For me it took like 5-6 days to fully sync.

"when I run the node it keeps synchronizing" During the initial sync when processor is busy this could occur for weeks depending of your hardware.

I encountered similiar issue on Umbrel, not sure if it's the same on Citadel but sounds very similar. You should first check out your node's logs at settings/troubleshoot/start

There, look for error lines and messages that could help you to identify the issue.

What fixed it for me was removing the corrupt peers.dat file, here's how you might get to it on Citadel (let me know if it worked):

What you can do is SSH into your Citadel and first stop Bitcoin:

(If the above command works it just sends you to the new line, sometimes this is confusing but that means it was successful otherwise if you run it again you’ll see it now displays “No such file or directory”)

Then please wait at least 5 minutes, it can sometimes take a little longer.

Now finally reload your dashboard and you will likely see your Bitcoin Node app has begun to synchronize once more, hopefully closer to 99.8% and only take less than < 1 hour to finish.

Now all your apps will work normally again, including Lightning Node, and this also should fix the issue of Ride The Lightning appearing with the wallet locked error as well once Bitcoin Node app is done resynchronizing.

This solution was originally published in Umbrel Telegram group, I just changed Umbrel directories with corresponding Citadel directories, hopefully this helps.

Initial Block Download for core can take a really long time, especially if your network is slow or hardware isn't that fast (i.e. a Raspberry Pi will complete IBD much slower than a good gaming desktop would). I run a node on an ancient thinkpad for reasons, and that IBD took ~two weeks*! Once Bitcoin Core has synced, the Electrum server will then have to do its own sync where it indexes what core has downloaded.

You can check if Core is actually getting new blocks by looking at the end of the bitcoin-core logs for new lines with "update tip" and new block hashes. I'll guess the log file is at /home/citadel/bitcoin/debug.log for you in Citadel? ('normally' it'd be ~/.bitcoin/debug.log for a DIY off-the-shelf install)

*=I got fed up waiting after a day and swapped the SSD into a desktop, completed IBD there in a day or so, then put it back into the Thinkpad. But it would've taken weeks at the pace it was going.

I would check the Electrum server logs.

After Bitcoin core has synced to 100%, the electrum server starts doing its own sync. This might take some time if your hardware is not the most powerful.

If nothing is odd, electrum will take some time and eventually it will be fine.

I had the same issue with umbrel I just shut the whole thing down for a few days and then let started it back up and let it sync again. I didn't check up on it all the time so I can't tell you the time frame it took to get back into full sync

How do I get my citadel fund? It's still syncing and I can't do anything... Is it possible to open any wallet with citadel seed, so I can move my btcs?