it's now been over 1.5 hour since i delete the files in appdata while keeping the wallet and conf.
still, 0 active connections.
conf has the nodes from op.
It seems that something is blocking your connections
or somehow perhaps your conf is not being read by the wallet.
Could you open up debug.log and see if there is anything
there about the nodes?
When you type getinfo to the console, do you see your own
ip there?
As for the all the coins in stake, that is a separate issue.
You can reserve a part of your balance so that they stay out
of staking.
i should remind of the noobness of mine here before we go much deeper into tech part of the things.
for connection blockage, i am not sure.
all other wallets seem to work just fine.
all i have found, in regards to nodes in debug.log(information>debug file open) is the path to the debug file and db.log
i don't know what else i should be looking for.
getinfo does not show my ip.
hmm? you might be right about the connection(s).