🔥 Whale.io [CHALLENGE] Run A Bitcoin Node: 14 Days To 14 Merits

[Alone055]

Day 4

Code:

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  "time": 1455529020,
  "mediantime": 1455526129,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1092158516607146,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000115aa71fc2da686bb83c5a",
  "size_on_disk": 1828523680,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 397013,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
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  "warnings": ""
}

[Loganota]

Starting my submissions. Thank you for the challenge.

Day 1

Code:

{
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  "headers": 870777,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000004050266d015491242dea8b5419b8e774bc3dfdd7d555d9c",
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  "time": 1478144152,
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  "verificationprogress": 0.1485722114552726,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000002d007d92a3859cff14a900",
  "size_on_disk": 1915186105,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 435855,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Cgrexp]

I am willing to do this challenge.

starting today.

day 1

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 0,
  "headers": 0,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",
  "difficulty": 1,
  "time": 1231006505,
  "mediantime": 1231006505,
  "verificationprogress": 8.858391134157899e-10,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100010001",
  "size_on_disk": 293,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

Here it seems that we have been discriminated against because when we ran this note earlier, we were given 14 merits. And now everyone will get double merit, this seems to me to be discrimination. However, it is your personal matter, you can give whatever you want. However, I come here sometimes, although I will not be able to run this note anymore, but I sometimes see if those who do are doing it properly.

It's not discriminatory, it's to capitalize on the increased traffic this forum is getting as a result of the new Bitcoin ATH.

It's like getting a discount for Black Friday from a website.

[Student of Bitcoin]

I am willing to do this challenge.

starting today.

day 1

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 0,
  "headers": 0,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",
  "difficulty": 1,
  "time": 1231006505,
  "mediantime": 1231006505,
  "verificationprogress": 8.858391134157899e-10,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100010001",
  "size_on_disk": 293,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

• You must have at least 30 activity and 50 posts to participate.

First of all you should follow the rules here see what the rules say and you have submitted your entry here without following the rules.

[Dimitri94]

Day 8

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  "headers": 870902,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000688941d5031bd7167880b62b333f274e61cc8e381a028",
  "difficulty": 21047730572451.55,
  "time": 1623108485,
  "mediantime": 1623103143,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5736391590422965,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001e6c014db8ee2a5cff4af53a",
  "size_on_disk": 1651222078,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 685790,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Loganota]

Day 2

Code:

{
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  "blocks": 680114,
  "headers": 870935,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000b3cab2470b8420705ec456255996175071e1c421d2c44",
  "difficulty": 23581981443663.85,
  "time": 1619086706,
  "mediantime": 1619082928,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5631769163751589,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001c5968813f1d8b35c81e4fd4",
  "size_on_disk": 1616663948,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 679320,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Alone055]

Day 5

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 445980,
  "headers": 870907,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000018468eab3b229a372f7af5dcbf68a6b2e597f9903ef673f",
  "difficulty": 317688400354.0338,
  "time": 1483198708,
  "mediantime": 1483194958,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1820151567658779,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000035eca1d55eef7bab0dbc26",
  "size_on_disk": 1854175408,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 444307,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Cgrexp]

day 2

Code:

{
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  "headers": 871002,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000001a3347a57a344cf5b625fe77a99d73d16ce63756458756",
  "difficulty": 5814661935891.805,
  "time": 1548767447,
  "mediantime": 1548764190,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3343503751857013,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000004e3fc5aed614db5bd5c1b38",
  "size_on_disk": 1901482126,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 559745,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Student of Bitcoin]

Hey OP,

Your thread rules state that anyone who wants to participate must have at least 30 activities and 50 posts. But some members are participating without obeying the rules, so can they participate here with 30 activities.

[Dimitri94]

Day 9

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  "headers": 871072,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002147ae8463ba640aef883cb7ffdbe06ad0b9b922c9c34",
  "difficulty": 20082460130830.84,
  "time": 1634840450,
  "mediantime": 1634837099,
  "verificationprogress": 0.6021336667530732,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000230a0686082d30c7a1153a18",
  "size_on_disk": 1193759743,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 705663,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Loganota]

Day 3

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 852786,
  "headers": 871114,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000356f553ed3ab80b9814587523066a533994343a1cc798",
  "difficulty": 82047728459932.75,
  "time": 1721331443,
  "mediantime": 1721329507,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9367392511325958,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000841e950f497fe9bc6ef01cc0",
  "size_on_disk": 657524766,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 852452,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

Progress: (valid as of the creation date of this post)

Code:

Day 1:
notasimp

Day 3:
Loganota

Day 4:
BabyBird†

Day 5:
Alone055

Day 9:
Dimitri94

Legend:

†Indicates a bitcoin node failure or some other reason which I have been made aware of. Members who are absent for too long will be removed without notice and will have to start over if they want to rejoin.

