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Tortuga | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 It’s taken mine multiple days in the past. First the bitcoin node connects and has to sync rhe blockchain. Then the lightning node has to sync to the bitcoin node, then the lightning node needs to connect to peers, then the channels connect.

I might be wrong but that was my non technical pleb point of view of why it took so long
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Bit 🐳 Ish | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Hrmm makes sense. I've had it on for a day and the bitcoin node is connected. Now that you mention it, when I first looked after a couple hrs I had no peers. Looking at it 30 min ago I realize now that my peers were all there, just not connected. 

Of course I rebooted my node OS (not the machine) right before I made the note. I prob have to start the process over... doh! Maybe I just need more patience.
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Tortuga | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Well it won’t have to “start over” in that it’s already caught up on a lot of the chain but yah, give it more patience. Check back in 3-4days to see if you’re still having issues. In the meantime you might need to use a custodial or other solution for transactions.
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Bit 🐳 Ish | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah I think I just need more patience. I just realized that it's running on ancient onboard wifi from like 2010. I might not have plugged in the ethernet 🙈
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I3_I2_I_Z | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yup, give it more time - I just went through this same scary scenario with MyNode. Stressed for a day - moved on to another project and couple days later it was fine.