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

[Fiatless]

Day 14

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 908100,
  "headers": 923933,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000014902feee114fb63ba77652e720300f3d4da3e494383d",
  "bits": "1702349e",
  "target": "00000000000000000002349e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 127620086886391.8,
  "time": 1754049974,
  "mediantime": 1754047140,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9605288755582324,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000d6b334d32c07575c7d4dc38a",
  "size_on_disk": 2353483853,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 907702,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[lombok]

DAY 4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 923947,
  "headers": 923947,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000a94278b1c645a52dfc46bf6f985010f5626093b0eb9f",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763330649,
  "mediantime": 1763328830,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999994715591557,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5b6683e50b2610195ec8214",
  "size_on_disk": 867596349,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923475,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Image of the output:

[gordonics.com]

I'm over the 14 days limit, but I think I'm still within the grace period.

I reconfigured bitcoin.conf until I was able to restart the node.
I had to switch to the PRUNED version, and I had to reduce the usable memory and the maximum number of peers.

I expect to reach 99% tomorrow.

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 897976,
  "headers": 923794,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000012a635a0ee12bbb8ed44006bdfebf65cb024875b2c4aa",
  "difficulty": 121658450774825,
  "time": 1747989989,
  "mediantime": 1747988819,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9220111878709023,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c540bc1a3a33751649533293",
  "size_on_disk": 11562841958,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 894657,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 20971520000,
  "warnings": ""
}

[NotATether]

I'm over the 14 days limit, but I think I'm still within the grace period.

I reconfigured bitcoin.conf until I was able to restart the node.
I had to switch to the PRUNED version, and I had to reduce the usable memory and the maximum number of peers.

I expect to reach 99% tomorrow.

That makes sense, I was wondering why you haven't posted a report for a while.

I'll make sure you're on the next progress report.

[TypoTonic]

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

Code:

Day 2:
Egii Nna

Day 4:
lombok

Day 5:
MFahad

Day 7:
RealNoblee (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 9:
OsaiEmma (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 11:
Jegileman
Emjay24

Day 12:
Byebyebtc

Day 13:
Iamgoat
Precious236 (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 14:
LucyFurr
Fiatless (awaiting 99% synced)

Day 15+:
gordonics.com (awaiting 99% synced - an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Links to last entries:


Egii Nna: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66053026#msg66053026

lombok: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66057754#msg66057754

MFahad: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65988101#msg65988101

RealNoblee: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056298#msg66056298

OsaiEmma: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056462#msg66056462

Jegileman: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66057040#msg66057040

Emjay24: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66037961#msg66037961

Byebyebtc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66055444#msg66055444

Iamgoat: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66055199#msg66055199

Precious236: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66043126#msg66043126

LucyFurr: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056248#msg66056248

Fiatless: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66057493#msg66057493

gordonics.com: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66058991#msg66058991


If your name is not here or in a different location, you most likely haven't met/followed the requirements.


Congratulations to this member for completing the challenge! (subject for review by NotATether)

Code:

LucyFurr

[gordonics.com]

With a much more optimized configuration, I was able to successfully sync the node.

Not configuring the node correctly always led to system crashes, which also lost a lot of the work done up to that point.

I learned a lot from this challange, and I thank whoever had the idea to push me to do this.

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924050,
  "headers": 924050,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000001b491231a0c503b66f7fb79feb223e8ac799d37958228",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763403157,
  "mediantime": 1763396422,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999966333575008,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5ee20ef5198d6a976d9dd75",
  "size_on_disk": 20803468503,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 912130,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 20971520000,
  "warnings": ""
}

[Jegileman]

Day- 12

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924052,
  "headers": 924052,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000014380f326fe810b8a7f9255ce00c076844e8580d821b2",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763404130,
  "mediantime": 1763399407,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999934704235123,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5ef35eb4ca4c510243a6f63",
  "size_on_disk": 1849048170,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923034,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Image of the output:

[Byebyebtc]