*Indicates a person who has not submitted a report for a long time. Please do so immediately to avoid getting removed without notice.

#Indicates a person whose report was not processed because it is incorrect. Usually this is because you misnumbered your days. Please fix your report as soon as possible.

Report generation is semi-automated now, so if you see any error in the progress report like your name isn't listed correctly, and so on, please let me know so I can fix it.

Please do not quote this post when you type your status reports. It makes compiling this list slightly harder.

If you don't meet the minimum rank requirements, your post will be ignored.

Hey OP,

Your thread rules state that anyone who wants to participate must have at least 30 activities and 50 posts. But some members are participating without obeying the rules, so can they participate here with 30 activities.

Those entries will simply be ignored.

@Cgrexp your activity/posts is too low to qualify for this challenge. Come back later.

[Alone055]

Day 6

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 482136,
  "headers": 871069,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000066109e120c6b7855e784add12460a6e21fb79a79c1eedc",
  "difficulty": 888171856257.3206,
  "time": 1503804295,
  "mediantime": 1503800495,
  "verificationprogress": 0.2473281996999743,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000007fb2aeeac58a6948c060e1",
  "size_on_disk": 1693438763,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 480781,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 10

{
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  "blocks": 752732,
  "headers": 871219,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000079c9eec45abce98c8b530a98fb2cb996fe59ea16ef57a",
  "difficulty": 30977051760460.06,
  "time": 1662380658,
  "mediantime": 1662376053,
  "verificationprogress": 0.6742903135328582,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000003481690b5a4210a5db49760c",
  "size_on_disk": 1283881974,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 751898,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Jon_Hodl]

I have been running a node for years but I am just trying to get enough merit so that I can add photos to my posts.

Do you have any ways that I can get some merit for running a node on a Ras Pi or does it have to be on a desktop computer?

[Loganota]

Day 4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 871138,
  "headers": 871257,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000046b3ba815b91cc8f492ce646537cb59728dab8c91878",
  "difficulty": 102289407543323.8,
  "time": 1732076055,
  "mediantime": 1732072219,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9995927283540471,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000009b592056751dfaf5c3265e52",
  "size_on_disk": 1932876055,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 870136,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Alone055]

Day 7

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 515267,
  "headers": 871194,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000003be5dc18ef6a464f51daa61b9bca512cc81984ca9c0da4",
  "difficulty": 3462542391191.563,
  "time": 1522084201,
  "mediantime": 1522081663,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3038377774894828,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000015b9622042ac8d4edb3ad6c",
  "size_on_disk": 1853674508,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 513191,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

I have been running a node for years but I am just trying to get enough merit so that I can add photos to my posts.

Do you have any ways that I can get some merit for running a node on a Ras Pi or does it have to be on a desktop computer?

You actually don't need to post a photo - I stopped processing those months ago. All you need to do is paste the output of the getblockchaininfo RPC command.

Also, you don't have to only run it on a desktop - you can run it on any device you want! Please, be creative if you want.

[notasimp]

Here's my resubmission for day 1, then.
-snip-

Day 2

Code:

{
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  "blocks": 12194,
  "headers": 871329,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000418f67e1b7a8b9b62c67170c747a9e487dfd65b28136b54b8a626cf1",
  "difficulty": 1,
  "time": 1240667598,
  "mediantime": 1240665315,
  "verificationprogress": 1.087797263892401e-05,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002fa32fa32fa3",
  "size_on_disk": 11883404076,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

Bitcoin Core keeps closing on me unexpectedly. My node has been on and off for a couple days but I think it's only fair to count it as a single day, given how much downtime it has had.

Edit: I think I've fixed the crashing. I was syncing to a Dropbox folder and I think file locking was causing some errors. I've moved the Bitcoin Core data directory out of Dropbox (I never intended to store any coins on the wallet, so don't worry about that) and it's syncing nicely now.