🍑 PeachBitcoin [CHALLENGE] Run A Bitcoin Node: 14 Days To 14 Merits - page 148.

Ultegra134

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Day 4:

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{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 535612,
"headers": 824729,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000018c60c528db50835e40501abd09149e03458f47c8f89a0",
"difficulty": 5949437371609.53,
"time": 1533641189,
"mediantime": 1533637263,
"verificationprogress": 0.3665898299353761,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000002a40999cde10e58dab526f5",
"size_on_disk": 34202607878,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 501138,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 34999369728,
"warnings": ""
}

Almost 37%, 5 years and 21 weeks behind.

LoyceV

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Quote from: NotATether on January 06, 2024, 11:51:05 PM

You can join, but you won't get any merit for it obviously

That's okay, I'm doing it because I was curious

I'm currently at 2020-12-31 (63.38% progress). CPU-usage is around 40%, memory-usage at 23%, chainstate is 5.0 GB and bandwidth continuously varies between 0 and 100%.
System load is 2.6. iostat -dx /dev/sda 5 shows disk %util around 60%, and iotop shows reading 1-3 MB/s, and writing 20-50 MB/s. Memory usage of bitcoind is 12.0%.
I'm not sure what's the current bottleneck, nothing seems to be maxed out. I think most of the idsk writes are updating chainstate. That makes it tempting to do the same on a ram drive.

NotATether

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Quote from: IBeleiveIGotIt on January 07, 2024, 04:33:01 AM

Hey guys, can I still join? Would install it on a PI or NAS.

Happy to be part of the community ☺️

Of course, this contest is open perpetually so you can join at any time.

IBeleiveIGotIt

newbie

Activity: 1

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Hey guys, can I still join? Would install it on a PI or NAS.

Happy to be part of the community ☺️

ABCbits

legendary

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 05:05:49 AM

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Contacted my isp

Try speedtest.net

FWIW i've seen few ISP has relative slow speed, but remains fast when you perform test with speedtest.net or similar website Roll Eyes

. Sometimes i'd just download stuff (such as video from youtube using yt-dlp) for less biased result.

NotATether

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Progress:

Code:

Day 3:
tech30338
Ultegra134
DYING_S0UL

Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 01:09:33 PM

Screw it, I'm doing it Cheesy

You can join, but you won't get any merit for it obviously

LoyceV

legendary

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Merit: 16489

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 04:47:28 AM

I'm now tempted to do a full blockchain download with hourly snapshots, to see how the remaining time estimate changes.

Screw it, I'm doing it Cheesy

My setup:
Bitcoin Core 26.0 on Ubuntu Linux 20 LTS, with settings:

Code:

./bitcoind -dbcache=4096 -prune=550

Every hour I store the output of:

Code:

./bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo
free # for memory usage
ifconfig # for bandwidth usage

My system:
Intel i3 laptop with 8 GB RAM, no swap, SSD, VPN and about 70 Mbit/s fibre (shared with the rest of the house).

I haven't tried this with 8 GB RAM since the Ordinal spam largely increased chainstate. If this doesn't lead to surprises, I expect it to be done on Monday. If it does lead to surprises, I'll try the same with 16 GB RAM.

Ultegra134

hero member

Activity: 1778

Merit: 907

Day 3:

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{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 470743,
"headers": 824629,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000001866dbc6430f507c267cda701eb0aac8eaf385e83daad5a",
"difficulty": 678760110082.9902,
"time": 1497153878,
"mediantime": 1497146450,
"verificationprogress": 0.254143698617925,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000005f96f0b4b0e4eb705a6640",
"size_on_disk": 33094651308,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 439692,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 34999369728,
"warnings": ""
}

Forgot to keep my computer turned on overnight, still making progress though.

DYING_S0UL

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DAY 4 progress:

Note: Ignore the per hour. It's usually slow at this time (evening).

Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 05:05:49 AM

Or your disk Wink

Try speedtest.net

Disk is fine. It's normally below 50%. On rare cases, sometimes it's going go 60-70% but never 100%

Last I checked it was something like 5.6+ Mbps

tech30338

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Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 06, 2024, 04:57:19 AM

Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

i'd say choose depends on partial amount of free/unused RAM. Although if you use Windows, i don't expect it'll have relative small amount of free/unused RAM.

