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Get Ready for the Bitcoin Halving – Here Are 9 Countdown Clocks You Can Monitor

22/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

Get Ready for the Bitcoin Halving – Here Are 9 Reward Countdown Clocks You Can Monitor

The anticipation for the block reward halving for BTC, BCH, and BSV has been building. All three cryptocurrencies will see rewards halved from 12.5 to 6.25 coins throughout the months of April and May. The following is a comprehensive list of websites that are counting down each crypto’s reward halving in different ways, so people can monitor the data and prepare for halving parties.

Also Read: How to Check the Bitcoin Price, Hashrate, Data – The 21 Best Monitoring Sites

Clocks and Data Sites So You Can Monitor the 2020 Halving Countdowns

The great halvings are approaching and in 2020 it will be the first time in history three SHA256 networks will see reward halvings around the same time. When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin he made it so the block mining reward halves every 210,000 blocks. When the network was first launched, miners got 50 BTC for every block they found and the rewards halved for the first time on November 28, 2012. Then another 210,000 blocks later on July 9, 2016, the BTC block reward halved again from 25 BTC to the current 12.5 BTC reward. From this point on and after the escalated scaling debate, there are now three powerful SHA256 networks (BTC, BCH, and BSV) that leverage the same consensus algorithm. All three of these networks have mining operations processing blocks from the three blockchains whenever one is more profitable than the other. Because of the network switching factor based on profitability, people are extremely curious about what will happen with all three SHA256 networks during the halving events.

Just before the halvenings, crypto enthusiasts like to monitor the situation and plan ‘halving parties’ in order to celebrate the momentous occasion. For this reason, news.Bitcoin.com has listed popular halving countdown clocks and statistical sites that show all kinds of halving data so our readers can follow along with the reward countdown.

BTC

The BTC network is scheduled to halve every 210,000 blocks and this year will be around the first or second week of May. The block reward countdown clocks online are not exactly accurate and are a rough estimate of the timeframe. This is because the overall hashrate finds blocks at different speeds and the time to capture all 210,000 blocks can be done faster or slower than expected. For instance, blocks are typically processed every 10 minutes but that time frame can be quicker than 10 minutes or even longer than the traditional rate. Usually, the timeframe to process 210,000 blocks is roughly on or around a four-year period.

Bitcoinblockhalf.com

The website bitcoinblockhalf.com is a popular countdown clock for the BTC halving and the first site to come up on Google. The website was created in January 2015 and it shows a replica of an alarm clock ticking down until the halving date. Bitcoinblockhalf.com’s clock expects the halving to happen on or around May 12, 2020. The website also includes certain data points like the current number of BTC in circulation, percentage mined, number of coins left to mine, generated BTC per day, difficulty, inflation rates, and the current BTC hashrate.

Bitcoin Halving – Brave New Coin

The statistics on Brave New Coin’s halving page show a few different countdowns. There are actually four scenarios and countdowns for May 6, 9, and two different May 11 forecasts. “This page is dedicated to estimating the date and time of the next Bitcoin Block Reward Halving,” explains Brave New Coin’s stats page. “We have created four scenarios based on different block time metrics. Each scenario is a moving estimate and the timestamp, charts, and values shown on this page are re-calculated daily.” Users interested in monitoring the page get a different perspective than a simple countdown clock.

Binance Academy – Bitcoin Halving Countdown

Binance also has a statistical page dedicated to the BTC halving and the countdown from Binance Academy says 79 days until the halving. The stats page also shows the current block height, how many blocks are left until the halving, and the current BTC price. The site also gives people educational information on the halving by answering frequently asked questions like “What is a block halving?,” “Why are halvings significant?,” and “How many Bitcoin halvings have there been previously?”

Bitcoinclock.com

If you want to monitor the halving countdown using an old analog clock then bitcoinclock.com is the site for you. It shows an antiquated analog clock ticking down until the halving but everything is done in minutes. The website also explains what the halving is and how it happens every four years or so and it expects the 2020 halving to take place on May 8. Bitcoinclock.com also lists a number of articles that give resourceful information about previous halvings in 2012 and 2016. The website is much older than the bitcoinblockhalf.com website because it was created in 2011. Bitcoinclock.com also notes that online countdown clocks are not super accurate. “While most of the other sites estimate the halving for late-May, the more likely outcome is an early-May reward halving,” explains the website.