Day 13

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924052,
  "headers": 924052,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000014380f326fe810b8a7f9255ce00c076844e8580d821b2",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763404130,
  "mediantime": 1763399407,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999913256135947,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5ef35eb4ca4c510243a6f63",
  "size_on_disk": 1829330161,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923085,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[lombok]

DAY 5

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924075,
  "headers": 924075,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000024e98224ce225074b99762410f8fd8e4167cbc3fffc7",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763419501,
  "mediantime": 1763417780,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999936345238811,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5fba73d13adfaacee10fd94",
  "size_on_disk": 954426657,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923606,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Image of the output:

[Iamgoat]

Day 14

NODE COMPLETED

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924090,
  "headers": 924090,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000003bf4e55a7585dc0f06eca81182a4d2f79285f90c1881",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763428822,
  "mediantime": 1763424906,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999984205529809,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f603c49eee8776af0265440d",
  "size_on_disk": 1907955026,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923046,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Screenshot of the node

[gordonics.com]

I missed the screenshot of the completed sync:

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924131,
  "headers": 924131,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000016474eb0b1879dd2193795db3409d148fcf06a61cbe2d",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763453879,
  "mediantime": 1763451643,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999993598189982,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f619f2cc88fc0de7e4a0f39c",
  "size_on_disk": 20955005584,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 912130,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 20971520000,
  "warnings": ""
}

[TypoTonic]

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

Code:

Day 2:
Egii Nna

Day 5:
lombok
MFahad

Day 7:
RealNoblee (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 9:
OsaiEmma (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 11:
Emjay24

Day 12:
Jegileman

Day 13:
Byebyebtc
Precious236 (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 14:
Iamgoat
Fiatless (awaiting 99% synced)

Day 15+:
gordonics.com (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Links to last entries:


Egii Nna: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66053026#msg66053026

lombok: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66062397#msg66062397

MFahad: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65988101#msg65988101

RealNoblee: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056298#msg66056298

OsaiEmma: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056462#msg66056462

Emjay24: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66037961#msg66037961

Jegileman: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66061549#msg66061549

Byebyebtc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66061555#msg66061555

Precious236: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66043126#msg66043126

Iamgoat: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66062825#msg66062825

Fiatless: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66057493#msg66057493

gordonics.com: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66063352#msg66063352


If your name is not here or in a different location, you most likely haven't met/followed the requirements.


Congratulations to these members for completing the challenge! (subject for review by NotATether)

Code:

Iamgoat
gordonics.com

[Byebyebtc]

Day 14

Challenge completed

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924057,
  "headers": 924142,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000f338da6871fde855e7ff0697f1558821e20da555e971",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763408983,
  "mediantime": 1763404130,
  "verificationprogress": 0.99972094043205,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f5f1ea6140429910d5abdc36",
  "size_on_disk": 1838537764,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923085,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

[Jegileman]

Day- 13

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924190,
  "headers": 924190,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000e45b166653a1a19d4fe5e372e2ebcfea946cd89f6ebe",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763491936,
  "mediantime": 1763489903,
  "verificationprogress": 0.999999926059514,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f639ddd5f6dc06bcdf41c489",
  "size_on_disk": 1947413902,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923116,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 1999634432,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Image of the output:

[lombok]

DAY 6

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924215,
  "headers": 924215,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000188b3f1e57bb283a5b7d57da760156d8e86a8529c9ff9",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763509219,
  "mediantime": 1763506189,
  "verificationprogress": 0.9999991866962907,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f6476423b8f12ac05678e4a8",
  "size_on_disk": 900205683,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923767,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Image of the output:

[Precious236]

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

Code:

Day 1:
Egii Nna

Day 2:
lombok

Day 5:
MFahad

Day 6:
RealNoblee (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 8:
OsaiEmma (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 9:
Jegileman

Day 11:
Byebyebtc
Emjay24

Day 12:
Iamgoat

Day 13:
Fiatless
LucyFurr
Precious236 (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Links to last entries:


Egii Nna: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66042322#msg66042322

lombok: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66049695#msg66049695

MFahad: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65988101#msg65988101

RealNoblee: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66033919#msg66033919

OsaiEmma: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66029769#msg66029769

Jegileman: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66046761#msg66046761

Byebyebtc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66049903#msg66049903

Emjay24: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66037961#msg66037961

Iamgoat: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66035888#msg66035888

Fiatless: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66016346#msg66016346

LucyFurr: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66044961#msg66044961

Precious236: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66043126#msg66043126


If your name is not here or in a different location, you most likely haven't met/followed the requirements.


