Title: What is the "best block" ? Post by: Thura on January 27, 2016, 05:58:09 PM Bitcoin core 0.11.2 (bitcoind --help) prints the following:
Code: -blocknotify=<cmd> I was wondering what this "best block" would be, but funny: I did not find anything about it in the internet. So does anyone know what this 'best block' is? Why should one use the notification for it? I enabled it to notify me via email, but it spams, so I disabled it. Title: Re: What is the "best block" ? Post by: -XXIII- on January 27, 2016, 06:06:27 PM I understand it to be the 'last block' according to this post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=563671.msg6146723#msg6146723 Title: Re: What is the "best block" ? Post by: bassguitarman on January 27, 2016, 07:22:38 PM Bitcoin core 0.11.2 (bitcoind --help) prints the following: Code: -blocknotify=<cmd> I was wondering what this "best block" would be, but funny: I did not find anything about it in the internet. So does anyone know what this 'best block' is? Why should one use the notification for it? I enabled it to notify me via email, but it spams, so I disabled it. I believe the "best block" is the valid block with the highest height. Title: Re: What is the "best block" ? Post by: achow101 on January 27, 2016, 08:27:34 PM Bitcoin core 0.11.2 (bitcoind --help) prints the following: Code: -blocknotify=<cmd> I was wondering what this "best block" would be, but funny: I did not find anything about it in the internet. So does anyone know what this 'best block' is? Why should one use the notification for it? I enabled it to notify me via email, but it spams, so I disabled it. I believe the "best block" is the valid block with the highest height. |