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

[alecfisker]

Day 12

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 883395,
  "headers": 883395,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000015490b57f7ca24bc6b08c608e5a757db1c20864e523d9",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1739342444,
  "mediantime": 1739339200,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999995282651017,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000ada1edac856de1ccfba6bb68",
  "size_on_disk": 809597609,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 882994,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 838860800,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[laspol65]

Day 4

{
"chain": "main",
  "blocks": 519289,
  "headers": 880652,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000441b607fd654cf8738877f4a9eadc535be88855a9decc5",
  "difficulty": 3839316899029.672,
  "time": 1524331799,
  "mediantime": 1524330391,
  "verificationprogress": 0.2669799617061397,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000018efce6d10b086f8ee6b2f2",
  "size_on_disk": 1694128523,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 518026,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[alecfisker]

Day 13

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 883547,
  "headers": 883547,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000020d5888050fe10eb464a37436010d71317c141ca95b38",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1739434478,
  "mediantime": 1739431548,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999978692527615,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000addf94c3522789894582a358",
  "size_on_disk": 797852003,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 883140,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 838860800,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[laspol65]

Day 5

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 562330,
  "headers": 881426,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000157cb47e78552139b476b3d1238f05a210d69417a9f49e",
  "difficulty": 5814661935891.805,
  "time": 1549735013,
  "mediantime": 1549729269,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3259354280674323,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000050754f3f007f1ba5e3a718e",
  "size_on_disk": 1546332515,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 561016,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[laspol65]

Day 6

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 591084,
  "headers": 881582,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000140cf46dbdea817741aabc0e6d466cabbe36376a3dfa2d",
  "difficulty": 10183488432890,
  "time": 1566382365,
  "mediantime": 1566381359,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3819854660614766,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000007f026a7413444d236140d1f",
  "size_on_disk": 1523946624,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 589825,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[alecfisker]

Day 14 Complete

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 883679,
  "headers": 883679,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000023fce8e25d338d1aae5c586ef9bb8467c0e6bc734da07",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1739509230,
  "mediantime": 1739507157,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999962634529578,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000ae151f2139d63ce2ae127380",
  "size_on_disk": 759247860,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 883301,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 838860800,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[laspol65]

Day 7

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 644796,
  "headers": 881914,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000008a93485a97b9ac83b18d0325505c3e52fbc5edec58c99",
  "difficulty": 16947802333946.61,
  "time": 1598070523,
  "mediantime": 1598066401,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4785813387409821,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000012a75d6b679d25af31f6e5d2",
  "size_on_disk": 623394178,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 644441,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[laspol65]

Day 8

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 686381,
  "headers": 882066,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000018dc77b687e6b36367192d3f83e68d22028745fa901eb",
  "difficulty": 21047730572451.55,
  "time": 1622905397,
  "mediantime": 1622899241,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5520150145514715,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001e532dcc16102362424377ee",
  "size_on_disk": 1144887335,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 685645,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

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

Code:

Day 2:
Junii

Day 8:
laspol65

Day 14:
alecfisker

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 alecfisker for completing the challenge!

Check out the new Lightning Network Quest -  earn merits and sats for running a Lightning node.

[laspol65]

Day 9

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 785584,
  "headers": 882337,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000267bef4d5f0a3cdff3431b33ebb0fff1f1fcf5f4f3eed",
  "difficulty": 47887764338536.25,
  "time": 1681601284,
  "mediantime": 1681598863,
  "verificationprogress": 0.7024963531095881,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000045b1ba26a995879b645e97b4",
  "size_on_disk": 1287178843,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 785009,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[laspol65]

Day 10


{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 809178,
  "headers": 882429,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000004b944667f4b15849e2f74e791392857babccd7c604056",
  "difficulty": 57119871304635.31,
  "time": 1695578499,
  "mediantime": 1695572292,
  "verificationprogress": 0.7665165899644337,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000056a6b00bc59ce6066448dee4",
  "size_on_disk": 1480069291,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 808418,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[SensitiveEyes]

According to the rules I need 50 posts for the challenge. This is my 49th post but I am running a node so I will be part of the challenge when I am eligible.

The output using console getblockchaininfo keeps all Bitcoin Core data safe and anonymous so I am up for the challenge.

Source Bitcoin Core getblockchaininfo

Code:

getblockchaininfo

Returns an object containing various state info regarding blockchain processing.