My RAM usages is 45-50% on average. And the CPU would get up to 30-50% sometimes. So we can assume my internet speed sucks. Tongue

Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 04:47:28 AM

Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

Usually no, since it's cause by either:
1. CPU or disk bottleneck.
2. Bitcoin Core happen connect to node with slow connection speed or physically very far from where you live (which cause slower download speed).

There's a third option: your ISP may not give you the full bandwidth.

I'm now tempted to do a full blockchain download with hourly snapshots, to see how the remaining time estimate changes.

No 1 is not the case for me, like I said above. I actually did tried that turning on & off. And it works but for a short amount of time.

A moment ago it was 0.07% per hour. Restarted the bitcoin core and now it's 3.00% per hour (eventually it will go down).

Miracle miracle miracle... Wink

P.S: Contacted my isp, said they'll increase my speed but will have to wait a couple of days, as my current internet package still has some days left.

So you have upgraded your internet speed? if there are too much connections in your area it will probably slow during peak hours, the speed upgrade will be useless since your still in the same facility, specially if your box is full or loaded, but hoping that your upgrade will solve your problem.
try also to close other applications and some who runs in your background, chrome also eats alot of memory this days.

LoyceV

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Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 06, 2024, 04:57:19 AM

My RAM usages is 45-50% on average. And the CPU would get up to 30-50% sometimes. So we can assume my internet speed sucks. Tongue

Or your disk Wink

Quote

Contacted my isp

Try speedtest.net

DYING_S0UL

sr. member

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Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

i'd say choose depends on partial amount of free/unused RAM. Although if you use Windows, i don't expect it'll have relative small amount of free/unused RAM.

My RAM usages is 45-50% on average. And the CPU would get up to 30-50% sometimes. So we can assume my internet speed sucks. Tongue

Quote from: LoyceV on January 06, 2024, 04:47:28 AM

Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

Usually no, since it's cause by either:
1. CPU or disk bottleneck.
2. Bitcoin Core happen connect to node with slow connection speed or physically very far from where you live (which cause slower download speed).

There's a third option: your ISP may not give you the full bandwidth.

I'm now tempted to do a full blockchain download with hourly snapshots, to see how the remaining time estimate changes.

No 1 is not the case for me, like I said above. I actually did tried that turning on & off. And it works but for a short amount of time.

A moment ago it was 0.07% per hour. Restarted the bitcoin core and now it's 3.00% per hour (eventually it will go down).

Miracle miracle miracle... Wink

P.S: Contacted my isp, said they'll increase my speed but will have to wait a couple of days, as my current internet package still has some days left.

ABCbits

legendary

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 06, 2024, 04:47:23 AM

Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

You can try close and reopen Bitcoin Core in order connect to different full nodes, but don't expect much difference.

I agree this won't make a difference, but you don't need to shut down and reopen to change peers. In the GUI, just go to "Window" -> "Peers", right click on any of your peers, and click "Disconnect". After a few seconds Core will fill the gap with a connection to a new node.

That's good point, i forget such feature exist.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 06, 2024, 04:47:23 AM

You can also check what kind of download speeds you are getting by going to "Window" -> "Network Traffic".

But last time i used that feature, it only record download/upload speed after you open that window. In addition, the data removed if you scroll time duration.

LoyceV

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Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 05, 2024, 08:14:00 AM

The only problem is my internet speed. I tried doing other internet related stuff and everything is running as usual. Not very fast not very slow. But the bitcoin core isn't running with all the bandwidth.

Usually no, since it's cause by either:
1. CPU or disk bottleneck.
2. Bitcoin Core happen connect to node with slow connection speed or physically very far from where you live (which cause slower download speed).

There's a third option: your ISP may not give you the full bandwidth.

I'm now tempted to do a full blockchain download with hourly snapshots, to see how the remaining time estimate changes.

o_e_l_e_o

legendary

Activity: 2268

Merit: 18771

Quote from: ABCbits on January 06, 2024, 04:40:46 AM

You can try close and reopen Bitcoin Core in order connect to different full nodes, but don't expect much difference.

I agree this won't make a difference, but you don't need to shut down and reopen to change peers. In the GUI, just go to "Window" -> "Peers", right click on any of your peers, and click "Disconnect". After a few seconds Core will fill the gap with a connection to a new node.

You can also check what kind of download speeds you are getting by going to "Window" -> "Network Traffic".

ABCbits

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Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 04, 2024, 02:26:57 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on January 04, 2024, 02:09:55 PM

With 450 MB dbcache, this is going to take a long time. If you have the RAM, you should largely increase this (4096 or even 8192, but don't make it more than half your RAM).

