Michael Hendricks [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2013-05-31 📝 Original message:On Fri, May 31, 2013 at ...
📅 Original date posted:2013-05-31
📝 Original message:On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Rune Kjær Svendsen <runesvend at gmail.com>wrote:
> I have an application that wants to keep up with new blocks as they come
> in. For that I can use the -blocknotify option with bitcoind, which will
> execute my application for each new block.
>
> The problem is that my app isn't necessarily quick enough to finish its
> work before a new block comes in and the app is executed again.
>
In a similar circumstance, I changed my -blocknotify script to quickly
append necessary information to a queue and immediately exit. A separate
script runs at all times monitoring this queue for work and performs the
labor intensive calculations.
I hope that helps.
--
Michael
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📝 Original message:On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Rune Kjær Svendsen <runesvend at gmail.com>wrote:
> I have an application that wants to keep up with new blocks as they come
> in. For that I can use the -blocknotify option with bitcoind, which will
> execute my application for each new block.
>
> The problem is that my app isn't necessarily quick enough to finish its
> work before a new block comes in and the app is executed again.
>
In a similar circumstance, I changed my -blocknotify script to quickly
append necessary information to a queue and immediately exit. A separate
script runs at all times monitoring this queue for work and performs the
labor intensive calculations.
I hope that helps.
--
Michael
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