Yup, that 6 hour period 'stuck' turned out ok.  Further blocks found were accounted for.  While we have you here, do you mind helping with a small problem?

I thought I'd try solo mining now.  The config sugestion works fine, but I get this error logging in to 127.0.0.1:9554 - {"result":null,"error":{"code":-32700,"message":"Parse error"},"id":null}
I'm prompted to log in, which works. I've forwarded the port and made sure it's open.  I actually have no idea what I'm supposed to be seeing from this 'portal'.  I assume general info about the wallet/blockchain.  Balance, blocks, difficulty etc.  I've searched for hours (I try to do my best before asking questions), and the closest I can get to an answer is it's a JSON format issue?  Or a problem calling the JSON info?  There's heaps of posts about that error from the old days of btc cpu mining, but no real answer.  One guy wrote his own little piece of code to retrieve the info, but I'm no programmer.  It doesn't effect mining obv.  I'd just like to log in and check the the various stats occasionally.  I'm on windows.

Thanks in advance for cluing me in.  I find this all really interesting, but I definitely need to learn a lot more though.  Phoenixcoin may be old, but it's a good opportunity to learn.