BCH

Coingecko – Bitcoin Cash Halving

Bitcoin Cash is expected to halve before the BTC chain’s halving date and a few websites estimate it will be around one month prior. Coingecko offers a BCH countdown clock which estimates the halving will take place on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. This would be 45 days away with the current block height at 623,402. Coingecko’s BCH halving page is pretty straightforward with few frills or educational resources. The data from the site is powered by the block explorer Blockchair.

Coinsalad – Bitcoin Cash Halving

Coinsalad’s BCH halving countdown shows an alarm clock-like timer that expects the BCH network to halve on April 8, 2020, 7:14 am EDT. The webpage notes that BCH rewards halve every 210,000 blocks and BCH will see the reward slashed from 12.5 to 6.25 blocks after this date. Again, like many of the other countdown to the halving web pages, Coinsalad notes its clock is not entirely accurate. “This is a simple countdown timer that calculates the targeted halvening block height minus the current block height multiplied by the Bitcoin 10 minute block time interval (X – Y) * 10 * 60,” the page details. “This is an estimate and won’t be 100% accurate since not all Bitcoin blocks are found exactly in 10-minute intervals due to the time in between difficulty adjustments.”

Bitcoincashblockhalf.com

This webpage created on January 8, 2020, is identical to the bitcoinblockhalf.com website mentioned above but is dedicated to the Bitcoin Cash network instead. Similarly to Coingecko and Coinsalad, Bitcoincashblockhalf.com’s data shows the BCH halving is 45 days away and will be on or around April 8, 2020. Just like the website’s predecessor, it also contains data points that apply to the BCH halving like BCH in circulation, percentage mined, number of coins left to mine, generated BCH per day, and the network’s current hashrate.

BSV

Coingecko – Bitcoin SV Halving

Bitcoin SV fans can find the halving date for BSV on a few different websites including Coingecko. Currently, Coingecko’s data which is also derived from Blockchair notes that the BSV halving will happen in 50 days or Sunday, April 12. “The number of Bitcoin SV found per block will become more scarce and this halving reward ensures that Bitcoin SV total supply will reach 21 million,” explains Coingecko. Again, the website does not include charts or any other educational information about the Bitcoin SV halving except for the countdown clock.

Watch All Three Networks at the Same Time

Blockchair – Bitcoin 2020 Halving Tools

Bitcoin enthusiasts who want to see all the countdown clocks on one single page can reference the Blockchair website for stats on all three networks. Blockchair’s tools page on the 2020 halvings shows BTC (79 days), BCH (45 days), and BSV (47 days). The stats page also shows the current block and blocks remaining until the halving on each network. From each countdown window, users can toggle directly to each network’s block explorer for more data on these three networks.

The term “bitcoin halving” has been trending on Google and the event has always been anticipated and watched by crypto supporters worldwide. For now, observers can only monitor the countdown and market prices leading up to the reward halvings and no one truly knows what will happen. That hasn’t stopped speculative theories and lots of discussions from forming about the halving subject which is at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds.

What do you think about all the countdown clocks and monitoring tools available for the BTC, BCH, and BSV halvings? Let us know what you think about these applications in the comments below.

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Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects

22/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year. A total of 37 crypto projects, two more than in the previous ranking, were evaluated and ranked overall this month as well as in three separate categories.

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The 16th Ranking, First This Year

The Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID), under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, released its first crypto project ranking for the year on Friday. Prior to this, the last one was published in December, with 35 crypto projects ranked. This month, two more were added, bringing the total of ranked projects to 37. In addition to the overall ranking, the center evaluated the crypto projects based on their basic technology, applicability, and creativity. The ranking is updated every two months and this month is the 16th update.

EOS remains top of the overall ranking, followed by Tron and then Ethereum. In December, Tron was in third place with Ethereum in second. This month, Bitcoin fell from the 9th place to the 11th place while Bitcoin Cash dropped from the 27th place to the 34th.

Meanwhile, Nuls dropped from the 4th place to the 10th place, Bitshares from the 8th place to the 24th, Waves from the 12th to 22nd, Zilliqa from the 13th to 25th, and Tezos from the 26th to 33rd. Some projects improved such as Ripple which rose from the 18th place to the 13th and Cosmos from the 24th to the 14th.

IOST and GXS Added

Two additions to the list of projects ranked this month are IOST and GXS. The former describes itself as “an ultra-fast, decentralized blockchain network based on the next-generation consensus algorithm ‘Proof of Believability’ (PoB).” The latter, also called Gxchain, is “a fundamental blockchain for the global data economy, designed to build a trusted data internet of value,” according to its website. IOST debuted at number six in the overall ranking. Gxchain was previously ranked but was removed in the October update. It is now back at number seven in the overall ranking.

