SSL Handshake Failed

Hello,

I received the error when logging in to my Sparrow wallet for the first time in a while. I did not proceed, I shut down sparrow wallet. The blue censor is the the adjective-noun name of my local start9 server.

I am being cautious because of all the attacks on BTC recently, but I did recently update my Start9 to the new 4.0 OS that rolled out a few weeks ago. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s related to that. After the OS update, I also switched from Electrs to Fulcrum and was able to get my sparrow wallet talking to my bitcoin node after the update. My Start9 is working as expected and the Bitcoin app knots.29.3 says the I2P is disabled under “health checks”.

Can someone help offer their opinion on the below error? Any immediate steps I should take? Lastly, can someone help me safely re-connect my sparrow wallet to my node? (or at least let me know its okay to re-watch and follow the steps in Paul’s video again?)

Yes, I don’t think the local address is SSL protected. The simplest way to connect is over Tor (add onion service, and make sure SSL is enabled)

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