# Troubleshooting Results - Block Production and Network Status

**Date**: $(date)  
**Status**: ✅ **NETWORK CONNECTED** | ⚠️ **BLOCKS NOT PRODUCING YET**

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## ✅ Excellent Progress - Network is Connected!

### Peer Connections
- ✅ **5 peers connected** to Sentry 1500 (verified via `admin_peers` API)
- ✅ All validators are reachable via P2P port 30303
- ✅ Network connectivity confirmed between all nodes
- ✅ Enode URLs correctly configured with actual IP addresses

### Configuration Status
- ✅ Validator keys copied to all 5 validators
- ✅ p2p-host configured with actual IPs (not 0.0.0.0)
- ✅ static-nodes.json updated with actual validator enodes
- ✅ permissions-nodes.toml updated with all node enodes
- ✅ No configuration errors in logs

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## ⚠️ Current Issue: Blocks Not Producing

### Status
- ❌ All nodes still at **block 0** (genesis block)
- ❌ No block production activity detected in logs
- ✅ Network is connected and peers can communicate

### Block Details
- **Current Block**: 0 (genesis)
- **Block Hash**: `0xee9d4bed1af7eb203ce5368028f6a3b4e6be37136b0a85786b10825404fdfa61`
- **Parent Hash**: `0x0000...0000` (genesis block - correct)
- **ExtraData**: Contains 5 validator addresses (RLP-encoded)

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## 🔍 Investigation Areas

### 1. QBFT Validator Configuration
- **Question**: Do validators need explicit validator key configuration in config files?
- **Current State**: Validator keys are in `/keys/validators/validator-{N}/` but may not be referenced in config
- **Action Needed**: Verify if Besu auto-discovers validator keys or needs explicit path

### 2. Validator Address Matching
- **Question**: Do validator addresses in keys match addresses in genesis.json extraData?
- **Current State**: Need to compare addresses from key files vs. genesis extraData
- **Action Needed**: Verify all 5 validator addresses match

### 3. QBFT Consensus Activation
- **Question**: Is QBFT consensus properly activated and can validators propose blocks?
- **Current State**: Genesis shows QBFT config, but no block production
- **Action Needed**: Check logs for QBFT-specific messages about block proposal

### 4. Network Sync Status
- **Question**: Are all validators synced and ready to produce blocks?
- **Current State**: Nodes are connected but may not be fully synced
- **Action Needed**: Verify sync status across all validators

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## 📊 Network Status Summary

### Peer Connections
- ✅ **5 peers connected** (verified via admin_peers)
- ✅ All validators reachable
- ✅ Sentries can connect to validators
- ✅ P2P port 30303 listening on all nodes

### Block Status
- **Block Number**: 0 (genesis)
- **Block Hash**: Genesis block hash (correct)
- **Block Production**: Not started yet
- **Sync Status**: At genesis (expected for new network)

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## ✅ Fixes Applied

1. **Validator Keys**: ✅ Copied to all validators
2. **p2p-host**: ✅ Fixed to use actual IPs
3. **Enode URLs**: ✅ Updated with correct IPs
4. **static-nodes.json**: ✅ Updated with actual enodes
5. **permissions-nodes.toml**: ✅ Updated with all node enodes
6. **Network Connectivity**: ✅ Confirmed working

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## 🔄 Next Steps

1. **Verify Validator Address Matching**
   - Compare addresses from `/keys/validators/validator-{N}/address.txt` with genesis extraData
   - Ensure all 5 addresses match

2. **Check QBFT Validator Key Configuration**
   - Research if Besu needs explicit validator key path configuration
   - Verify if keys are auto-discovered from `/keys/validators/`

3. **Monitor Block Production**
   - Watch logs for QBFT block proposal messages
   - Check if validators are attempting to propose blocks
   - Verify consensus is active

4. **Wait for Network Stabilization**
   - Allow more time for network to stabilize
   - QBFT may need all validators connected before producing blocks
   - Check if block period (2 seconds) is working correctly

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## 📝 Key Findings

- ✅ Network connectivity is **WORKING** (5 peers connected)
- ✅ Configuration files are **CORRECT**
- ✅ Validator keys are **IN PLACE**
- ⚠️ Block production **NOT STARTED** yet
- ⏳ May need QBFT-specific configuration or network stabilization time

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**Last Updated**: $(date)  
**Status**: Network operational, investigating block production

