jorgecuesta / relay_counter

A simple tool that counts relays (and which nodes did for what application) during a time period.

relay_counter

A simple tool that counts relays during a time period

How To Use

1. Ensure golang 1.13+ environment is properly installed
2. Sync (RC-0.5.2.9) Pocket Core Instance (ensure completely synced)
3. go get github.com/pokt-network/relay_counter
4. cd /src/github.com/pokt-network/relay_counter
5. Edit configuration file (See details below)
6. go run ./...
7. check /src/github.com/pokt-network/relay_counter/result for the result file

Config File

Found in /config/config.json

{
  "timeline": {
    "start": -4,
    "end": -1, // can be 0 for latest
    "unit": "days" // blocks, sessions, min, weeks, hours
  },
  "endpoint": "http://localhost:8081/v1",
  "http_retry": 3, // if rpc not responsive
  "params": {
    "blocks_per_session": 4, // needed for sessions
    "approx_block_time_in_min": 15
  }
}

TL;DR how it works

With a simple config file, relay_counter uses binary search to find the nearest blocks to the start/end, then tallies up the relays using valid claims and proofs transactions.

You can pass arguments like a different config file path or a results file path. Also you can override on the fly with arguments any of the parameters that exists into the config.json.

go run ./... -config=test/config.json -results test/result.json -endpoint=https://some.node.com/v1

In any case you can use -h to see all the available options.

Config.json | CLI args

Config File Option	CLI Arg	Description	Options/Default
-	-config	config file path	config/config.json
-	-results	results file path	result/.json
selector	-selector	Use this to point which method will you use to select block	timeline, byClock
timeline.start	-timelineStart	used only when selector=timeline
timeline.end	-timelineEnd	used only when selector=timeline
timeline.unit	-timelineUnit	used only when selector=timeline	block[s],session[s],minute[s],hour[s],day[s],week[s]
byBlock.start	-startBlock	used only when selector=byBlock
byBlock.end	-endBlock	used only when selector=byBlock
endpoint	-endpoint	endpoint must be pocket-core version endpoint
http_retry	-httpRetry	how much retries will be done in case some endpoint fail
params.block_per_session	-blocksPerSession
parms.approx_block_time_in_min	-blockTimeInMin	approximate time before next block height been generated