diff --git a/bin/kadence.js b/bin/kadence.js
index a1dacb1..b8a7845 100755
--- a/bin/kadence.js
+++ b/bin/kadence.js
@@ -183,12 +183,13 @@ async function _init() {
   );
 
   // If identity is not solved yet, start trying to solve it
-  if (!identity.validate()) {
-    logger.warn(`identity proof not yet solved, this can take a while`);
-    await identity.solve();
-    fs.writeFileSync(config.IdentityNoncePath, identity.nonce.toString());
-    fs.writeFileSync(config.IdentityProofPath, identity.proof);
-  }
+//  if (!identity.validate()) {
+    logger.warn('eclipse plugin is busted , equihash bindings are old and incompatible with gcc-11')
+    // logger.warn(`identity proof not yet solved, this can take a while`);
+    // await identity.solve();
+    // fs.writeFileSync(config.IdentityNoncePath, identity.nonce.toString());
+    // fs.writeFileSync(config.IdentityProofPath, identity.proof);
+//  }
 
   init();
 }
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ async function init() {
   node.content = node.plugin(kadence.contentaddress({
     valueEncoding: 'hex'
   }));
-  node.eclipse = node.plugin(kadence.eclipse(identity));
+  // node.eclipse = node.plugin(kadence.eclipse(identity)); // NB: Equihash is busted
   node.rolodex = node.plugin(kadence.rolodex(config.EmbeddedPeerCachePath));
 
   // Check if we need to enable the churn filter plugin (experimental)