Result:
{                                         (json object)
  "chain" : "str",                        (string) current network name (main, test, testnet4, signet, regtest)
  "blocks" : n,                           (numeric) the height of the most-work fully-validated chain. The genesis block has height 0
  "headers" : n,                          (numeric) the current number of headers we have validated
  "bestblockhash" : "str",                (string) the hash of the currently best block
  "difficulty" : n,                       (numeric) the current difficulty
  "time" : xxx,                           (numeric) The block time expressed in UNIX epoch time
  "mediantime" : xxx,                     (numeric) The median block time expressed in UNIX epoch time
  "verificationprogress" : n,             (numeric) estimate of verification progress [0..1]
  "initialblockdownload" : true|false,    (boolean) (debug information) estimate of whether this node is in Initial Block Download mode
  "chainwork" : "hex",                    (string) total amount of work in active chain, in hexadecimal
  "size_on_disk" : n,                     (numeric) the estimated size of the block and undo files on disk
  "pruned" : true|false,                  (boolean) if the blocks are subject to pruning
  "pruneheight" : n,                      (numeric, optional) height of the last block pruned, plus one (only present if pruning is enabled)
  "automatic_pruning" : true|false,       (boolean, optional) whether automatic pruning is enabled (only present if pruning is enabled)
  "prune_target_size" : n,                (numeric, optional) the target size used by pruning (only present if automatic pruning is enabled)
  "warnings" : [                          (json array) any network and blockchain warnings (run with `-deprecatedrpc=warnings` to return the latest warning as a single string)
    "str",                                (string) warning
    ...
  ]
}

[laspol65]

Day 11


{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 831043,
  "headers": 882580,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000008aee5144aeddf59c00495a431e3b09ddfeb89f55cb80",
  "difficulty": 81725299822043.22,
  "time": 1708297070,
  "mediantime": 1708294272,
  "verificationprogress": 0.8280482880731426,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000006af3f1356c0915e62c52a9e0",
  "size_on_disk": 2279654537,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 830747,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[laspol65]

Day 12

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 855578,
  "headers": 882799,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000520fa97d9e93c8ed50eb71092bae4c2a654897c0aab5",
  "difficulty": 90666502495565.78,
  "time": 1722909024,
  "mediantime": 1722905857,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9090503959396757,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000008764c8ad13001a94f1c98ee2",
  "size_on_disk": 821324373,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 855169,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[SensitiveEyes]

DAY 1

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 884739,
  "headers": 884739,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000094b337d6677bf85786ad1603751c2fda13d44cf4c12a",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1740158084,
  "mediantime": 1740154342,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999923599936149,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000afc31168a51ad55b52d35fe8",
  "size_on_disk": 727617459671,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[NotATether]

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

Code:

Day 1:
SensitiveEyes

Day 2:
Junii

Day 12:
laspol65

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.

Check out the new Lightning Network Quest -  earn merits and sats for running a Lightning node.

[laspol65]

Day 13


{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 869016,
  "headers": 882894,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000016f83d5be79d5b69cb831f066d5f5bbdf762899e232ba",
  "difficulty": 101646843652785.2,
  "time": 1730834252,
  "mediantime": 1730829442,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9538444115731257,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000985a4b956984b9424d92bfe1",
  "size_on_disk": 1024711403,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 868662,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Soft Crem]

Core Start
Day 1

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 399323,
  "headers": 884861,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000f5d532275fc24504fb5c13b372f54837aea3e9169fee1a",
  "difficulty": 163491654908.9593,
  "time": 1455975661,
  "mediantime": 1455974154,
  "verificationprogress": 0.09406534985745565,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000011c579bb3bed97954ec7a8",
  "size_on_disk": 761761327,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 398714,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[SensitiveEyes]

DAY 2

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 884870,
  "headers": 884870,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000001cf498cabc08c4f302e04444fd354acbc110c24079c6c",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1740238106,
  "mediantime": 1740235669,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999999477735703,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000aff833f08155c94963529546",
  "size_on_disk": 727874141392,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[laspol65]

Finally Challenge Complete

Day 14

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 883818,
  "headers": 883818,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000e30f16c42bfb60bae03f21d051a63aac54ef23c45aa3",
  "difficulty": 114167270716407.6,
  "time": 1739586500,
  "mediantime": 1739581936,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999995507109335,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000ae4d805971af2c2b7f167f2e",
  "size_on_disk": 1934069625,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 882895,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}