Account creation fails - "node busy" error for 48+ hours

[vansham]

Hi @namedfarouk,

I've been following your excellent tutorial but stuck at Step 5.1 (Account creation).

Error: Persistent "The service is currently unavailable - node busy"

What I tried:
✅ Multiple attempts over 48+ hours at different times
✅ Both RPC endpoints (rest and grpc alphanet)
✅ Fresh CLI reinstall
✅ Config verification

Current Setup:

• RPC: https://grpc.alphanet.thruput.org
• CLI properly installed
• State proof creates successfully
• Transaction signing works
• ❌ Submission consistently fails

Questions:

1. Did you face this issue while creating the tutorial?
2. Is Alphanet currently operational?
3. Any workaround or alternative endpoint?

Full Error:

Error: Transaction submission error: Failed to submit transaction: RPC error: status: 'The service is currently unavailable', self: "send transaction: node busy"

Looking forward to completing this tutorial! 🙏