[CHALLENGE] Run A Bitcoin Node: 14 Days To 14 Merits - page 85.

SilverCryptoBullet

member

Activity: 54

Merit: 34

Day 6

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 798845,
"headers": 825609,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000015ac1274dfe28392050286cd7dae1242d2cc4a0eefbdb",
"difficulty": 53911173001054.59,
"time": 1689456577,
"mediantime": 1689454326,
"verificationprogress": 0.9091777796478837,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000004eeb21f60f210841fcd62736",
"size_on_disk": 4429001273,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 796653,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 4999610368,
"warnings": ""
}

apogio

sr. member

Activity: 406

Merit: 896

DAY 6:

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 825603,
"headers": 825603,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000037a262221634ffc442bc37c7c160358ec14e2225bba9f",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705136961,
"mediantime": 1705134951,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999994427774004,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000065637d5083a2efd3a452ed44",
"size_on_disk": 614190288502,
"pruned": false,
"warnings": ""
}

LoyceV

legendary

Activity: 3290

Merit: 16489

Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021

Quote from: oktana on January 13, 2024, 05:01:24 AM

it’s tempting to do when I see progress increase of 0.02 per hour.

I can't think of any reason why shutting down and restarting would improve things.

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could it be the block it’s handling at the time?

You can check how long it takes to move up one block.

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As for my CPU usage it’s currently below 10% (and the increase per hour is 1.30%)

It could be disk limited too. One way or another, restarting only adds extra work.

oktana

sr. member

Activity: 1582

Merit: 281

Eloncoin.org - Mars, here we come!

Quote from: LoyceV on January 13, 2024, 04:53:30 AM

Quote from: oktana on January 13, 2024, 04:31:44 AM

Sometimes the progress gets so bad I have to restart Bitcoin Core many times.

I don't think that helps. If anything, it makes it worse.
"Being slow" can have 2 main causes: slow internet, or slow hardware. If the problem is your internet, restarting Bitcoin Core won't help. If it's your hardware, all you can do is shut down other programs. Restarting a web browser can (temporarily) help to reduce it's memory consumption.

Mmm. But when I do this, I normally see little changes though. And it’s tempting to do when I see progress increase of 0.02 per hour. But based on a reply I saw here, could it be the block it’s handling at the time? Because I do use speed test (used this so much the previous night) and I can get 3MBS or like last night’s 15MBS. As for my CPU usage it’s currently below 10% (and the increase per hour is 1.30%) but if I get the slow progress again, I’ll check.

LoyceV

legendary

Activity: 3290

Merit: 16489

Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021

Quote from: oktana on January 13, 2024, 04:31:44 AM

Sometimes the progress gets so bad I have to restart Bitcoin Core many times.

I don't think that helps. If anything, it makes it worse.
"Being slow" can have 2 main causes: slow internet, or slow hardware. If the problem is your internet, restarting Bitcoin Core won't help. If it's your hardware, all you can do is shut down other programs. Restarting a web browser can (temporarily) help to reduce it's memory consumption.

oktana

sr. member

Activity: 1582

Merit: 281

Eloncoin.org - Mars, here we come!

DAY 5

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 457595,
"headers": 825571,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000002347cf9189a8781f28978903a6c8ca4d9c42069dba1c740",
"difficulty": 460769358090.7142,
"time": 1489720622,
"mediantime": 1489718194,
"verificationprogress": 0.215934603936724,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000004658db87b704cecc2657bc",
"size_on_disk": 92916117012,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 330303,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 399999238144,
"warnings": ""
}

Now 6 years and 42 weeks behind. That's about a 6% increase from yesterday's progress. Sometimes the progress gets so bad I have to restart Bitcoin Core many times.

tech30338

full member

Activity: 532

Merit: 125

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Day 9

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 825582,
"headers": 825582,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000009e471fd381b967e6a19332493635c15f42a34dc3918e",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705124526,
"mediantime": 1705121989,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999944216357666,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000655e07435ae4f15e6777dc17",
"size_on_disk": 4867912546,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 823109,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 4999610368,
"warnings": ""
}

DYING_S0UL

sr. member

Activity: 322

Merit: 318

The Alliance Of Bitcointalk Translators - ENG>BAN

DAY 9 progress:

Half way, 50% completed....3 years 49 weeks behind.

