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

[NotATether]

Thanks for running this!

Day 1

Talkimg isn't working for me. Here's a link to the imgur upload: https://imgur.com/a/kdSZTQP

Restarted my computer yesterday and didn't realize Bitcoin Core didn't start automatically! Still on day 1 today.

Don't use images, I don't process those anymore. Instead open the console from inside Bitcoin Core and type getblockchaininfo.

[notasimp]

Don't use images, I don't process those anymore. Instead open the console from inside Bitcoin Core and type getblockchaininfo.

Here's my resubmission for day 1, then.

Day 1

Code:

17:28:59

getblockchaininfo


17:28:59

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 2309,
  "headers": 870108,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000d57d78286874d1070edbac52f2db69b0413214a112f63d620d259922",
  "difficulty": 1,
  "time": 1233285837,
  "mediantime": 1233283051,
  "verificationprogress": 2.078967538964831e-06,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000090609060906",
  "size_on_disk": 695102,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Shadiq]

Day 16

Challenge complete 100%

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 870151,
  "headers": 870151,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000fc0dc5421c1a5005b88a087787c24113eead1ef47797",
  "difficulty": 101646843652785.2,
  "time": 1731516085,
  "mediantime": 1731513056,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999979568941566,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000099f42cd4d45f6b99810a1f08",
  "size_on_disk": 1762940788,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 869283,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 3

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 562618,
  "headers": 870165,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000235eb91e161a95ff94b4bcca12ff8e110755559e2da1d9",
  "difficulty": 6061518831027.271,
  "time": 1549908799,
  "mediantime": 1549905355,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3391739901357356,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000050d6ad63f13e59b720838c9",
  "size_on_disk": 989578806,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 561935,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 4

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 579064,
  "headers": 870261,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000071c4125c829ebcdbc82f7eba9234aec77cd15dc0cbf1b",
  "difficulty": 7459680720542.296,
  "time": 1559567886,
  "mediantime": 1559564119,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3732166438095703,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000681fe74f8ad47e71848198d",
  "size_on_disk": 1556312977,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 577973,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

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

Code:

Day 1:
notasimp

Day 4:
BabyBird†
Dimitri94

Day 14:
Xril2024

Day 15+:
asarfiar
Shadiq

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.

Congratulations to asarfiar, Shadiq and Xril2024 for completing the challenge!

Edited: Fat-fingered by accident and sent 24 merits. So you know what? I'm increasing the reward. Everyone currently participating, and anybody who joins before December 01, 2024 will be eligible for 24 merit instead of the usual 14! It's been a bit quiet in here lately anyway.

[Alone055]

I want to participate in the challenge as well.  

Day 1:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 139839,
  "headers": 870313,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000245f1384b0ca35d7553219fe430c3c433161b4191b783aaa793",
  "difficulty": 1888786.705353048,
  "time": 1312629604,
  "mediantime": 1312625227,
  "verificationprogress": 0.001212375325656053,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e13a667f009128a0",
  "size_on_disk": 542206303,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 5

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 628766,
  "headers": 870451,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000fe0dc07e42f892e4aa911093ca7db45e70b8b99522e10",
  "difficulty": 15958652328578.42,
  "time": 1588527991,
  "mediantime": 1588526154,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4670044005788013,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000f1b864199dbcbd904f8d16c",
  "size_on_disk": 1942820561,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 627578,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Wonder Work]

Fat-fingered by accident and sent 24 merits. So you know what? I'm increasing the reward. Everyone currently participating, and anybody who joins before December 01, 2024 will be eligible for 24 merit instead of the usual 14! It's been a bit quiet in here lately anyway.

Dear brother, the initiative you have taken is definitely good. Those who join before December 1 will get 24 merits instead of 14.

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.

My opinoin is that since those who run and complete this note at present will get double merits, accordingly I also deserve merit because we also have the right here because earlier we had successfully run Bitcoin Core and downloaded it.

Anyway, don't think anything, I just said it jokingly, brother. I see your work and post, you do very good quality work. I posted here again after a long time.

[Alone055]

Day 2

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 346185,
  "headers": 870453,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000173ed946799ead6b9b3b925aafc98979406fbaea0970b9aa",
  "difficulty": 46684376316.86029,
  "time": 1425496409,
  "mediantime": 1425492790,
  "verificationprogress": 0.06090880926334225,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000005249b105256750f40e908",
  "size_on_disk": 1975812933,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 341797,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 6

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 637404,
  "headers": 870594,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000ff006b029e71bb86dff0d5859cfd428fe4086396c1c09",
  "difficulty": 15784217546288.15,
  "time": 1593729551,
  "mediantime": 1593728058,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4828859712360345,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000010ef09cd49a58a7264ffa5bb",
  "size_on_disk": 1718108111,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 636592,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Alone055]

Day 3

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 355696,
  "headers": 870604,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000001022c82795804eec822c60497c860efe4be68d780ae45c4b",
  "difficulty": 47643398017.80344,
  "time": 1431204299,
  "mediantime": 1431202240,
  "verificationprogress": 0.06760988812482797,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000006c1655191125f79e6e64d",
  "size_on_disk": 1678919039,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 352166,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Dimitri94]

Day 7

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 666228,
  "headers": 870759,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000019fa5ea442e686ef9e6181aecb9d350ee8aabab8f73b8",
  "difficulty": 20607418304385.63,
  "time": 1610746090,
  "mediantime": 1610743807,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5375634105643488,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000182880a5e234b18933ba96ef",
  "size_on_disk": 799815486,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 665704,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[STINKYBEE]

Edited out.

[Alone055]

Day 4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 398529,
  "headers": 870729,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000005145eef37f3dc5100f20092c4aedbaa8918b09213063d43",
  "difficulty": 144116447847.3487,
  "time": 1455529020,
  "mediantime": 1455526129,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1092158516607146,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000115aa71fc2da686bb83c5a",
  "size_on_disk": 1828523680,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 397013,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Loganota]

Starting my submissions. Thank you for the challenge.

Day 1

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 437135,
  "headers": 870777,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000004050266d015491242dea8b5419b8e774bc3dfdd7d555d9c",
  "difficulty": 253618246641.4895,
  "time": 1478144152,
  "mediantime": 1478143047,
  "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

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 686713,
  "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": ""
}