BTC Clock - Block Time tracing in each Post (additional too Date and Time)

[Silber]

Each post in this forum has a "Timestamp" from the usual chronometry (Month, Day, Year, Hour, Minute, Second - in this post: June 05, 2021, 11:36:18 PM).

It would be useful (and also cool) if the forum software tracing additional the Bitcoin Block Time of each post.

For example in this post it would also show "Bitcoin Block: 686,432".

[Lafu]

Why would this be useful if the Forum tracing it?
I guess this would be slow down the use of the Forum a bit if it has to catch up everytime the timestamp from the BTC Network with every Post.
It would be a nice thing to have that for Account registrations.
But is it useful for the Forum?

[Silber]

Why would this be useful if the Forum tracing it?
I guess this would be slow down the use of the Forum a bit if it has to catch up everytime the timestamp from the BTC Network with every Post.
It would be a nice thing to have that for Account registrations.
But is it useful for the Forum?

For example: If you and me discuss about a specific block (or a specific block happening like Halving) than it is clear for all readers if a post is made before or after the block that we discuss about.

And from the philosophical and historical point of view a new "caluculation of time" is initiated by bitcointalk.org

I see a technical problem with future update of the forum software. Because every modification on the original forum software is a potential source of problem by each future software update.

[pooya87]

For example: If you and me discuss about a specific block (or a specific block happening like Halving) than it is clear for all readers if a post is made before or after the block that we discuss about.

It is already clear enough since the user who is interested in that kind of relationship can simply look up the timestamp of blocks using a block explorer for example and then figure out which block height corresponds to the post.
Considering that this would be a rare occasion it doesn't justify the addition burden that it puts on bitcointalk servers and the additional storage space it requires in the database.

[tranthidung]

For example: If you and me discuss about a specific block (or a specific block happening like Halving) than it is clear for all readers if a post is made before or after the block that we discuss about.

It's unnecessary.

• If you want to mention about a specific block, two ways to do so
  
  • Leave that specific block number
  • If possible, add the link to block explorer for that specific block.
  • You can mention about Genesis block as follows
    
    • It is a discussion to the Genesis block
    • It is a discussion to the Genesis block

And from the philosophical and historical point of view a new "caluculation of time" is initiated by bitcointalk.org

Not all discussions on the forum are about Bitcoin.

[JohnBitCo]

Not all discussions on the forum are about Bitcoin.

And also not all bitcoin discussions are relevant to the blocktime. In most cases the Bitcoin Block is just irrelevant. Only at the time of halving (which comes after every four years), we are interested in bitcoin blocks but for the rest of the time no one cares about it.

[PrimeNumber7]

It would be useful (and also cool) if the forum software tracing additional the Bitcoin Block Time of each post.

Block times can be off by up to two hours, so it is technically possible for block n to have a reported time after block n+2. Also, there is the potential for blocks to become orphaned, so block x may have a block time of y as of y + 5 minutes, but as of y + 15 minutes block x may have some other time.

[DooMAD]

A browser plugin seems more appropriate for this.  I'm not a codemonkey, but I'm pretty sure that's feasible.  Doing it that way, the forum itself won't have to carry any additional burden.