🔥 NotATether's [CHALLENGE] Run A Bitcoin Node: 14 Days To 14 Merits

[Sarah Jordan]

Day: 7

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 410729,
  "headers": 409186,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000065d24a20d40502413e224b5af4b3e227e25ffa28efe6e6",
  "difficulty": 35202634016384583.44,
  "time": 1343062872,
  "mediantime": 1343064193,
  "verificationprogress": 0.571283260153825832,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000230e2286bab371653d40b239",
  "size_on_disk": 1381023153,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 401183,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Achalugo BTC]

Day :13

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 715605,
  "headers": 706851,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000066d59a56d68261474e275b5af4b4e282e64ffa66efe10e10",
  "difficulty": 57856039153925820.69,
  "time": 1427558067,
  "mediantime": 1427553173,
  "verificationprogress": 0.999103132701638329,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000389e384bab56313631d60b267",
  "size_on_disk": 1356224103,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 710289,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Byebyebtc]

Day: 2

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 435423,
  "headers": 921623,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000003733ab5cb1a3aa5f93585168ce24bc32d6c4fdd168dc69b",
  "difficulty": 258522748404.5154,
  "time": 1477143773,
  "mediantime": 1477140525,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1252507853486314,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000002b7571b7be0b6097c7f460",
  "size_on_disk": 1443784987,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 434484,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Somto9Light]

Day: 14

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 855026,
  "headers": 840929,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000066d60a58d70812748e328b5af4b4e361e63ffa67efe10e9",
  "difficulty": 59140187259054816.71,
  "time": 1420911477,
  "mediantime": 1420918519,
  "verificationprogress": 0.999903242840153892,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000414e410bab573013d68b375",
  "size_on_disk": 1373275121,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 680513,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

[Pjcr7]

Day :3

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 299816,
  "headers": 287935,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000062d15a13d3001086425e221b3af2b2e219e12ffa14efe6e4",
  "difficulty": 18905381201539502.23,
  "time": 1330214675,
  "mediantime": 1330218403,
  "verificationprogress": 0.218154613789342893,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000221e219bab23267d20b224",
  "size_on_disk": 1328138907,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 294167,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Fiatless]

Day: 9

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 713724,
  "headers": 921640,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000004569fd4f553e9116575c8b6020d24f2c27ce791199ef6",
  "bits": "170ba21f",
  "target": "0000000000000000000ba21f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 24195286980613.62,
  "time": 1639252619,
  "mediantime": 1639246760,
  "verificationprogress": 0.5493153074295875,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000255d825b917604fde3cfc5bf",
  "size_on_disk": 833814241,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 713088,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Emeraldo]

Day: 12

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 685236,
  "headers": 673602,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000066d53a49d53971639e270b5af4b3e264e56ffa59efe9e8",
  "difficulty": 50841018932547197.65,
  "time": 1440818200,
  "mediantime": 1440813912,
  "verificationprogress": 0.993821623810474029,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000314e397bab56081536d55b284",
  "size_on_disk": 1363106288,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 597025,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Dzwaafu11]

Day 12

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 921660,
  "headers": 921660,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000600bd39b022f249202d356715a1a6668407921160159",
  "difficulty": 155973032196071.9,
  "time": 1761944163,
  "mediantime": 1761940874,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999969867642289,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0cb407900e7d5f41324ed82",
  "size_on_disk": 1944938977,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 920561,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Money bag]

Day 1

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 233049,
  "headers": 222097,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000006d5a3d20003719e204b3af2b1e202e2ffa4efe2e1",
  "difficulty": 19201293154002649.20,
  "time": 1304121940,
  "mediantime": 1304123927,
  "verificationprogress": 0.000980343017480371,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000004e2bab20011d1b3",
  "size_on_disk": 1311242430,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 211326,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Yeesha]

DAY;1

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 391835,
  "headers": 921667,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000a77af18da0862e80241770e3f731d78fc13bb1761250897",
  "difficulty": 103880340815.4559,
  "time": 1451981924,
  "mediantime": 1451976758,
  "verificationprogress": 0.07731868179676059,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000e80c955e778a5b2ba87d8",
  "size_on_disk": 848925777,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 391184,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[arabspaceship123]

Day 13

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 921645,
  "headers": 921667,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000018c04d70c40296077f854b30b9ce034d29594785245c",
  "bits": "1701cdfb",
  "target": "00000000000000000001cdfb0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 155973032196071.9,
  "time": 1761936350,
  "mediantime": 1761934187,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999533839826603,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0c2f0972b5839cd4260baac",
  "size_on_disk": 793473034058,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Dreadboost]

Day 3

Code:

