<p>I was having all sorts of problems with this.  Decided to copy everything from an NTFS drive to a Ext4 drive.  All problems gone... </p>

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2020-05-16T09:05:47.853Z
2020-05-16T09:05:47.853Z
oshirowanen
<p>It's possible your blockchain is corrupted or you have multiple bitcoind processes running. Kill the bitcoind process, go to <code>/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin</code> and delete the blocks, chainstate and database directories using </p>

<pre><code>rm -r blocks
rm -r chainstate
rm -r database
</code></pre>

<p>then start the daemon again without the '-daemon' flag to see if it progresses further.</p>

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2020-05-14T20:33:41.243Z
2020-05-14T20:33:41.243Z
Mike
<p><strong>ORIGINAL QUESTION:</strong></p>

<p>Anyone know why I am getting the following error message?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/yva2W.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/yva2W.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<hr>

<p>Other possible relevant info:</p>

<p>Config file location</p>

<pre><code>/home/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>Config file content:</p>

<pre><code>server=1
testnet=0
txindex=1
rpcuser=[username redacted]
rpcpassword=[password redacted]
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>bitcoind location:</p>

<pre><code>/home/bitcoin-0.19.1/bin/bitcoind
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>OS:</p>

<p>Ubuntu 18.04 (fully uptodate)</p>

<hr>

<p>bitcoin-core download location:</p>

<pre><code>sudo wget https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/bitcoin-0.19.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>login username:</p>

<pre><code>bitcoin
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>folder/file permissions (recursive) for bitcoind and bitcoin.conf:</p>

<pre><code>777
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>After a few seconds, bitcoind automatically stops without warning and allows me to start it again, only to automatically stop again.  How do I figure out why it is not starting, or why it stops after a second or 2?  When it stops, it does not show any error messages in the terminal.  I only know something is wrong if I run a bitcoin-cli command, as seen in the screenshot above.</p>

<hr>

<p><strong>UPDATE ONE:</strong></p>

<p><code>./bitcoind</code> output below:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/smPDQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/smPDQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2020-05-10T12:37:38.120Z
Run bitcoind without --daemon and check for error messages
pinhead
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2020-05-10T18:53:19.620Z
@pinhead, added output by running `bitcoind` without `-daemon`.  Any idea why that error message is being generated?
oshirowanen
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2020-05-16T11:59:51.787Z
could it be a weird time/date in your output CBlockFileInfo(.... time=01-01-1970.. )
Denja
<bitcoin-core><json-rpc><full-node>
Unable to start bitcoind
oshirowanen
# Unable to start bitcoind

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-09)

**ORIGINAL QUESTION:**

Anyone know why I am getting the following error message?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/yva2W.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/yva2W.png)

---

Other possible relevant info:

Config file location

```
/home/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

```

---

Config file content:

```
server=1
testnet=0
txindex=1
rpcuser=[username redacted]
rpcpassword=[password redacted]

```

---

bitcoind location:

```
/home/bitcoin-0.19.1/bin/bitcoind

```

---

OS:

Ubuntu 18.04 (fully uptodate)

---

bitcoin-core download location:

```
sudo wget https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/bitcoin-0.19.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

```

---

login username:

```
bitcoin

```

---

folder/file permissions (recursive) for bitcoind and bitcoin.conf:

```
777

```

---

After a few seconds, bitcoind automatically stops without warning and allows me to start it again, only to automatically stop again. How do I figure out why it is not starting, or why it stops after a second or 2? When it stops, it does not show any error messages in the terminal. I only know something is wrong if I run a bitcoin-cli command, as seen in the screenshot above.

---

**UPDATE ONE:**

`./bitcoind` output below:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/smPDQ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/smPDQ.png)

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, json-rpc, full-node

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Run bitcoind without --daemon and check for error messages  
> **username_0**: @username_1, added output by running `bitcoind` without `-daemon`.  Any idea why that error message is being generated?  
> **username_2**: could it be a weird time/date in your output CBlockFileInfo(.... time=01-01-1970.. )  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-05-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I was having all sorts of problems with this. Decided to copy everything from an NTFS drive to a Ext4 drive. All problems gone...


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-05-14. Score: 2

It's possible your blockchain is corrupted or you have multiple bitcoind processes running. Kill the bitcoind process, go to `/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin` and delete the blocks, chainstate and database directories using

```
rm -r blocks
rm -r chainstate
rm -r database

```

then start the daemon again without the '-daemon' flag to see if it progresses further.


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