Topic: Blockexplorer is either Down or Running Extremely Slow & Stuck at 166899 Blocks (Read 3880 times)
March 01, 2012, 10:44:44 PM
SSD is really solid solution, I'm running a lot of instances on SSD disk without any issue...
March 01, 2012, 10:33:25 PM
It'll be fixed in a few minutes.
Putting the bitcoind block database in memory makes things much faster, but I think the data somehow gets easily corrupted in a way which causes bitcoind to reject all additional blocks. I'll try putting the database on the SSD instead.
Putting the bitcoind block database in memory makes things much faster, but I think the data somehow gets easily corrupted in a way which causes bitcoind to reject all additional blocks. I'll try putting the database on the SSD instead.
March 01, 2012, 09:52:38 PM
I reported it to theymos few minutes ago...
March 01, 2012, 09:43:10 PM
The blockcount is stuck on blockexplorer (at 169217) - is that known and/or is there a reason for this?
February 20, 2012, 07:54:15 PM
Then there must be something seriously broken (if you're right and average load is ~6 requests/second).
February 20, 2012, 02:24:19 PM
Maybe you should cache requests and avoid database lookup entirely? For example /block/, /rawblock/ will be the same forever, no need to ask database at all (don't forget to drop cache on blockchain reorg.
There's already a lot of caching.
February 20, 2012, 01:24:19 PM
Maybe you should cache requests and avoid database lookup entirely? For example /block/, /rawblock/ will be the same forever, no need to ask database at all (don't forget to drop cache on blockchain reorg.
February 20, 2012, 09:56:30 AM
theymos, any update? BE is still overloaded ("Database connection timeout (likely due to overload). Try again later."). Is that regular traffic or it is some kind of attack? I don't believe that traffic increased so suddenly in last few days...
Something does seem to have changed to make things slower, but I'm not sure what. I'm getting 6.6 hits per second right now, but I don't normally keep logs, so I don't know if this is much higher than normal. It's also possible the disk is broken somehow.
Anyway, I've made lots of changes to improve efficiency and I'll continue to do so. I introduced that error recently so that slow database connections wouldn't stop /q/getblockcount and other non-database pages from working.
February 20, 2012, 06:31:32 AM
Everyone already has a copy of the blockchain. All we need is a GUI or CGI to read it.
I would donate to that cause.
For me (as a programming novice) it sounds like not-too-complicated to program a blockexplorer/blockchaininfo clone which works with the local blockchain copy?
Someone make a bounty thread?
Tried Abe? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-abe-07-open-source-block-explorer-knockoff-22785
I love it! :-)
Ente
February 20, 2012, 06:04:27 AM
theymos, any update? BE is still overloaded ("Database connection timeout (likely due to overload). Try again later."). Is that regular traffic or it is some kind of attack? I don't believe that traffic increased so suddenly in last few days...
February 19, 2012, 06:12:57 PM
Everyone already has a copy of the blockchain. All we need is a GUI or CGI to read it.
I would donate to that cause.
For me (as a programming novice) it sounds like not-too-complicated to program a blockexplorer/blockchaininfo clone which works with the local blockchain copy?
Someone make a bounty thread?
Tried Abe? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-abe-07-open-source-block-explorer-knockoff-22785
February 19, 2012, 06:01:58 PM
Time to come up some ideas for a decentralized block data tool?
Everyone already has a copy of the blockchain. All we need is a GUI or CGI to read it.
I would donate to that cause.
For me (as a programming novice) it sounds like not-too-complicated to program a blockexplorer/blockchaininfo clone which works with the local blockchain copy?
Someone make a bounty thread?
Ente
February 19, 2012, 01:14:10 PM
The difficulty is updated every 2016 blocks, here are the most recent blocks where the difficulty changed/will change
163296 - 2012-01-22 03:55:08 - 1,307,728.36
165312 - 2012-02-04 10:28:28 - 1,379,647.44
167328 - 2012-02-18 11:24:53 - 1,376,302.27
169344
171360
173376
I just put the block number into this URL for info: http://blockchain.info/block-height/167532
163296 - 2012-01-22 03:55:08 - 1,307,728.36
165312 - 2012-02-04 10:28:28 - 1,379,647.44
167328 - 2012-02-18 11:24:53 - 1,376,302.27
169344
171360
173376
I just put the block number into this URL for info: http://blockchain.info/block-height/167532
Great, thanks!
