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March 15, 2014, 04:38:24 PM |
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Hi, I am a beginner to use bitcoind . I installed it on CentOS and started the it with flags -server -gen -daemon -conf . With -gen flag, I believe it would try to mine coins. I see following logs in debug.log.
2014-03-15 16:30:25 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:25 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:27 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:28 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:29 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:39 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:40 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes) 2014-03-15 16:30:41 Running BitcoinMiner with 118 transactions in block (73416 bytes)
I am curious about two facts I see in the logs. 1. I am in EST and actual time of the logs is 12:30 pm, but logs show 16:30 . I believe that's the bitcoin network time and based on the peers I am connected to by default. But, why that big difference? 2. I see that BitcoinMiner is running with 118 transactions in block! Why? I thought that a block is solved roughly about 10 minutes. If that's true, then why my bitcoind is trying to use older transactions that might already been packed in a solved by somebody else?
Can someone explain me this or throw some light on misunderstandings if I have any about the way this work?
Thanks a lot.
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