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Re: chainstate files?
by
calkob
on 28/02/2024, 11:09:44 UTC
⭐ Merited by ranochigo (1)
What error do you receive when you're running the reindex? Try renaming the chainstate to another name before trying the reindex again. Bitcoin Core should trigger a reindex if it doesn't detect the chainstate directory in the datadir.

2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Initializing databases...
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Wiping LevelDB in E:\BitcoinNode\chainstate
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Opening LevelDB in E:\BitcoinNode\chainstate
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Fatal LevelDB error: IO error: E:\BitcoinNode\chainstate/LOCK: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.\x0d

2024-02-28T11:07:52Z You can use -debug=leveldb to get more complete diagnostic messages
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Fatal LevelDB error: IO error: E:\BitcoinNode\chainstate/LOCK: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.\x0d

2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Error: Error opening block database
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Shutdown: In progress...
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z scheduler thread exit
2024-02-28T11:07:52Z Shutdown: done