I have 8GB RAM. How much dbcache should I choose then? Yup, it's taking a long timeeee...(Running it nonstop for 7-8 hours)

While other member already suggestion, i'd say choose depends on partial amount of free/unused RAM. Although if you use Windows, i don't expect it'll have relative small amount of free/unused RAM.

Quote from: DYING_S0UL on January 05, 2024, 08:14:00 AM

--snip--
The only problem is my internet speed. I tried doing other internet related stuff and everything is running as usual. Not very fast not very slow. But the bitcoin core isn't running with all the bandwidth.

Is there any way to prioritize my bandwidth allocation to bitcoin core?
--snip--

Usually no, since it's cause by either:
1. CPU or disk bottleneck.
2. Bitcoin Core happen connect to node with slow connection speed or physically very far from where you live (which cause slower download speed).

You can try close and reopen Bitcoin Core in order connect to different full nodes, but don't expect much difference.

tech30338

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Day 3 progress

Code:

"chain": "main",
"blocks": 816806,
"headers": 824588,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000003e2923c0fa86fb51d66305c3259b5ae036213862238e",
"difficulty": 64678587803496.61,
"time": 1700014176,
"mediantime": 1700011867,
"verificationprogress": 0.9823025437208665,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000005cff2cb9a692e477a6951b67",
"size_on_disk": 4717586363,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 814354,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 4999610368,
"warnings": ""

11 days to go syncing really takes time

Ultegra134

hero member

Activity: 1778

Merit: 907

Day 2:

Quote

{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 441290,
"headers": 824497,
"bestblockhash": "0000000000000000021fd60a6858a99be7c3f444fb53b88400928fb46b3537c3",
"difficulty": 281800917193.1958,
"time": 1480523361,
"mediantime": 1480519168,
"verificationprogress": 0.19279112899749,
"initialblockdownload": true,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000030eef7df33b3a16e135a47",
"size_on_disk": 34759067273,
"pruned": true,
"pruneheight": 402547,
"automatic_pruning": true,
"prune_target_size": 34999369728,
"warnings": ""
}

We're making progress, slow but steady, almost 20% and 7 years left to fully sync.

NotATether

legendary

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Progress:

Code:

Day 2:
tech30338
Ultegra134
DYING_S0UL

Where is everyone else? Guys, don't you want some free merit? Huh

All you have to do is run a node and get it synced - no strings attached.

Quote from: LoyceV on January 04, 2024, 02:09:55 PM

Quote from: NotATether on January 03, 2024, 01:19:15 AM

You need to download Bitcoin Core (any version from this decade) and run bitcoind, the bitcoin daemon, for at least 14 days.

I do like encouraging people to run Bitcoin Core, but why start with CLI? I wouldn't start with bitcoind, but use the GUI version (bitcoin-qt) instead. It's much easier to use.

CLI was only because I couldn't think of a way to verify that people were running the GUI properly. But now it seems that screenshots of the GUI downloading progress seems to do the trick, and I have updated the OP accordingly with this information (yesterday).

DYING_S0UL

sr. member

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DAY 2 progress:

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 05, 2024, 05:08:18 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on January 04, 2024, 02:09:55 PM

With 450 MB dbcache, this is going to take a long time. If you have the RAM, you should largely increase this (4096 or even 8192, but don't make it more than half your RAM).

The only caveat to this I would mention would be for the users who are not planning on leaving their node running 24/7, but are planning to shut down their computer overnight or at other times. When you shut down Core, the chainstate cache is flushed to disk. If you set a very high dbcache, and you are using older hardware (particularly a HDD instead of a SSD), this can take a not insignificant amount of time (upwards of 20-30 minutes).

Normally I am taking breaks at daytime after a certain amount of time. Like after 6-12 hours. To cool everything down just in case. But at night, I am running is nonstop without any breaks. I am running it on a 250GB SSD with 4096 dbcache [I have 8GB RAM]. Haven't encountered any issues, for example lag or crash or anything, everything is running smoothly.

The only problem is my internet speed. I tried doing other internet related stuff and everything is running as usual. Not very fast not very slow. But the bitcoin core isn't running with all the bandwidth.

Is there any way to prioritize my bandwidth allocation to bitcoin core?

On average my progress is 0.30-0.40% per hour. If lucky 0.60-0.70% per hour. But now it's only 0.05% per hour. If I close my bitcoin core and start it again, the progress per hour increases for some time.

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