I have a similar problem with Amory that I suspect is due to Bitcoin Core not connecting. When I run Bitcoin Core I receive this error log:




2015-11-18 15:41:48 Bitcoin version v0.11.1 (2015-10-12 20:58:31 +0200)
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using OpenSSL version OpenSSL 1.0.1k 8 Jan 2015
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using BerkeleyDB version Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April  9, 2010)
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Default data directory C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using data directory C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using config file C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\bitcoin.conf
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using at most 125 connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using 4 threads for script verification
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Using wallet wallet.dat
2015-11-18 15:41:48 scheduler thread start
2015-11-18 15:41:48 init message: Verifying wallet...
2015-11-18 15:41:48 CDBEnv::Open: LogDir=C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\database ErrorFile=C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\db.log
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Bound to [::]:8333
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Bound to 0.0.0.0:8333
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Cache configuration:
2015-11-18 15:41:48 * Using 2.0MiB for block index database
2015-11-18 15:41:48 * Using 32.5MiB for chain state database
2015-11-18 15:41:48 * Using 65.5MiB for in-memory UTXO set
2015-11-18 15:41:48 init message: Loading block index...
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Opening LevelDB in C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\blocks\index
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Opened LevelDB successfully
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Opening LevelDB in C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\chainstate
2015-11-18 15:41:48 Opened LevelDB successfully
2015-11-18 15:41:52 LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file = 368
2015-11-18 15:41:52 LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file info: CBlockFileInfo(blocks=138, size=91703377, heights=382189...382325, time=2015-11-05...2015-11-06)
2015-11-18 15:41:52 Checking all blk files are present...
2015-11-18 15:41:53 LoadBlockIndexDB: transaction index disabled
2015-11-18 15:41:53 LoadBlockIndexDB: hashBestChain=00000000000000000b48452a4825f7a171b7dcc4a4e63db523a39b9bXXXXXXX
height=382323 date=2015-11-06 15:46:00 progress=0.988535
2015-11-18 15:41:53 init message: Verifying blocks...
2015-11-18 15:41:53 Verifying last 288 blocks at level 3
2015-11-18 15:42:02 No coin database inconsistencies in last 6 blocks (10291 transactions)
2015-11-18 15:42:02  block index           13494ms
2015-11-18 15:42:02 init message: Loading wallet...
2015-11-18 15:42:02 nFileVersion = 110100
2015-11-18 15:42:02 Keys: 0 plaintext, 215 encrypted, 1 w/ metadata, 215 total
2015-11-18 15:42:02  wallet                   16ms
2015-11-18 15:42:02 init message: Activating best chain...
2015-11-18 15:42:02 ERROR: CheckProofOfWork(): nBits below minimum work
2015-11-18 15:42:02 ERROR: ReadBlockFromDisk: Errors in block header at CBlockDiskPos(nFile=368, nPos=90754277)
2015-11-18 15:42:02 *** Failed to read block
2015-11-18 15:42:11 CDBEnv::EnvShutdown: Error 22 shutting down database environment: Invalid argument

Am I correct in thinking that Bitcoin Core needs to be connected?  If so what do I need to do to get this running? If I am wrong about the need for Bitcoin Core connecting I can post the Armory Log.