Sneak peek of my latest
weekend project.
I'll clean up the code and start a topic for this with all the info like where to find the parts and what to install etc., in the next days but I wanted to have it up and running before block #19M. What do you guys think?
This looks amazing but I would personally change the color of led lights to make it more visible, if that is even possible.
One more thing I would add is transaction fee estimates from mempool, either in sat/vB units or in inflationary unstable USD currency.
Now all you have to do is proper naming for this little project
Thanks for the feedback.
In real life, it is actually a pretty vibrant shade of magenta, but it's just very hard to photograph well. I will try again with better light for the dedicated thread.
These things are just insanely bright, even on a low setting, since they're usually screwed together into those Times Square - type LED billboards. They have all the connectors in the back so it can easily be done as long as you have enough power. I'm pretty sure the microcontroller and library do even support 'chained' panels. For my needs this size is fine for now, but I thought about getting a second one and screwing them onto a wooden panel for a vertical layout.
So for now, what I'd like to add (thanks to your suggestions here):
- Lightning Network capacity
- Satoshi / $ (very useful, I have that as a phone widget)
- Fees in sat/vB
It will probably be kind of 2 screens that cycle, since otherwise it'd get too crammed. Though I do have 4 empty 'lines' at the moment so 3 more sets of information would theoretically fit.
If you've got name suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them! 'Block Clock' is already taken.
Edit: New layout currently looks like follows. It's not too crammed honestly.
729983 blk
18,999,893
20sat/vB
45438.11$
2200sat/$
3:59
Best would be a way to put it on the wall.
