<p>You’re connecting to peers that aren’t responding to you in a sensible time period so you disconnect them and try somewhere else. This isn’t really indicative of anything other than some nodes not being particularly useful to connect to. </p>

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Could this problem be on my end somehow?
Jon Aird
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Claris
<p>This keeps happening over and over and results in me disconnecting from peers.</p>

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What is the cause of "version handshake timeout"?
Jon Aird
# What is the cause of "version handshake timeout"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-04)

This keeps happening over and over and results in me disconnecting from peers.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You’re connecting to peers that aren’t responding to you in a sensible time period so you disconnect them and try somewhere else. This isn’t really indicative of anything other than some nodes not being particularly useful to connect to.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Could this problem be on my end somehow?  

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