reinstallin Bisq and copying the data directory into place in place of the new install directory. Since then I have watched Bisq connect and re-sync since 2:30pm but it has not moved past that screen. The bisq.log is incrementing so there is activity but nothing else. I understand that this would take some considerable CPU usage but all I see on my i7-3.6GHz is it bouncing between 15% - 20%, which is hardly throttling CPU resources. So I guess my question would be 'how long does the re-sync take, if that is the issue?

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/synchronizing-for-4-days-so-far/9082/2 "2020-03-10T12:51:28Z")

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Hello.

1. Please confirm that you can see said transaction on a block explorer.
2. What do you mean by “BISQ moved the timeline up 24 hours for some reason”?
3. [This is the recommended way to resync the SPV wallet](https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html#resync-spv-chain). You needn’t to change directories. And if your wallet is old it may take some time to resync but not this much.

You can reach out to the #support channel on the [Bisq Keybase Team](https://keybase.io/team/bisq) or DM for a more personal support.

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**Author:** ![RudiJan](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rudijan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@RudiJan](https://bisq.community/u/RudiJan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/synchronizing-for-4-days-so-far/9082/3 "2020-03-10T17:08:52Z")

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The transaction ID is on the blockchain.  
Confirmed  
Received Time 2020-03-01 09:34  
Size 406 bytes  
Weight 1,624  
Included in Block [619713](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/619713)  
Confirmations 1,393

The confirmation never came. The 24hr confirmation expired. Bisq then showed it would expire for yet another another 24 hours.

If I close out the Bisq synchronization screen then the SPV file gets deleted and I sit here again. I’ve tried it twice with the same result and unable to get into the trade screen, etc.