<p>Maybe the client is having a hard time finding peers.  If you close it and remove the addr.dat then restart, it will go through the dnsseed process again.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory" rel="nofollow">http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory</a></li>
</ul>

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2012-05-13T22:37:48.853Z
2012-05-13T22:37:48.853Z
Stephen Gornick
<p>This question has been asked a few times before:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/2124/659">I didn&#39;t receive a Bitcoin Payment. What does it mean when the Client is synchronizing?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/2979/659">What can I do when the blockchain synchronization is stuck at a specific block?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3486/659">Bitcoin client 0.4.1.1 stuck at block 176947</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Is there anything in the answers of those that helps?</p>

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2012-05-14T00:42:05.697Z
2012-05-14T00:42:05.697Z
2017-04-13T12:47:33.743Z
Chris Moore
<p>I have had bitcoin for a little bit now.  It has been going very smoothly.  I have set up 3 accounts for various activities, privacy, and security reasons.  I now can not get all of the block chain.  When I go to download more of the block chain it just sits at 175408.  I have been at it for hours.  When I first got bitcoin it worked perfectly, but now even after reinstalling the bas*<em>*</em> it is still stuck there, and my total connections went from eight to a one.  If anybody has any suggestions on to what the problem could be I would be grateful.</p>

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2012-05-13T22:35:14.020Z
Accounts?  What do you mean by "accounts".  If you are referring to Windows user accounts, and each one has a copy of the blockchain, are you running out of disk space then maybe?
Stephen Gornick
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2012-05-13T22:37:10.820Z
What o/s, o/s versioin, and Bitcoin client version?
Stephen Gornick
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2012-05-17T22:22:08.803Z
Voted to close (ambiguous question) since the author has not followed up with answers to important questions.
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Bitcoin client only has 1 connection?
John Doe
# Bitcoin client only has 1 connection?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-13)

I have had bitcoin for a little bit now. It has been going very smoothly. I have set up 3 accounts for various activities, privacy, and security reasons. I now can not get all of the block chain. When I go to download more of the block chain it just sits at 175408. I have been at it for hours. When I first got bitcoin it worked perfectly, but now even after reinstalling the bas\**\** it is still stuck there, and my total connections went from eight to a one. If anybody has any suggestions on to what the problem could be I would be grateful.

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoin-core, synchronization, connection

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Accounts?  What do you mean by "accounts".  If you are referring to Windows user accounts, and each one has a copy of the blockchain, are you running out of disk space then maybe?  
> **username_1**: What o/s, o/s versioin, and Bitcoin client version?  
> **username_2**: Voted to close (ambiguous question) since the author has not followed up with answers to important questions.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-13. Score: 3

Maybe the client is having a hard time finding peers. If you close it and remove the addr.dat then restart, it will go through the dnsseed process again.

* <http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-14. Score: 0

This question has been asked a few times before:

* [I didn't receive a Bitcoin Payment. What does it mean when the Client is synchronizing?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/2124/659)
* [What can I do when the blockchain synchronization is stuck at a specific block?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/2979/659)
* [Bitcoin client 0.4.1.1 stuck at block 176947](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3486/659)

Is there anything in the answers of those that helps?


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