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

[Justbillywitt]

Day 2

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 445364,
  "headers": 876131,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000001f5124343a7507c7ac2b1c6425ca1530e6356d06b8f3e5e",
  "difficulty": 206745632577.3155,
  "time": 1630527415,
  "mediantime": 1630546611,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1475153173953125,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000024d9f15064fc2ebdd046c9",
  "size_on_disk": 132303311,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 405108,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Jostern]

Day 3
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 128921,
  "headers": 895973,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000002016309d4628b307337edc538439cf1c7a7a798830fb1b5e07df",
  "difficulty": 434877.0455276276,
  "time": 1307330761,
  "mediantime": 1307329167,
  "verificationprogress": 0.0005222475190100445,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b170fc3be1893c94",
  "size_on_disk": 247616131,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Bluedrem]

Day - 05

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 583732,
  "headers": 895478,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000ecf01201a074ad5881c7a01772fff4f7e24e625149971",
  "difficulty": 7934713219630.606,
  "time": 1562209502,
  "mediantime": 1562205613,
  "verificationprogress": 0.3555933917699424,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000006ff381e3073a96c30e0fa39",
  "size_on_disk": 1449646279,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 582684,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[NotATether]

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

Code:

Day 1:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Day 1:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
pawanjain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Nothingtodo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Day 2:
Justbillywitt

Day 3:
letteredhub
Jostern

Day 5:
Felicity_Tide
Bluedrem
P3Key

Day 10:
Yablee0

Day 12:
Hardyrobust
Pablo-wood

Day 13:
BitBakerr1

Day 15+:
Lembo69 (awaiting 99% synced)
Cossyblack (awaiting 99% synced)
Barikui1 (awaiting 99% synced)

Links to last entries:

Bluedrem: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65367727#msg65367727

BitBakerr1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65350014#msg65350014

Hardyrobust: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65350190#msg65350190

P3Key: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65364672#msg65364672

Lembo69: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65366504#msg65366504

pawanjain: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65366613#msg65366613

Pablo-wood: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65356448#msg65356448

Jostern: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65367149#msg65367149

Justbillywitt: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65366903#msg65366903

Nothingtodo: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65363296#msg65363296

Barikui1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65366149#msg65366149

Yablee0: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65364110#msg65364110

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Legend:

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[pawanjain]

@NotATether  my progress has reached day 5 till yesterday, day 6 if we count today

Day 6:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 896226,
  "headers": 896226,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000195f16ef8075b867b38bacd5509c593e636c58a18866e",
  "difficulty": 119116256505723.5,
  "time": 1746949089,
  "mediantime": 1746946212,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999965584548469,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c25468644cfbc9f0ab9e799a",
  "size_on_disk": 749170999933,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

[P3Key]

Day 6

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 645305,
  "headers": 896280,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000007efa656907e19801ade8f71340b57b495ac3e65521dcc",
  "difficulty": 17557993035167.3,
  "time": 1598370853,
  "mediantime": 1598367511,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4620786763280562,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000012c66a754069166ceedddf5c",
  "size_on_disk": 3428847198,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 643151,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 3999268864,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Justbillywitt]

Day 3

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 456754,
  "headers": 874649,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000bb1816a5453abdc05581091579c4214294c95c7287c3fa",
  "difficulty": 1536546435013.678,
  "time": 1632435325,
  "mediantime": 163275334631,
  "verificationprogress": 0.2321855156377465,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000096d608cc6f561d3f9546d4",
  "size_on_disk": 1830435437,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 466548,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}
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[Nothingtodo]

Day 02

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 773963,
  "headers": 896287,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002d805fe98738e49057ee2b7537b9bafba861060f5ad0f",
  "difficulty": 37590453655497.09,
  "time": 1674881030,
  "mediantime": 1674878708,
  "verificationprogress": 0.6516595445020784,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000003ec40621e332ccc31a550458",
  "size_on_disk": 1138643222,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 773139,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Pablo-wood]

I tried running my node this evening WAT-time only to find some error pop up I tried to OK the prompt and boom my node progress returned to zero.

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 0,
  "headers": 0,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",
  "difficulty": 1,
  "time": 1231006505,
  "mediantime": 1231006505,
  "verificationprogress": 8.143727679737198e-10,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100010001",
  "size_on_disk": 293,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}
 
Is there any command that can restore back my progress or is there any alternative for situations like this.