spiker777

sr. member

Activity: 997

Merit: 279

#SWGT CERTIK Audited

Day 5 Progress

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 360616,
"headers": 825508,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000018b892cd5599906a2c10402f9bbef5e2c0729c00069667",
"difficulty": 47589591153.62501,
"time": 1434123691,
"mediantime": 1434120397,
"verificationprogress": 0.07551385040577624,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000798a331708fc6300be1c7",
"size_on_disk": 43163898844,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 0,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 299999690752,
"warnings": ""
}

Not happy with my progress today. I don't know if it was my internet or what.

apogio

sr. member

Activity: 406

Merit: 896

DAY 5:

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 825485,
"headers": 825485,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000004313185be476ec79d0fb8129c6cee870fcd81efaf7a8",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705077702,
"mediantime": 1705075984,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999965683992686,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000006544cd98dba81d101d9c5bfe",
"size_on_disk": 613966779402,
"pruned": false,
"warnings": ""
}

Ultegra134

hero member

Activity: 1540

Merit: 744

Day 9:

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{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 734271,
"headers": 825471,
"bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000043cb3475f4899976fe63924a28770143685706885fee",
"difficulty": 29794407589312.08,
"time": 1651338062,
"mediantime": 1651337368,
"verificationprogress": 0.8015761755798795,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000002cf891a9fab8d3c083b03ac0",
"size_on_disk": 31838751658,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 710721,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 34999369728,
"warnings": ""
}

80%, I'm expecting to have fully synced by tomorrow afternoon.

Shishir99

sr. member

Activity: 630

Merit: 374

Quote from: NotATether on January 12, 2024, 06:48:17 AM

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

If you see any error in the progress report like your name isn't listed correctly, and so on, please let me know so I can fix it.

I will be on Day 3 after I post my progress.
Now I started to relate the issue the same as others. Even though my internet was down for a while, I was expecting to download at least 40% of the total blocks on day 3rd. But, It's getting slower a little bit. My progress per hour was like 1.5% which has decreased to 0.9% per hour now. This is my progress so far.

Day 3

Quote from: kuriboh on January 12, 2024, 07:21:46 AM

Is it still running? I want to do it. My laptop has 525GB SSD, 500GB HDD, and 8GB RAM. I am using ten mb net and want to start with it. Let me know if it can be done.

First of all, stop quoting the entire thread.
2nd, yes. You can run a pruned node with this configuration. You could start today if you want.

o_e_l_e_o

legendary

Activity: 2268

Merit: 18509

Quote from: spiker777 on January 11, 2024, 02:40:08 PM

Edit: just checked rame usage in task manager, Bitcoin Core using only 500 MB. while Google Chrome using a whooping 2 GB ram. lol

Chrome is an awful browser for many reasons, and resource usage is one of them.

In Bitcoin Core, go to Settings -> Options and check the size of the database cache you have set. Increase this if you want Core to use more RAM (you'll need to restart Core after you change this setting).

kuriboh

sr. member

Activity: 358

Merit: 285

Quote from: NotATether on January 03, 2024, 02:19:15 AM

To incentivize people to run a node, I am running a merit challenge. Run Bitcoin Core on your computer for 14 days, to receive 14 merits from me!

Challenge Rules:

This challenge is open for anyone with <1000 merit.
You need to download Bitcoin Core (any version from this decade) and run bitcoind, the bitcoin daemon, for at least 14 days.
The node must be running on mainnet, which is the default setting. Alternative blockchains like testnet are not allowed.
Every 24 hours, you need to run bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo and paste the output here in code-blocks like below. This is to prove that you are actually running a node.

Code:
{
  "chain" : "str",
  "blocks" : n,
  "headers" : n,
  "bestblockhash" : "str",
  "difficulty" : n,
  "mediantime" : n,
  "verificationprogress" : n,
  "initialblockdownload" : true|false,
  "chainwork" : "hex",
  "size_on_disk" : n,
  "pruned" : true|false,
  "pruneheight" : n,
  "automatic_pruning" : true|false,
  "prune_target_size" : n,
  "softforks" : {
   "xxxx" : {
   "type" : "str",
   "bip9" : {
   "status" : "str",
   "bit" : n,
   "start_time" : xxx,
   "timeout" : xxx,
   "since" : n,
   "statistics" : {
   "period" : n,
   "threshold" : n,
   "elapsed" : n,
   "count" : n,
   "possible" : true|false
   }
   },
   "height" : n,
   "active" : true|false
   },
   ...
  },
  "warnings" : "str"
}

If running the GUI version of core you can also make a screenshot of the progress window.
It is alright if you forget to do a 24-hour update but don't give me just one or two updates and expect a reward for that.
"Merit begging" posts will be deleted.
You may run with any other configuration options as you like, such as pruning.
Nodes that have synced at least 99% of the blockchain (verificationprogress field in the output) will be given 14 merits. You will not get any merits unless your chain is near-fully synced.
Do not enroll alt accounts.
To join, start a bitcoin node and paste the output of bitcoin-cli getblockchain info here. That will be considered the first day.