February 19, 2012, 12:25:51 PM
Blockexplorer is still down for me. Does anyone know where I can find the exact time of the latest difficulty change?
The difficulty is updated every 2016 blocks, here are the most recent blocks where the difficulty changed/will change163296 - 2012-01-22 03:55:08 - 1,307,728.36
165312 - 2012-02-04 10:28:28 - 1,379,647.44
167328 - 2012-02-18 11:24:53 - 1,376,302.27
169344
171360
173376
I just put the block number into this URL for info: http://blockchain.info/block-height/167532
February 19, 2012, 12:09:39 PM
Blockexplorer is still down for me. Does anyone know where I can find the exact time of the latest difficulty change?
February 18, 2012, 08:12:56 PM
OK, I think I was finally able to improve BBE's efficiency enough to make it work well despite the increased traffic. Most interestingly, I now have Bitcoin's block database stored entirely in memory.
February 18, 2012, 11:00:28 AM
Looks like blockexplorer is down again?
I like the idea of the gui for reading the blockchain.
That sounds awesome, but unfortunately, we'd have to rely on donations to fund the project. I'm no programmer, but if the price is right, I could try to get my buddy to start developing for bitcoins.
Unless of course, someone else is already working on it or willing to do it.
I like the idea of the gui for reading the blockchain.
That sounds awesome, but unfortunately, we'd have to rely on donations to fund the project. I'm no programmer, but if the price is right, I could try to get my buddy to start developing for bitcoins.
Unless of course, someone else is already working on it or willing to do it.
February 17, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
Yep, bit wonky at the mo. Diff is currently shown as 623.38695987...
http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty
http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty
My bitcoind is downloading the chain. You can see the progress at /q/getblockcount.
February 17, 2012, 06:38:18 PM
Quote from: Revalin
Everyone already has a copy of the blockchain. All we need is a GUI or CGI to read it.
bitcoin has lots of commands that can be issued to a running bitcoin instance:
Code:
backupwallet
getaccount
getaccountaddress
getaddressesbyaccount
getbalance [account] [minconf=1]
getblockcount
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
gethashespersec
getinfo
getmemorypool [data]
getnewaddress [account]
getreceivedbyaccount [minconf=1]
getreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1]
gettransaction
getwork [data]
help [command]
keypoolrefill
listaccounts [minconf=1]
listreceivedbyaccount [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listsinceblock [blockid] [target-confirmations]
listtransactions [account] [count=10] [from=0]
move [minconf=1] [comment]
sendfrom [minconf=1] [comment] [comment-to]
sendmany {address:amount,...} [minconf=1] [comment]
sendtoaddress [comment] [comment-to]
setaccount
setgenerate [genproclimit]
settxfee
signmessage
stop
validateaddress
verifymessage
walletlock
walletpassphrase
walletpassphrasechange
getaccount
getaccountaddress
getaddressesbyaccount
getbalance [account] [minconf=1]
getblockcount
getconnectioncount
getdifficulty
getgenerate
gethashespersec
getinfo
getmemorypool [data]
getnewaddress [account]
getreceivedbyaccount
getreceivedbyaddress
gettransaction
getwork [data]
help [command]
keypoolrefill
listaccounts [minconf=1]
listreceivedbyaccount [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listreceivedbyaddress [minconf=1] [includeempty=false]
listsinceblock [blockid] [target-confirmations]
listtransactions [account] [count=10] [from=0]
move
sendfrom
sendmany
sendtoaddress
setaccount
setgenerate
settxfee
signmessage
stop
validateaddress
verifymessage
walletlock
walletpassphrase
walletpassphrasechange
What other info do pools need access to?
how is the next difficulty estimated/calculated?
February 17, 2012, 06:30:16 PM
Yep, bit wonky at the mo. Diff is currently shown as 623.38695987...
http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty
http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty
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