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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"
} - "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 end this challenge at any time, with immediate effect, for whatever reason.
Good luck, and happy node running!