Stuck on starting

[smolgrrr]

Just to confirm you tried this fix?

@mayank

If you check your debug logs you may have the following:

"Error: Failed loading settings file:

bitcoind_1 | - Unable to parse settings file /data/.bitcoin/settings.json "

To resolve, first connect to your Umbrel device by following the instructions in How to SSH into Umbrel on a Raspberry Pi or by accessing a terminal on your Linux machine

This command is the quickest way to resolve the error, by deleting the file first:
rm ~umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/settings.json

Then you should restart Bitcoin:

~/umbrel/scripts/app restart bitcoin

If for any reason when attempting to delete the file you face a permission or other errors that prevent you from doing so, we can also edit the file with this command:

sudo nano ~/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/settings.json

Then it will take you to a blank file and just type and add two lines like this, with the two curly braces exactly like this:
{
}

Then hit CTRL+X to exit, Y to save, and enter to continue.

After completing the edit don’t forget the last step of restarting Bitcoin:

~/umbrel/scripts/app restart bitcoin

Upon restarting wait ~5 minutes and this will resolve the error with the settings.json file.