# Forks never healed

**URL:** <https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384 "2021-08-23T01:14:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![elon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/51bf81/32.png) [@elon](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/elon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/1 "2021-08-23T01:14:39Z")

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My node forked from main nodes(creditcoin explorer) 2~3 days ago. This fork is still ahead about 100 blocks. The difficulty(35~38) is higher than main nodes(33~36).

I checked some object calls ‘compare\_fork’ method. It returns ‘false’. But works in same fork well.

What can I do? Should I remove my volumes for attaching main nodes?

I will share my snapshot.

Date: 21/08/22  
Height: 890301  
`magnet:?xt=urn:btih:NPL7XHFGVFBVWRJLN5IDHDCUS72R6CBH&dn=CTC_Snapshot_210822_045754.tar.gz&xl=133911438901`

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**Author:** ![Hilt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hilt](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/Hilt)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/2 "2021-08-23T19:14:04Z")

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How are we supposed to consume your snapshot? logs work best. Cannot tell what’s going on without the verbose logs.

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**Author:** ![eLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@eLife](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/eLife)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/4 "2021-08-23T19:51:42Z")

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```auto
#clean stored _data
rm -r /var/lib/docker/volumes/server_validator-block-volume/_data/

#unzip. this takes about 40 minutess

tar xzvf {snapshot directory}/CTC_Snapshot_210822_045754.tar.gz -C /var/lib/docker/volumes/server_validator-block-volume/

# move directory

cd /var/lib/docker/volumes/server_validator-block-volume/

mv var/lib/docker/volumes/server_validator-block-volume/_data/ ./

# remove empty directory in /var/lib/docker/volumes/server_validator-block-volume/
rm -r var

```

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**Author:** ![Hilt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hilt](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/Hilt)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/5 "2021-08-23T20:10:06Z")

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I meant what was this magnet uri, it looks to me like a torrent file. I assume your node is not following the same node cluster as the main nodes. Try swapping peers periodically. Try to keep it connected to at least 5 peers at all times. check the fork depth again and make sure it is not growing. If you notice any hash mismatch logs coming from a block in a the official chain you may have to load the latest official snapshot.

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**Author:** ![eLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@eLife](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/eLife)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/7 "2021-08-23T20:27:03Z")

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This magnet is a snapshot taken from my forked node. I was wondering if you could tell me if there are any errors in this snapshot. My node has 5 peers connected.  
How to check hash mismatch logs?

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**Author:** ![eLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@eLife](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/eLife)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/8 "2021-08-23T21:07:41Z")

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After turning on the -vv option, I filtered with ‘mismatch’ keyword, but no log.

I think this is a critical issue. At least half, up to 80% of the hash power is running on another fork.

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**Author:** ![Hilt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@Hilt](https://community.creditcoin.org/u/Hilt)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.creditcoin.org/t/forks-never-healed/384/9 "2021-08-23T23:09:54Z")

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If there aren’t any hash mismatches, I suggest alternating peers. We are working on a better networking solution atm and it is scheduled to land with the next release.