Bitcoin : solution for error message when setting up lightning network & wallet
I was getting this error when unlocking my newly created lightning wallet:
“Primary chain is set to: bitcoin unable to create chain control: unable to connect to bitcoind: status code: 401, response: ”
I double and triple checked everything and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t connect. It was extremely frustrating. I googled around and finally found this post:
[https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/924](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/924)
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It says that some people were getting that error from having a ! or # or @ characters in their rpcpasswords.
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My old rpcpassword was:
gnF#cC%7Aen7^Sb
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The pound sign, percentage sign and up arrow characters were messing up my lightning wallets ability to connect.
After I changed my rpcpassword to not include any special characters it connected just fine w/o the error on the first try.
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I spent like 3 days pissed off and and completely clueless as to why my wallet was having connection issues, so I thought I’d share this for anyone else who might be in the same situation.
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Good ,luck ya’ll.
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