How to Re-Sync SYRIUS: A Step-by-Step Guide for macOS and Windows

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After the recent and unplanned fork users need to upgrade to SYRIUS v0.0.7.

First, download the latest SYRIUS release: Releases · zenon-network/syrius · GitHub If your sync gets stuck, follow these instructions:

macOS Users

  1. Close Syrius.
  2. Open Finder.
  3. Press ⌘ + shift + H to go directly to your Home folder.
  4. Now press ⌘ + shift + period (.) to make the hidden Library folder visible.
  5. Navigate to the Library/znn folder.
  6. Once you’re inside the folder, either delete or rename these directories: nom, consensus, and network.
  7. Launch Syrius. It should now begin to re-sync.

Windows Users

  1. Close Syrius

  2. Open the Windows Explorer and navigate to the following path:
    C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\znn

    Note: Replace <username> with your actual Windows username.

  3. Inside this directory, you should see several folders. Either delete or rename these specific directories: nom, consensus, and network.

  4. Launch Syrius. The application should start the re-syncing process from scratch.

Remember, always make sure to backup SYRIUS and/or make sure you seed phrase is ready and works as expected.

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Followed this to resync my embedded node in win11. Its not synching from start. How to troubleshoot?

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which version of SYRIUS did you install?

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Issue happened with 0.0.7, didn’t improve with 0.1.0. Running znnd alone too didn’t work.

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Problem was my anti virus again. Had to re-do all permissions. Now note is syncing.

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Guide: Updating libznn.dylib for Syrius on macOS

Follow these steps to update the libznn.dylib file for the Syrius app on macOS. Ensure you have wget installed (e.g., via Homebrew with brew install wget).

BEFORE YOU START THIS PROCESS MAKE SURE SYRIUS IS STOPPED, NOT CLOSED, STOPPED.

  1. Navigate to the Syrius Resources directory:
cd /Applications/Syrius.app/Contents/Resources
  1. Rename the existing libznn.dylib to a backup file:
mv libznn.dylib libznn.dylib.bak
  1. Download the latest libznn release:
wget https://github.com/zenon-network/go-zenon/releases/download/v0.0.8-alphanet/libznn-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded file:
tar -xvzf libznn-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
  1. Rename the extracted file to libznn.dylib:
mv libznn-darwin-arm64.dylib libznn.dylib