It turns out that both clients had a bug . When they fixed the bug in geth , they discovered an earlier one in parity . Now they made geth match parity in order to move forward on the longer chain . More info in comments here ethereumpull 3341 files <| sep |> I also have it on my VVI <| sep |> Diablo SV with the black and red <| sep |> My hands are tied by the neutrality of this sentiment . <| sep |> yeah I ' ve been hearing whispers about that , it would be pretty sweet if they struck up a partnership with Shoppers . I think they made a statement about the amendments to the coverage for veterans today so good on them . <| sep |> Labyrinth parallax <| sep |> Ya I was on the fence about it , you could be right , I ' m not certain honestly .