{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921","id":75244843,"number":921,"title":"geth/mist stuck on block #299599, will not download remainder of chain","user":{"login":"mike80439","id":363650,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/363650?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439","html_url":"https://github.com/mike80439","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mike80439/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-05-11T14:40:09Z","updated_at":"2015-05-11T17:20:28Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I0511 08:39:51.427396   75645 chain_manager.go:558] INVALID block #299600 (6217958a88f2f668740988eb8b29eea31bb6152c6fc1129a93a5ee44156a1604)\r\nI0511 08:39:51.427428   75645 chain_manager.go:559] invalid merkle root. received=5b27a330c2a39380116670f46b32d502d8a29a9dc80aa471a8e479298698c7bc got=7099f5b8cbe7fc54456b95d45f21380fd7bd80b2db6318943acd34fe9b9a8774\r\nI0511 08:39:51.427479   75645 sync.go:103] Synchronisation failed: block downloading cancelled (requested)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/comments/100983186","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921#issuecomment-100983186","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/921","id":100983186,"user":{"login":"reignbeau","id":12384173,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12384173?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau","html_url":"https://github.com/reignbeau","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/reignbeau/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-11T17:20:28Z","updated_at":"2015-05-11T17:20:28Z","body":"I had the same issue, For windows, I had to manually delete the block chain to force a re-download.\r\n\r\nin Windows Command Prompt (In start menu, all programs tab, accessories folder)\r\n> C:\\users\\owner\\appdata\\roaming\\ethereum\r\n> del blockchain\r\n\r\nin Ubuntu, it was much easier.\r\n> Geth Upgradedb"}}