[CHALLENGE] Run A Bitcoin Node: 14 Days To 14 Merits

[Ricardo11]

Day 4
progress: 46.67%

Code:

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  "time": 1564054431,
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  "verificationprogress": 0.4668757316591365,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000007630f454e5f640457ae8120",
  "size_on_disk": 1904451476,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 585576,
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  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

Happy holidays everyone! Reports will be processed tomorrow.

edit: Some of you are still posting images so I will give you an opportunity to change it to a text format before I compile the report tomorrow.

[Z.H.I.E.N.D]

Day 6

{
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  "blocks": 481386,
  "headers": 838751,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000a99fc6b9a63a8dca2bb8fe0db659fde65da5571c260454",
  "difficulty": 923233068448.9053,
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  "verificationprogress": 0.2642644981330095,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000007d46e5e78af465c01ff845",
  "size_on_disk": 1712272869,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 479867,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

Z.H.I.E.N.D

[Eternad]

Day 15

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 836012,
  "headers": 838755,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002161d30a20d4f39004dd4b80a2f3e5b31b81012fab017",
  "difficulty": 83947913181361.55,
  "time": 1711241026,
  "mediantime": 1711239382,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9910647938989524,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000007090a91bdbc3264bdae2614c",
  "size_on_disk": 634622016193,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

99.11% progress. Last 2739 blocks left which is very slow now to sync. 

[Publictalk792]

Day 9


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  "blocks": 634970,
  "headers": 838767,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000d0f43528b77aadb665dc9abd1f1b05dbd2ac004f23052",
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  "time": 1592288399,
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  "verificationprogress": 0.5426064885327009,
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  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000010670b6358705fc1dc422dd1",
  "size_on_disk": 1780082768,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 633672,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Ab de villiers]

Day 6

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 702162,
"headers": 835482,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000028d2a43079809529054b3dd06afcbe7a86255abf8091c",
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"time": 1632585021,
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"verificationprogress": 0.6844942065739439,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000021fc86dbfec9352a3e0c6cte",
"size on disk": 38769415011,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 673825,
"automatic pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 39998980096,
"warnings": ""
}

[Antonil]

Day 2

progress: 5.57%


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  "headers": 838769,
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  "time": 1416765323,
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  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000002ebff3412956b69ebc6d3",
  "size_on_disk": 1834312934,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 326961,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Roggeredek]

Day 07
progress 6.04%

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 338265,
  "headers": 838769,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000019783ace72cf77609835f23b49e95ac4602f2be9a3540b3e",
  "difficulty": 40640955016.57649,
  "time": 1420847372,
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  "verificationprogress": 0.05991950890600819,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e9a0680accebee0edabc",
  "size_on_disk": 1731226680,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 334111,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[cryptoWODL]

Day 13 Progress

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 799463,
"headers": 838635,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000004a21a4dab6478137fdf0afb55615160ee5e06bad57241",
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"time": 1689817882,
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"verificationprogress": 0.9114276220152991,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000004f61802768b43c2a9bc92428",
"size_on_disk": 1883140177,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 799163,
"automatic pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 1999634432,
"warnings":
}

[fredericktaylor]

Day 15

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 700300,
  "headers": 838687,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000047f38721deda70c82409c60528fc5861a787088bc3dc6",
  "difficulty": 18415156832118.24,
  "time": 1631512342,
  "mediantime": 1631507136,
  "verificationprogress": 0.7135843185931662,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000002181797bdb0db74b6a16944f",
  "size_on_disk": 1791844093,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 699414,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Littlemini]

Day:2

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 436297,
  "headers": 838775,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000002535e1e9ed6ead757072cdc872ba9a634f6f8bebe7a25d3",
  "difficulty": 253618246641.4895,
  "time": 1477664212,
  "mediantime": 1477659651,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1771265550134976,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000002c3f30d592000b3cd87f38",
  "size_on_disk": 1879017347,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 435043,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Zerato]