{
  "chain": "test",
  "blocks": 2122463,
  "headers": 4749830,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000181a2b48030455ef839d3bcced3cc1c998dbbd594957a3a6e2676",
  "difficulty": 16384,
  "time": 1639125788,
  "mediantime": 1639125781,
  "verificationprogress": 0.1969602757528453,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000061f01be4715c9d73329",
  "size_on_disk": 30158218609,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Ever-young]

Day 12

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 780586,
  "headers": 776085,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000066d60a58d66276901e390b5af4b4e367e60ffa64efe10e10",
  "difficulty": 57786754961539039.60,
  "time": 1560153810,
  "mediantime": 1560154153,
  "verificationprogress": 0.999481023016383527,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000380e361bab58351013d56b269",
  "size_on_disk": 1382356241,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 614028,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[TopT3ns]

Day 8

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 921680,
  "headers": 921680,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000003a510941f79d12bb38f7fba8cd1e8ded2626f9503de4",
  "difficulty": 155973032196071.9,
  "time": 1761954065,
  "mediantime": 1761951012,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999996333252613,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0d655a61da750d27ed5314a",
  "size_on_disk": 910671516,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 921155,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[DiMarxist]

Day 7

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 362573,
  "headers": 921691,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000076d80824e8e3392fa94f52e3edcf9ab4ea95221bfc11577",
  "bits": "18162043",
  "target": "0000000000000000162043000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 49692386354.89384,
  "time": 1435286742,
  "mediantime": 1435284002,
  "verificationprogress": 0.05808056514252093,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000007f09cebd5bbc131b99a8e",
  "size_on_disk": 841923844,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 361346,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Ahli38]

Day 10

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 921716,
  "headers": 921716,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000017ca2d3e6f9758ba1f39e9c33176222ce79fb25cb9c08",
  "difficulty": 155973032196071.9,
  "time": 1761973176,
  "mediantime": 1761969907,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999902124188794,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0ea4890eafffac940ac11b2",
  "size_on_disk": 6835537672,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 917758,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 6999244800,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Boy_chef]

Day :9

Code:
{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 647283,
  "headers": 638251,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000066d48a42d65166324e254b5af3b3e248e43ffa46efe7e7",
  "difficulty": 47042371494183033.53,
  "time": 1369168420,
  "mediantime": 1369167154,
  "verificationprogress": 0.728815281015495389,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000345e259bab4104187d40b266",
  "size_on_disk": 1405953203,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 528437,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[gordonics.com]

Day 6:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 707384,
  "headers": 921729,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000d279bad44636c36d5199ef8344e010cfc847dc56de3f",
  "difficulty": 20082460130830.84,
  "time": 1635576024,
  "mediantime": 1635572213,
  "verificationprogress": 0.51459081301891,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000236a463cd41cc0f0f9bfaf0e",
  "size_on_disk": 422724687930,
  "pruned": false,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

Friends, some changes are coming to the challenge rules:

- New participants are now required to have at least 20 merits. Merit earned from "merit giveaway threads" will not count towards this quota. Interpretation of what qualifies as a merit giveaway thread is entirely up to my jurisdiction.
- The account age must be at least 100 days old, and have at least 100 activity. "Minimum posts" is now removed.
-- These requirements also exclude Newbies and Jr. Members from joining the challenge.
- It is now required to post a screenshot of your node output in addition to copying and pasting the text. The screenshot must be the size the entire screen.
- Accounts with changed ownership may be removed.

There will be a grace period of 2 weeks for existing users to finish syncing their nodes, with these changes to take effect on November 14.

After this date, unqualified participants may be removed without notice.

These changes are necessary in order to prevent account farms from taking advantage of free merits and thereby depriving other users of places inside signature campaigns.

As I have stated in the OP, I reserve the right to modify the rules or end this challenge at any time, with immediate effect, for whatever reason.

Progress report will be posted tomorrow.

[xmrhopium]

Friends, some changes are coming to the challenge rules:
- It is now required to post a screenshot of your node output in addition to copying and pasting the text. The screenshot must be the size the entire screen.
There will be a grace period of 2 weeks for existing users to finish syncing their nodes, with these changes to take effect on November 14.
After this date, unqualified participants may be removed without notice.

Then Day15, here it is.

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 921732,
  "headers": 921732,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000008f6a7d50cce112247f042774abc10e36a761b29d42bd",
  "bits": "1701cdfb",
  "target": "00000000000000000001cdfb0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 155973032196071.9,
  "time": 1761987509,
  "mediantime": 1761982462,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999978593671562,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0f3264e9b9929e196d2ae52",
  "size_on_disk": 3883662917,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 919510,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 3999268864,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Ref. Please see the image attached.



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From the command line.



To protect privacy, I blurred the wallet name and username from the command output..