Quering account returns "account does not exist"

Wallets & UIs
#1

I’m running this command with the gaiacli:

    gaiacli q account cosmos{redacted}

the response is the error below:

ERROR: {"codespace":"sdk","code":9,"message":"account cosmos{redacted} does not exist"}

Ive done extensive research on this and found that I need at least 1000000uatom in the account. This account has exactly 1.0000 ATOM, and 0.0000 uatom. I have confirmed this by using https://cosmos.bigdipper.live/

I read that 1000000 uatom = 1 ATOM, and am very confused as to 1) why the uatom is still 0.0000, even with 1.0000 ATOM? and 2) how come even with 1.0000 ATOM in the account, I still am not able to connect to it via the cli?

#2

Was your node synced to the latest block height upon query?

#3

Thank you for your response.

That’s a great question. Here is a snippet of the gaiacli status:

"protocol_version":{"p2p":"7","block":"10","app":"0"}
"latest_block_height":"213815"

I’m also not sure how to sync it up. Do I just allow it to run for a while, or do I run a command?

#4

The current block height is over 2.8M. It will take time to sync if you sync from genesis.

Chainlayer provides periodic snapshot which helps you sync faster.

#5

Thank you very much for you help. That makes sense, and I will continue to let it run and look into Chainlayer