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

Good luck, and happy node running!

Is it still running? I want to do it. My laptop has 525GB SSD, 500GB HDD, and 8GB RAM. I am using ten mb net and want to start with it. Let me know if it can be done.

NotATether

legendary

Activity: 1568

Merit: 6660

bitcoincleanup.com / bitmixlist.org

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

Code:

Day 2:
Shishir99

Day 4:
oktana
spiker777
apogio

Day 5:
SilverCryptoBullet

Day 8:
Ultegra134
tech30338
DYING_S0UL

If you see any error in the progress report like your name isn't listed correctly, and so on, please let me know so I can fix it.

oktana

sr. member

Activity: 1582

Merit: 281

Eloncoin.org - Mars, here we come!

DAY 4

My day 4 was great as the my internet connection really favored me. I left my system on and woke up to see such increment of 2 times what had been downloaded. I also changed my pruning to 400 GB considering I have that storage to spare.

The files that has been downloaded is a total of 53GB for me and it’s at 14%. I did the math and I’ll need to download 7.14 times of what I already did to be at 100%. That then means 53GB * 7.14 times which is 378.42GB. Adding the already downloaded files, that’s a total of 431.42GB which isn’t the same amount as I thought was mentioned.

SilverCryptoBullet

member

Activity: 54

Merit: 34

Day 5

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 760754,
"headers": 825417,
"bestblockhash": "0000000000000000000278f7981fe8ccc73eae3ed05a5e2099c78a9279545b47",
"difficulty": 36835682546787.98,
"time": 1667008377,
"mediantime": 1667006318,
"verificationprogress": 0.8158092911145052,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000382ee6c89f31054ca7303c7d",
"size_on_disk": 4729651672,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 757181,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 4999610368,
"warnings": ""
}

tech30338

full member

Activity: 532

Merit: 125

Defend Bitcoin and its PoW: bitcoincleanup.com

Day 8

Code:

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 825413,
"headers": 825413,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000dddbaef5db6266d3772d8f6626ddb5c031658dbf5ff3",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705042235,
"mediantime": 1705039555,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999981771081246,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000653214472b65d93503d1d7f6",
"size_on_disk": 4846964079,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 822953,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 4999610368,
"warnings": ""
}

NotATether

legendary

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Merit: 6660

bitcoincleanup.com / bitmixlist.org

Quote from: Shishir99 on January 11, 2024, 10:20:20 AM

What if I try running two nodes on two devices? Grin

Additional nodes are not counted inside the challenge.

spiker777

sr. member

Activity: 997

Merit: 279

#SWGT CERTIK Audited

Progress Update: Day 4

Code:

{
  "chain": "main",
  "blocks": 342562,
  "headers": 825348,
  "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000ff98b96c574d35473b54654f43fc9b3209741fd700d84c6",
  "difficulty": 41272873894.69702,
  "time": 1423407652,
  "mediantime": 1423405465,
  "verificationprogress": 0.06207416908093528,
  "initialblockdownload": true,
  "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000048fa225f50f2fd1b10560",
  "size_on_disk": 34820394570,
  "pruned": true,
  "pruneheight": 0,
  "automatic_pruning": true,
  "prune_target_size": 299999690752,
  "warnings": ""
}

Quote from: LoyceV on January 11, 2024, 01:25:38 PM

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 11, 2024, 12:34:48 PM

BTW I am limited by internet. RAM (8gb) should not be an issue because Bitcoin core is the only thing that is running on my device. Nothing else on the foreground or background as you can see on the screenshot (only 50% ram occupied).

Just checked your graph. It seems progress decreased as you got closer to sync. Another user said the same thing.

Keep an eye on the size of your chainstate directory. Once that grows, your RAM won't be sufficient anymore.

My Chainstate folder exceeded 800 MB. but I have 16 GB Rams. so I guess I should be all set. right?
Edit: just checked rame usage in task manager, Bitcoin Core using only 500 MB. while Google Chrome using a whooping 2 GB ram. lol

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