🆘Common Issues

I will outline some common issues that some users have faced. Hope this helps you troubleshoot!

GIT FAILED WITH FATAL ERROR

When cloning Ord with Visual Studio code, this error could pop up. The simple fix is to update your Windows:

Open Windows Update Settings.

Click on the Start menu and select 'Settings' (gear icon). Go to 'Update & Security'. Check for Updates.

In the Windows Update section, click on 'Check for updates'. If there are any updates available, Windows will automatically download and install them. Restart if Required.

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GETTING CODE -5 WHEN SYNCING ORD

If you are getting this error, your txindex in Bitcoin Core is still indexing. To check on the status of indexing, you can look at the instructions found here: Indexing Ord

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Bitcoin Core/Ord Client syncing/indexing is TAKING FOREVER!

Total indexing/syncing time depends heavily on your computer build's performance and internet speed. You are downloading over 600GB worth of data from the internet, so it is going to take some time. For me personally, it took almost 48 hours total. Here are some tips that I have found helpful and what other community members have suggested:

• Try not to stream Netflix/Music while syncing. It can take up a lot of your internet bandwidth. Try not to use your internet as much as possible while syncing.

• Close out of all applications on your computer that are not being used.

• Update your computer and drive's setting for best performance. Overclocking may be an option, but I would only suggest this by people who are experienced with overclocking. Here is a tip that was suggested by a Pizza Ninja community member. I will drop his tip below:

TIP CAME FROM PIZZA NINJA COMMUNITY MEMBER SAGE007 Go to Device Manager, then expand “disk drives”, find your SSD then right click on it, click properties, then go to the policy tab, click better performance then check the enable write caching box.