Title: [ANN] Statoshi - Realtime Bitcoin Node Stats Post by: statoshi on November 23, 2014, 03:16:24 PM Hello all,
I'm a software engineer who has spent much of this year trying to gain a better understanding of Bitcoin's network of nodes and I'm now at the point where I could use feedback and support from the community. My journey began when I asked the question: How many Bitcoin nodes is enough? (https://medium.com/@lopp/bitcoin-nodes-how-many-is-enough-9b8e8f6fd2cf) Many people were worried about the declining number of nodes, myself included, but I wanted to prove or dispel those worries with hard numbers. To help answer this question I created the Statoshi fork (https://jlopp.github.io/statoshi/) of Bitcoin Core and began digging deeper (https://medium.com/@lopp/peeking-under-the-hood-of-a-running-bitcoin-node-784870874515) into the messages being passed around between nodes. After a few months I felt that Statoshi was ready for node enthusiasts to run on their own and released the project (https://medium.com/@lopp/announcing-statoshi-realtime-bitcoin-node-statistics-61457f07ee87). The setup process is fairly complicated due to all of the software dependencies, but I hope to make this process much easier by eventually releasing Docker containers that will handle the dependencies automatically. Because I want these statistics to be readily available to the public without requiring installation of Statoshi, I built a public dashboard (https://medium.com/@lopp/announcing-statoshi-info-5c377997b30c) that is easier to use. You can find it at http://statoshi.info (http://statoshi.info) After monitoring the network for 6 months, I posted my findings (https://medium.com/@lopp/the-state-of-the-bitcoin-network-2b6911fd9e32) regarding the health of the node network. Long story short, the network is healthy but we always desire more nodes to make it more robust and decentralized. I have plenty of ideas for the future direction of this project, some of which I outlined in this post (https://medium.com/@lopp/the-future-of-statoshi-f6ff9afb4f85). If you're interested in this project, I would appreciate your help. Potential ways you could contribute:
Anyone who wishes to contact me off-forum can find me through https://onename.io/lopp (https://onename.io/lopp) Title: Re: [ANN] Statoshi - Realtime Bitcoin Node Stats Post by: btc123shares on November 24, 2014, 02:47:24 AM We need more nodes to keep the network safe.
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