No new members have completed the challenge.

Sorry to ask, I really don't understand what this means, I'm new to this platform and there are things I still don't understand here. You said an exception has been granted for me to finish syncing my node beyond the cut off date. I completed the challenge as stated by @NotATether earlier this month. He said we all had 14 days to finish the node with the screen shot format of which I think is now the old format because I just came online now to see that it's quite different from the ones we earlier did. I would have seen this message that very day you posted it but I haven't been online since then because am assignment came in and we were ordered to to report immediately to our new post. It's a long story man.

[TypoTonic]

Sorry to ask, I really don't understand what this means, I'm new to this platform and there are things I still don't understand here. You said an exception has been granted for me to finish syncing my node beyond the cut off date. I completed the challenge as stated by @NotATether earlier this month. He said we all had 14 days to finish the node with the screen shot format of which I think is now the old format because I just came online now to see that it's quite different from the ones we earlier did. I would have seen this message that very day you posted it but I haven't been online since then because am assignment came in and we were ordered to to report immediately to our new post. It's a long story man.

The challenge had some rule changes that took effect on November 14, 0:00 UTC, that's why your Day 14 report was not included in the compilation (specifically because it didn't have a screenshot). To make it clear, you are still allowed to finish the challenge, but you need to post a Day 15 report including a screenshot of your node output.

[Fiatless]

Day:15

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 924277,
  "headers": 924277,
  "bestblockhash": "000000000000000000016c4e238d12a372bdb93354a95bafaa186522fb302bdb",
  "bits": "1701d936",
  "target": "00000000000000000001d9360000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": 152271405447597.4,
  "time": 1763546251,
  "mediantime": 1763544890,
  "verificationprogress": 1,
  "initialblockdownload": false,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000f668eea71f63092f552a907a",
  "size_on_disk": 956081883,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 923880,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 999292928,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Challenge Completed.

[TypoTonic]

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

Code:

Day 2:
Egii Nna

Day 5:
MFahad

Day 6:
lombok

Day 7:
RealNoblee (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 9:
OsaiEmma (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 11:
Emjay24

Day 13:
Jegileman
Precious236 (an exception has been granted for you to finish syncing your node beyond the cut-off date)

Day 14:
Byebyebtc

Day 15:
Fiatless

Links to last entries:


Egii Nna: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66053026#msg66053026

MFahad: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg65988101#msg65988101

lombok: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66066143#msg66066143

RealNoblee: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056298#msg66056298

OsaiEmma: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66056462#msg66056462

Emjay24: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66037961#msg66037961

Jegileman: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66065144#msg66065144

Precious236: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66043126#msg66043126

Byebyebtc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66063687#msg66063687

Fiatless: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480200.msg66067607#msg66067607


If your name is not here or in a different location, you most likely haven't met/followed the requirements.


Congratulations to these members for completing the challenge! (subject for review by NotATether)

Code:

Byebyebtc
Fiatless

[Dareo]

Day-01

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 283343,
  "headers": 924289,
  "bestblockhash": "0000000000000000ad47f33243f05015f2b24f4b992e04fe67df44179314b2e9",
  "difficulty": 70810339.04827674,
  "time": 1357086785,
  "mediantime": 1377084348,
  "verificationprogress": 0.01774794477264819,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a27f3ae34483950f45",
  "size_on_disk": 11734192948,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 19999490048,
  "warnings": [
  ]
}

Output