From 5700369935ec8be759a363eeff7f553b7b598345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CalDescent <caldescent@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:09:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prioritize syncing over transaction importing.

---
 src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
index f22a3259..3bb3052b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
@@ -1279,6 +1279,11 @@ public class Controller extends Thread {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (Synchronizer.getInstance().isSyncRequested() || Synchronizer.getInstance().isSynchronizing()) {
+			// Prioritize syncing, and don't attempt to lock
+			return;
+		}
+
 		try {
 			ReentrantLock blockchainLock = Controller.getInstance().getBlockchainLock();
 			if (!blockchainLock.tryLock(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {