<p>Your node is still starting up, you need to wait until it is finished before using the RPC interface. The RPC message is telling you to call back later, which <code>insight-api</code> doesn't seem to be able to understand, simply waiting until the node is completely active is a suitable workaround. This may take a few minutes depending on your servers hardware, the <code>bitcoin-cli</code> tool supports automatically waiting for the interface to be available with the <code>-rpcwait</code> flag. </p>

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2015-09-18T06:52:14.190Z
2015-09-18T06:52:14.190Z
Claris
<p>I am using insight-api for get block chain information. When i am trying to start insight i am getting error "ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain..." . I saw this error first time,please help me how to reslove this.</p>

<p>Full stack trace of error:</p>

<pre><code>                v0.2.12
</code></pre>

<p>connection
info: insight server listening on port 3000 in development mode</p>

<pre><code>error: ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain...
</code></pre>

<p>I am unable to understand error. i am using insight-api for this.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

<blockchain><bitcoind><blockchain.info>
What does it mean ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain?
Prabjot Singh
# What does it mean ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-18)

I am using insight-api for get block chain information. When i am trying to start insight i am getting error "ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain..." . I saw this error first time,please help me how to reslove this.

Full stack trace of error:

```
                v0.2.12

```

connection
info: insight server listening on port 3000 in development mode

```
error: ERROR code=-28, message=Activating best chain...

```

I am unable to understand error. i am using insight-api for this.

Thanks in advance

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoind, blockchain.info


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Your node is still starting up, you need to wait until it is finished before using the RPC interface. The RPC message is telling you to call back later, which `insight-api` doesn't seem to be able to understand, simply waiting until the node is completely active is a suitable workaround. This may take a few minutes depending on your servers hardware, the `bitcoin-cli` tool supports automatically waiting for the interface to be available with the `-rpcwait` flag.


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