# Block Production Status

**Date**: 2026-01-04 23:30 PST  
**Status**: ⚠️ **Services Active - Block Production Status Being Verified**

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## Current Status

### Services
- ✅ **Validators (1000-1004)**: Services are active/activating after configuration fixes
- ✅ **Sentries (1500-1503)**: Services are active

### Block Production History

**Last Block Production**: January 3, 2026 around 21:09-21:12 PST
- Last produced block: #600,171
- Blocks were being produced regularly before configuration changes

**Recent Activity**: 
- Services were restarted multiple times due to configuration errors
- Configuration has been fixed and services are restarting
- Nodes may need time to sync before resuming block production

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## Configuration Issues Fixed

1. ✅ Removed invalid TOML options:
   - `qbft-validator-migration-mode-enabled` (not supported)
   - `max-remote-initiated-connections` (not supported)
   - `rpc-http-host-allowlist` (not supported)

2. ✅ Removed incompatible option:
   - `fast-sync-min-peers` (cannot be used with FULL sync-mode)

3. ✅ Services are now starting successfully

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## Next Steps

1. **Wait for Services to Fully Start**: Services are currently starting up
   - Allow 2-5 minutes for full initialization
   - Nodes need to sync with the network

2. **Monitor Block Production**: Check logs for "Produced" messages
   ```bash
   ./scripts/check-validator-sentry-logs.sh 50
   ```

3. **Check Sync Status**: Verify nodes are synced
   ```bash
   ssh root@192.168.11.10 "pct exec 1000 -- journalctl -u besu-validator.service | grep -i sync"
   ```

4. **Verify Consensus**: Ensure validators can reach consensus
   - All validators must be running and synced
   - Network connectivity between validators must be working

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## Expected Behavior

Once services are fully started and synced:
- Blocks should be produced every ~2 seconds (QBFT consensus)
- Each validator will produce blocks in rotation
- Logs will show "Produced #XXXXX" messages

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## Monitoring Commands

```bash
# Check if blocks are being produced
ssh root@192.168.11.10 "pct exec 1000 -- journalctl -u besu-validator.service --since '5 minutes ago' | grep -i 'Produced'"

# Check service status
ssh root@192.168.11.10 "pct exec 1000 -- systemctl status besu-validator.service"

# Check current block via RPC (if RPC is enabled)
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' http://192.168.11.100:8545
```

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**Note**: Block production will resume once all validators are fully started and synced with the network. The recent configuration changes required service restarts, which temporarily paused block production.
