Stuck! My Bitcoin Wallet Won't Sync Need Fixes and Suggestions

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lynx_2020Member
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#1Nov 18, 2023, 09:37 PM
I've been struggling with my Electrum Bitcoin wallet not syncing, and I could really use some advice. Restarted my computer, updated the wallet software, even reinstalled it, but no luck so far. Has anyone faced this problem? What did you do to fix it? Any specific tips or solutions I should try? Seriously, I need some help here.
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stack_2017Senior Member
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#2Nov 18, 2023, 09:49 PM
Your Electrum wallet? That shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds unless you have a wallet with thousands of addresses? When looking at the bottom right side of the wallet, do you see a green, or red dot? If the latter, try to click it and connect to another server, see if that helps.
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pixel2014Hero Member
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#3Nov 18, 2023, 10:15 PM
If you have mentioned the name of the wallet, I guess LoyceV would not have posted that. But you did not mention the name of the wallet before and you did not posted it on Electrum board. Although, not a problem. Also make sure your internet is working perfectly. You can check the server you connected. You can change it to automatic. I mean to check 'select server automatically'. Also maybe you enable proxy. If you do not have any proxy or Tor you are connecting to, you should uncheck it/disable it also.
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coin_sigmaLegendary
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#4Nov 19, 2023, 12:40 AM
Have you tried to manually select any server availabe on the server list? If you see the circle at the bottom left corner just click it and uncheck the automatically select server and then choose any server manually by using right-click and then "use as server". If it still doesn't work, maybe there's something in your PC preventing any Electrum server from connecting it might be an anti-virus or other software. You can try changing your PC DNS to test if it is just ISP blocking the Electrum server to connect to your wallet.
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SwiftMinerSenior Member
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#5Nov 19, 2023, 01:29 AM
I've hardly faced any syncing issues with Electrum so far . Infact 9 out of 10 times it happens , it's always as a result of network issues from my carrier or router and not Electrum. Well firstly after opening the wallet check how many nodes your computer gets connected to. If it's less than 8 nodes, most times it won't load up your transactions. There is also a chance that the problem is from your system because sometimes it's possible your installation process skipped some files it happens sometimes if you are using windows or possibly your have issues with your network drivers too. The fact is more information is needed to tell how to fix this kind of issue because there are many possibilities to issues like this.
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pixel2014Hero Member
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#6Nov 19, 2023, 02:42 AM
You mean how many nodes/server the Electrum wallet is connected to? It will connect to only one active server. But if you like, you can manually connect to another active server that you like. But if it is automatic connection, Electrum will connect to any available server which would be selected randomly I think.
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lynx_2020Member
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#7Nov 21, 2023, 03:46 AM
Thanks guys, this worked. I selected another server from the list of servers manually and my wallet began to syncronize. my balance has been updated  I will be locking this thread now thanks guys
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