[Yablee0]

Day 11:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 159076,
  "headers": 896003,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000e8c432e005281c62c2b2f58fd72ac6e84243c7b6eb45aa50b5",
  "difficulty": 1155038.333963644,
  "time": 1324829303,
  "mediantime": 1324827636,
  "verificationprogress": 0.001717218982858051,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a8f338fdaca39a776",
  "size_on_disk": 959011866,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Bluedrem]

Day -06

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 648033,
  "headers": 896340,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000001d4cb288bcfe3808b3e22e1bd411589eb2ccd94217735",
  "difficulty": 17345997805929.09,
  "time": 1599970157,
  "mediantime": 1599968789,
  "verificationprogress": 0.466785518633245,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000136fe92446fed06b9defcede",
  "size_on_disk": 1787754205,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 646991,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[NotATether]

I tried running my node this evening WAT-time only to find some error pop up I tried to OK the prompt and boom my node progress returned to zero.

Unfortunate. Did you save a screenshot of the error message?

[Felicity_Tide]

DAY 10:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 788508,
  "headers": 896365,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000153a87d4864a5c82fe3d96fb0246cbd6a9c2f1f084b2a",
  "bits": "1705dd01",
  "target": "00000000000000000005dd010000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 48005534313578.78,
  "time": 1683375033,
  "mediantime": 1683373109,
  "verificationprogress": 0.7002190914588957,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000047a936280c027af2dd575fe6",
  "size_on_disk": 23781626910,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 777322,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 49999249408,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Pablo-wood]

Unfortunate. Did you save a screenshot of the error message?
[/quote]
I couldn't get a screenshot of the initial error message that resulted to the reset but today I got another pop up

[P3Key]

Day 7

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 648205,
  "headers": 896409,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000090eac5c87be582214818c8b024d3224884d096a486a35",
  "difficulty": 17345997805929.09,
  "time": 1600061180,
  "mediantime": 1600057645,
  "verificationprogress": 0.4669103884622267,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000137a82abcef96b01515cf932",
  "size_on_disk": 1120938451,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 647619,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 3999268864,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[NotATether]

I couldn't get a screenshot of the initial error message that resulted to the reset but today I got another pop up

This is some sort of disk corruption. Did you lose electricity while syncing, and do you see any "Press any key in 10 seconds to abort disk check" when you start the computer?

Both of these can destroy the blockchain copy. In any case, try opening File Explorer, type to %Userprofile%/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin in the address bar, delete the entire folder (copy the wallets folder if you created a wallet.dat though) and then start Bitcoin Core again - this will reset all the state to zero but it will start syncing again.

[pawanjain]

snip

Day 6:
snip

Day 7:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 896433,
  "headers": 896433,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000001351ecd205e6a7e0f50eb3333acdd9f38ca0cbe1fcb04",
  "difficulty": 119116256505723.5,
  "time": 1747067896,
  "mediantime": 1747065445,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999995085458484,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c2ac02343d165edfc47a047c",
  "size_on_disk": 749537462029,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Justbillywitt]

Day: 4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 763626,
  "headers": 878163,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000261fb6385cbeb6a0d11043d79524e7717f4787ade9529",
  "difficulty": 373566510569453.19,
  "time": 1776324519,
  "mediantime": 17763395365,
  "verificationprogress": 0.6677329233462881,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000141f9a26d5f70bb53b61dd17a",
  "size_on_disk": 882246453,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 768755,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Bluedrem]

Day -07

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 674147,
  "headers": 896489,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000006d0930562920cbb03249223d69c6d19bcccb475f6f475",
  "difficulty": 21448277761059.71,
  "time": 1615473387,
  "mediantime": 1615470505,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5126140298671528,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001a7e268402c88ad3285006b4",
  "size_on_disk": 1847300071,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 673307,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Felicity_Tide]

Day 11:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 815750,
  "headers": 896517,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000025c0b1361700790b2426e7f4581bdb5a3028fc937e2fe",
  "bits": "17048194",
  "target": "0000000000000000000481940000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 62463471666732.73,
  "time": 1699390621,
  "mediantime": 1699387525,
  "verificationprogress": 0.7692500967038284,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000005c124172331745003f58357b",
  "size_on_disk": 27886352266,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 801517,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 49999249408,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}