# Bitcoin Node stuck at "starting"

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507 "2023-02-16T08:50:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ZZ009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e8c25b/32.png) [@ZZ009](https://community.umbrel.com/u/ZZ009)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507/1 "2023-02-16T08:50:25Z")

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I think i turned of my Rasberry Pi 4 the wrong way and it may have caused damage to my files or something like that. I was almost finished syncing my node. Any help to fix this issue? thanks

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**Author:** ![duckman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/duckman/32/2971_2.png) [@duckman](https://community.umbrel.com/u/duckman)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507/2 "2023-02-17T20:55:29Z")

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We need a little more info here to be able to help out. Can you supply a debug? Did the node start syncing blocks then stop or did it never start syncing?

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**Author:** ![fkcz91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/34f0e0/32.png) [@fkcz91](https://community.umbrel.com/u/fkcz91)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507/4 "2023-04-06T17:54:21Z")

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I removed my post because I found the solution to the case here:

> [@Bitcoin Node does not start](http://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-does-not-start/10851/4):
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> I have this same issue and the above did not fix the issue. When I entered the above commands it said that these files did not exist. I navigated to the file location and found that I had all the directories in the path ./umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/ from there I was missing bitcoin/settings and bitcoin/peers and any other files. Additional background is I had some malware that was detected from malicious domains my Umbrel was trying to reach (not sure if these were just tor domains). so I f…