# Zcash Node sees no peers **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Support\ **Created:** [November 2, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435 "2016-11-02T01:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![briank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/briank/32/1739_2.png) [@briank](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/briank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/1 "2016-11-02T01:57:49Z")
I’ve been running a Zcash node for 4 days. Running Ubuntu 14.04 and followed the instructions in the 1.0 User guide. I’ve seen 0 transactions and I have no peer nodes found when issuing the zcash-cli getpeerinfo Is this something to be concerned about? I’m trouble shooting why I can’t see money that has been sent to my taddress and figure this might be a first step… ---
**Author:** ![briank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/briank/32/1739_2.png) [@briank](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/briank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/2 "2016-11-02T02:18:49Z")
Maybe I should break this off into its own thread, but maybe it’s related. I’m waiting for a T address transaction into my wallet. It’s been over 7 hours according to ZChain: [https://explorer.zcha.in/accounts/t1P2gmZi7VwU4w1CGJLxKeasW9VBF3C4KcD](https://explorer.zcha.in/accounts/t1P2gmZi7VwU4w1CGJLxKeasW9VBF3C4KcD) Here’s zcash-cli is telling me: brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli z\_getbalance "t1P2gmZi7VwU4w1CGJLxKeasW9VBF3C4KcD"0.00000000 brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli getbalance “” 0.00000000 brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli z\_listaddresses [ “zcK6dStDk1sS3HBfYA5eaVBpdY8JybX2hgybf44d6pAUmYfXmGNzHLZanLsXCBZ2ojb2n4275JNSgEJ94QbFKN7hbLYm2Q1” ] brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli listaddressgroupings [ ] brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli z\_getbalance “zcK6dStDk1sS3HBfYA5eaVBpdY8JybX2hgybf44d6pAUmYfXmGNzHLZanLsXCBZ2ojb2n4275JNSgEJ94QbFKN7hbLYm2Q1” 0.00000000 brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ I can’t see to get my T address from zcash-cli. I only have it because I copied it when following the setup instructions. I also found it odd that people were referring to “wallet.dat”, yet I couldn’t find a wallet.dat anywhere on my system. I issued a zcash-cli dumpwallet command to create a wallet.dat but I’m not sure that is normal… Any idea what’s going on? I’m a Linux and altcoin noob, so any help is appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![briank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/briank/32/1739_2.png) [@briank](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/briank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/3 "2016-11-03T02:34:30Z")
**Here’s my zcash-cli getinfo data:** brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli getinfo { “version” : 1000028, “protocolversion” : 170002, “walletversion” : 60000, “balance” : 0.00000000, “blocks” : 0, “timeoffset” : 0, “connections” : 0, “proxy” : “”, “difficulty” : 1.00000000, “testnet” : false, “keypoololdest” : 1477761106, “keypoolsize” : 101, “paytxfee” : 0.00000000, “relayfee” : 0.00005000, “errors” : “This is a pre-release test build - use at your own risk - do not use for mining or merchant applications” } brian@Vaio-Server:~/zcash$ **I notice that my version is 28 where in another thread someone posted a screen shot of getinfo and had version 50. Am I running an older version?** **I followed these instructions to install on 10/29:** > **[Home · zcash/zcash Wiki](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/)** > > Zcash - Internet Money. Contribute to zcash/zcash development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![barrystyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/barrystyle/32/1876_2.png) [@barrystyle](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/barrystyle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/4 "2016-11-03T07:57:07Z")
looks like you’re running an old beta. first of all, run: > ./src/zcash-cli dumpprivkey t1P2gmZi7VwU4w1CGJLxKeasW9VBF3C4KcD keep the key that it dumps out, then wipe your existing zcash setup and perform the following (make sure you wipe the .zcash folders that appear hidden): > **from here, for a clean install:** > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install -y build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g+±multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake > git clone [GitHub - zcash/zcash: Zcash - Internet Money](https://github.com/zcash/zcash.git) > cd zcash/ > git checkout v1.0.0 > ./zcutil/fetch-params.sh > ./zcutil/build.sh -j4 > cd src > ./zcashd -server -daemon -rpcuser=briank -rpcpassword=FHIWEUIFEW82394234 -rpcbind=127.0.0.1 -rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 -addnode=mainnet.z.cash > **to watch daemon sync:** > tail -f /root/.zcash/debug.log > **then, to get yer phat cash back:** > ./zcash-cli -rpcuser=briank -rpcpassword=FHIWEUIFEW82394234 -rpcconnect=127.0.0.1 importprivkey _keythatyoukeptfromearlier_ hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![briank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/briank/32/1739_2.png) [@briank](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/briank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/5 "2016-11-03T11:10:42Z")
Thanks so much Barry. I’ll try this tonight. May I ask how you chose that RPC password? Is that just you hitting random keys? I have to admit, I don’t get the point of the RPC password. When does one ever use it? ---
**Author:** ![barrystyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/barrystyle/32/1876_2.png) [@barrystyle](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/barrystyle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/6 "2016-11-03T11:52:47Z")
yep, my standard method… rpc password is very important… using rpc-json calls you can basically administer a wallet remotely (even over public ip/internet with SSL), as if you were logged in right in front of the machine that ran it - allowing for transfers/withdrawals, or anything that you could do now… perhaps not important for someone giving a new currency a go, but an essential mechanism for somewhere like an exchange with hundreds of coin daemons running across their servers. let me know if you have any hassles (obviously use a diff password haha) ---
**Author:** ![miningpoolhub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/miningpoolhub/32/1094_2.png) [@miningpoolhub](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/miningpoolhub)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-node-sees-no-peers/6435/7 "2016-11-03T17:57:28Z")
Maybe making zcash.conf in .zcash directory would be better because rpcpassword will be shown at the process commandline all the time. (It’s too public) zcash.conf example ----------------- addnode=mainnet.z.cash rpcuser=username rpcpassword=hellopassword (end) ----------------------------------- If you run zcashd without zcash.conf, then zcashd will suggest some random password. Using that password would be good as it’s complex enough.