Day 12

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 782880,
  "headers": 838631,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000003d5c46416cc8315da68e804bcb9b47abafd7bb4915a3c",
  "difficulty": 46843400286276.55,
  "time": 1680001073,
  "mediantime": 1679998126,
  "verificationprogress": 0.8716167958232359,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000043eaaae52e8583b4c8ce86f9",
  "size_on_disk": 2034976247,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 782575,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[MrNata]

Day 16
progress 91.55%

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 812893,
  "headers": 838788,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000020fa6282f97cdf9f0fcccec3770d0d2572b4a824be0b9",
  "difficulty": 61030681983175.59,
  "time": 1697707178,
  "mediantime": 1697704051,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9154958197225095,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000059a03a28bcbdcbb8b2246b5e",
  "size_on_disk": 18767889988,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 803274,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 19999490048,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Ab de villiers]

Day 7

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 776435,
"headers": 836722,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002f4358f3ac922cb58d520381f8e7538a5ead87dbc68cc",
"difficulty": 39156400059293.19,
"time": 1676338708,
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"verificationprogress": 0.8614799850453716,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000401c4e039aecf0d0a8c48078",
"size on disk": 2159168541,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 776121,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune target size": 1999634432,
"warnings": ""
}

[Claymore2]

Day-12

[cryptoWODL]

Finally managed to complete my challenge in 14 days.

Day 14 Progress 99.05%


{
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  "blocks": 834537,
  "headers": 838831,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002250624f233d586306f24186f29f2ca1bbf92b1fae252",
  "difficulty": 79351228131136.77,
  "time": 1710350975,
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  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000006eda2669f383b2fd5bfada68",
  "size_on_disk": 1716526627,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 833784,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Sarah_Jannat42]

Day 03:
Progress: 43.62%

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 574593,
  "headers": 838846,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000007bf99cae68085dfadb52891e023b88abfbcbca69d48ce",
  "difficulty": 6702169884349.173,
  "time": 1556982202,
  "mediantime": 1556978684,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4361832964939144,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000006163e45a7c435fea0f16ede",
  "size_on_disk": 1800137468,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 573737,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

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

Code:

Day 2:
Littlemini
mattsaronx
Antonil
AgriTrack

Day 3:
punk.zink
Sarah_Jannat42

Day 4:
Ab de villiers
Ricardo11

Day 6:
Z.H.I.E.N.D

Day 7:
Roggeredek

Day 8:
cxtreenal

Day 9:
muliyadi227
Claymore2#
HelliumZ
Zerato
Publictalk792

Day 10:
HelliumZ

Day 12:
Zerato
muliyadi227

Day 14:
cryptoWODL
abaeze

Day 15+:
fredericktaylor (awaiting 99% synced)
K.G.F-2
MrNata (awaiting 99% synced)
Eternad

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Congratulations to everyone who has completed the challenge! Please give me some time to send you your merit.


If your report has been marked as incorrect it is most likely because you are still posting images. Please use text output and post all of your reports again.

[Eternad]

Day 16

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 838862,
  "headers": 838862,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000001a09656c8b032771ca251bc0c0c103c24d81dc6529fc0",
  "difficulty": 86388558925171.02,
  "time": 1712919617,
  "mediantime": 1712914860,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999992675749648,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000073de94bd1acbb5f652ebfdc5",
  "size_on_disk": 640492461994,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

My final report for completing this challenge. My Bitcoin core wallet is fully synchronised. I enjoyed completing this challenge because I learned how to run a node and other technicalities. Thank you @NotATether for creating this educational challenge. I'm looking forward for your new challenge in the future!

[punk.zink]

Day-4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 838863,
  "headers": 838863,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000c12acb204694db95ed04c0a2c4427f389db80f4200dc",
  "difficulty": 86388558925171.02,
  "time": 1712920712,
  "mediantime": 1712915637,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999980431480484,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000073dee34f50bbf959994ede90",
  "size_on_disk": 640504096285,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}