<p>I've installed bitcoind as said:</p>

<pre><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt
</code></pre>

<p>Then I started server, running <code>bitcoind -daemon</code></p>

<p>But initial block download doesn start for some reason. When I call <code>bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo</code> verificationprogress is always 0.0000000</p>

<p>On my local machine everything went well and seems that I have to fix network settings to be able to run bitcoin on remote server at collocation. But I have now Idea what to fix and where to look. I've searched google all the way up and down, I've tried <code>setting proxy=127.0.0.1:9050</code> - no effect :(</p>

<p>Pls help - how do I make bitcoind to connect to peers?</p>

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2015-12-27T03:08:45.167Z
what does `bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo` report?
Pieter Wuille
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2015-12-27T11:53:07.587Z
empty array '[]'
Denis Matafonov
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I think 8332 and 8333 ports are closed by my provider
Denis Matafonov
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Can you look at debug.log? Do you see it making connection attenpts at al? Do they fail or timeout?
Pieter Wuille
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2015-12-27T16:37:47.543Z
where's that debug.log?
Denis Matafonov
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Initital block downloading does not start
Denis Matafonov
# Initital block downloading does not start

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-26)

I've installed bitcoind as said:

```
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt

```

Then I started server, running `bitcoind -daemon`

But initial block download doesn start for some reason. When I call `bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo` verificationprogress is always 0.0000000

On my local machine everything went well and seems that I have to fix network settings to be able to run bitcoin on remote server at collocation. But I have now Idea what to fix and where to look. I've searched google all the way up and down, I've tried `setting proxy=127.0.0.1:9050` - no effect :(

Pls help - how do I make bitcoind to connect to peers?

**Tags:** bitcoind

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: what does `bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo` report?  
> **username_0**: empty array '[]'  
> **username_0**: I think 8332 and 8333 ports are closed by my provider  
> **username_1**: Can you look at debug.log? Do you see it making connection attenpts at al? Do they fail or timeout?  
> **username_0**: where's that debug.log?  

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