# Block Production and Sync Status Investigation

**Date**: $(date)  
**Status**: ⚠️ **INVESTIGATING** - Blocks not being produced, nodes not connecting

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## Current Status

### Block Production
- ❌ **Not producing blocks** - All nodes at block 0 (genesis)
- ❌ **No block activity** - No blocks have been produced since genesis

### Sync Status
- ❌ **Not synced** - All nodes show 0 peers
- ❌ **Not connecting** - Nodes cannot find each other

### Issues Identified

1. **✅ FIXED: Validator Keys Missing**
   - **Problem**: All validators were missing validator keys
   - **Solution**: Copied keys from `/opt/smom-dbis-138/keys/validators/` to `/keys/validators/validator-{N}/` on all validators
   - **Status**: ✅ Keys now present on all 5 validators

2. **⚠️ IN PROGRESS: p2p-host Configuration**
   - **Problem**: All nodes have `p2p-host="0.0.0.0"` which causes enode URLs to show `@0.0.0.0:30303`
   - **Impact**: Nodes cannot connect because enode URLs are invalid
   - **Solution**: Update `p2p-host` to use actual IP addresses (192.168.11.100-104 for validators, etc.)
   - **Status**: ⏳ Fixing now

3. **⏳ TO INVESTIGATE: Peer Discovery**
   - Nodes have 0 peers even after fixes
   - Need to verify static-nodes.json matches actual enode URLs
   - May need to regenerate static-nodes.json with correct IPs

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## Actions Taken

### 1. Copied Validator Keys
- ✅ Copied validator keys from `/opt/smom-dbis-138/keys/validators/` to all validators
- ✅ Keys now in `/keys/validators/validator-{1-5}/` on VMIDs 1000-1004
- ✅ Ownership set to `besu:besu`
- ✅ Permissions set correctly (600 for private keys)

### 2. Updated p2p-host Configuration
- ⏳ Updating `p2p-host` from `0.0.0.0` to actual IP addresses
- ⏳ Validators: 192.168.11.100-104
- ⏳ Sentries: 192.168.11.150-153
- ⏳ RPC Nodes: 192.168.11.250-252

### 3. Restarted Services
- ⏳ All services restarted with new configuration

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## Next Steps

1. **Verify p2p-host Fix**
   - Check enode URLs show correct IP addresses (not 0.0.0.0)
   - Verify nodes can now connect to each other

2. **Check Peer Connections**
   - Monitor peer counts - should increase from 0
   - Check logs for successful peer connections

3. **Verify Block Production**
   - With QBFT, validators should start producing blocks once connected
   - Check for block production in logs
   - Verify block numbers increase from 0

4. **If Still Not Working**
   - Regenerate static-nodes.json with correct enode URLs
   - Verify permissions-nodes.toml matches static-nodes.json
   - Check firewall rules for port 30303
   - Verify QBFT validator key configuration

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## Key Findings

### Validator Keys
- ✅ All 5 validators now have keys
- ✅ Keys in correct location: `/keys/validators/validator-{N}/`
- ✅ Key files present: `key.priv`, `key.pem`, `pubkey.pem`, `address.txt`

### Network Configuration
- ✅ Network connectivity works (ping successful between nodes)
- ❌ P2P port 30303 binding issue (using 0.0.0.0 instead of actual IP)
- ⏳ Fixing p2p-host configuration

### Consensus Configuration
- ✅ QBFT configured in genesis.json
- ✅ Block period: 2 seconds
- ✅ Epoch length: 30000 blocks
- ⏳ Need to verify validators can produce blocks

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**Last Updated**: $(date)

