Not able to get the the transaction hash

Yes the status is “open”. Are you sure I should just delete the db and start the node again and not build the binaries again? My version is:

cardano-node 1.18.0 - linux-x86_64 - ghc-8.6
git rev 468f52e5a6a2f18a2a89218a849d702481819f0b

yeah just trash the db

Done. The node is starting to sync again from 0. I will cross my fingers and come back with the news of what happened.

Thank you ADAfrog.

Network is fine.

What resources are you running on your machine (RAM, cpu, etc)?

I would double check your firewall settings, and yes, assuming all is well there, stop the node and delete the database again (rm -R /path/to/cardano-node/db).

On a side not, I strongly recommend not running as root user, as well as avoid storing your keys on an internet connected machine.

Your friend, FROG

Ok, in fact, I managed to get through it, and now I have a node on tip.
To help those who come here and who may have the same problem, here’s a VERY important thing to take into consideration: Running the node must take place IMMEDIATELY after installing the Cardano-node binary from GitHub. For some reason (related to security?), if you install the binary on day 1, run the node on day 7, it will sync all the blockchain until the epoch and slot of the day you installed the Cardano-node binary, and then stops. At least, that’s what I noticed happened with me.

So, if syncing the node stops, you should definitely reinstall the cardano-node binary before deleting the db and starting the node, otherwise it will get stuck each time at the same point.

If at some points it stops, or the server breaks, “killall cardano-node” and then restart.

Thank you ADAfrog for all the support.