# Bitcoin Node stuck at "starting" **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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")
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): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.umbrel.com/t/bitcoin-node-stuck-at-starting/11507)._