BlockFoundSummary

This script will keep you up-to-date as blocks come in while running zcashd!

You can find the latest version of this script here in the DEV folder

#!/bin/bash current_block=$(zcash-cli getbestblockhash | xargs zcash-cli getblock | jq .height)now=$(zcash-cli getblock $current_block | jq .time)difficulty=$(zcash-cli getblock $current_block | jq .difficulty) while truedo    # Get latest block count    latest_block=$(zcash-cli getbestblockhash | xargs zcash-cli getblock | jq .height)        # Check if latest block is greater than current block    if [ "$latest_block" -gt "$current_block" ]    then	# Check for current Difficulty        difficulty=$(zcash-cli getblock $latest_block | jq .difficulty) 	# Record Time        #newBlockTime=$(date +%s)	newBlockTime=$(zcash-cli getblock $latest_block | jq .time)         #calculate difference.        difference=$(( $newBlockTime - $now ))           # Divide the difference by 3600 to calculate hours/ 60 for minutes        answer=$(bc <<< "scale=2 ; $difference/60")0        testTime=$(date +%R)          # Display message with new block number        echo        echo "New block found! [$answer minutes since last block ($testTime)] (Difficulty: $difficulty)"	echo "----------------"		# List transaction ID's        echo	echo "Block $latest_block has $(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | wc -l) transactions: "	echo	./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block        echo                # Reset Time        now=$newBlockTime 	# loop through TX's of block        index=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | wc -l) 	numTXs=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | wc -l)	transparentCount=0        actionCount=0        sizeCount=0        arrayIndex=0        blockSize=$(zcash-cli getblockcount | xargs zcash-cli getblock | jq .size)         # Count number of inputs/outputs        outputs=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | xargs -n1 ./txDetails.sh | jq .vout.[].n | wc -l)	inputs=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | xargs -n1 ./txDetails.sh | jq .vin.[].txid | wc -l)         # loop through TX's of block	while [[ index -ge 1 ]]	do	    # Count size of tx's            size=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | jq -s .["$arrayIndex"]  | xargs -n1 ./txDetails.sh | jq .size)            sizeCount=$(($sizeCount + $size))             # Count number of Orchard Actions            actions=$(./listBlockTXs.sh $latest_block | jq -s .["$arrayIndex"] | xargs -n1 ./txDetails.sh | jq .orchard.actions | jq -r 'length')            actionCount=$(($actionCount + $actions))             # Count number of Transparent TX's 	    temp=$(./listBestBlockTXs.sh | jq -s .["$arrayIndex"] | xargs -i ./txDetailsBestBlockHash.sh {} | jq .vout.[].scriptPubKey.type)	    		if [[ "$temp" == *"\"pubkeyhash\""*  ||  "$temp" == *"\"scripthash\""* ]]; then    			transparentCount=$(( $transparentCount + 1))		else    			:		fi            arrayIndex=$(( $arrayIndex + 1 ))	    index=$(( $index - 1 ))	done           headerSize=$(($blockSize-$sizeCount))         echo "This block is $blockSize bytes: [(Header: $headerSize + TXs: $sizeCount) bytes]"        echo "----------------"	echo "This block has "$numTXs" transactions of which "$((numTXs-transparentCount))" are shielded"        echo "This block has $actionCount orchard actions."	echo "This block has $inputs total inputs."	echo "This block has $outputs total outputs."         current_block=$latest_block        echo $current_block $numTXs $transparentCount $((numTXs-transparentCount)) $answer $difficulty >> TXSummaryNew.md    fi       # Wait for 10 seconds before checking again    sleep 5done