# Bitcoin node don't start

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-dont-start/14271>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [November 13, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-dont-start/14271 "2023-11-13T22:02:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gollum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/gollum/32/330_2.png) [@gollum](https://community.umbrel.com/u/gollum)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-dont-start/14271/1 "2023-11-13T22:02:15Z")

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My bitcoin node is stuck at “starting”

 ![Capture d’écran du 2023-11-13 22-34-21](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/a/abd642f67cc5bc78518aec26b0596bb4aa6fff80.png)

In the logs i get this :  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch: /data/.bitcoin/chainstate/3198606.ldb  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: block checksum mismatch: /data/.bitcoin/chainstate/3198606.ldb  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z You can use -debug=leveldb to get more complete diagnostic messages  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: block checksum mismatch: /data/.bitcoin/chainstate/3198606.ldb  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z : Error opening block database.  
**Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.**  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z Aborted block database rebuild. Exiting.  
: Error opening block database.  
Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z Shutdown: In progress…  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z scheduler thread exit  
2023-11-13T21:57:49Z Flushed fee estimates to fee\_estimates.dat.  
2023-11-13T21:57:51Z Shutdown: done

How can i restart bitcoin-core with the -reindex or -reindex-chainstate ?

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**Author:** ![Pierre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/pierre/32/7178_2.png) [@Pierre](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pierre)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-dont-start/14271/2 "2023-11-13T22:36:39Z")

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> [@gollum](#):
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> Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: block checksum mismatch

Have you checked this ? → [Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: block checksum mismatch · Issue #21724 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/21724)

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**Author:** ![gollum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/gollum/32/330_2.png) [@gollum](https://community.umbrel.com/u/gollum)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-dont-start/14271/3 "2023-11-13T22:41:05Z")

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i’m trying to reindex the blocks with reindex=1  
it’s not stuck anymore for now, reindexing block from local files.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/b/bc8dd9e118d96beabfacd51e318eb8cd4dec0811.png)