In terms of the three sub-rankings, EOS scored the highest in the basic technology category, followed by Tron, IOST, GXS, and Steem. For the applicability category, Ethereum tops the ranking, followed by Tron, and Neo. For the creativity category, BTC scored much higher than the other projects. The second place is occupied by Ethereum, then Lisk, and EOS.

The rankings are compiled by the CCID (Qingdao) Blockchain Research Institute, an entity established by the CCID. The evaluation work is carried out in collaboration with multiple organizations, such as the CCID think tank and the China Software Evaluation Center. “The result of this assessment will allow the CCID group to provide better technical consulting services for government agencies, business enterprises, research institutes, and technology developers,” the center previously explained. The CCID provides professional services to the government, including research, consulting, evaluation, certification, and research and development, its website details.

In January, news.Bitcoin.com reported that the CCID released a report stating that there were more than 33,000 registered blockchain companies in December.

What do you think of China’s new ranking? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Major HSBC Layoffs: 35,000 Job Cuts and Massive Restructuring Announced

22/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

Banking giant HSBC has unveiled a major restructuring plan that includes 35,000 job cuts. The move came as the bank’s net profit plunged 53% last year. HSBC is also slashing $100 billion in assets and closing many branches. “This represents one of the deepest restructuring and simplification programs in the bank’s history,” explained interim CEO Noel Quinn.

Also read: Bitcoin, Tesla Stock, Tron: How Warren Buffett Got His First Bitcoin

Major Layoffs and Restructuring at Hand

One of the world’s largest banks, HSBC announced this week that it will be undergoing a major business overhaul. The London-based financial services company currently has 235,000 full-time employees across 64 countries and territories. According to reports, the bank plans to lay off around 35,000 workers over the next three years, reducing approximately 15% of its global workforce. Interim HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said during an earnings presentation:

This represents one of the deepest restructuring and simplification programs in the bank’s history.

As of Dec. 31, 2019, HSBC had $2.7 trillion in assets, more than 40 million customers and 197,000 shareholders in 130 countries and territories, its annual report details. Most of its customer accounts (35%) are in Hong Kong, followed by the U.K. (29%), other Asian countries (10%), and North America (10%).

As part of its restructuring plan, HSBC will also ditch $100 billion in assets by the end of 2022 and shrink its investment banking division. Its global banking and markets team will focus more on Asia and the Middle East where the bank makes most of its profit.

Since its U.S. operations have underperformed for years, a third of all HSBC branches in the U.S. will be shut down. Robert Sherman, a spokesperson for the bank’s U.S. operations, told NPR publication that about 80 U.S. branches will be closed this year but new branches will be opened on the West Coast to better serve the large Asian communities there.

Shrinking Profit, Protests, Coronavirus

The restructuring decision came after HSBC’s net profit fell 53% to $6 billion last year compared to the previous year. The banking industry worldwide has been suffering from a low interest rate environment, which hurt banks’ lending business. Brexit and ongoing protests in Hong Kong have additionally affected HSBC. In January, news.Bitcoin.com reported that the bank closed two branches in Hong Kong after new protests erupted. It also closed the account used to support protestors.

The coronavirus outbreak which began in China has also hurt HSBC’s business since the bank derives the vast majority of its profit from Asia where the bulk of coronavirus cases have been reported. HSBC CFO Ewen Stevenson explained that the bank’s revenue will be more acutely impacted if the outbreak continues beyond the next month to six weeks. Nonetheless, Quinn clarified that the virus has not made mainland China, Hong Kong or Asia less attractive and the region remains HSBC’s core engine of growth over the next few years. Quinn was appointed interim CEO when John Flint stepped down in August after less than two years in the role.

The virus outbreak has also affected the crypto industry. Hong Kong-based crypto exchange and remittance service provider Bitspark announced its decision to shut down early this month and several ASIC manufacturers have had to delay mining rig shipments.

HSBC is not the only bank laying off workers worldwide. In December, news.Bitcoin.com reported that at least 75,700 jobs were being eliminated by major banks globally. With its latest layoff announcement, however, HSBC is cutting more jobs than all other banks so far, dethroning Deutsche Bank which plans to cut 18,000 jobs through 2022.

What do you think of HSBC cutting 35,000 jobs and undergoing a major restructuring? Let us know in the comments section below.

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BCH Funding Debate: Amaury Séchet Responds to IFP Questions, Noting Contention in the West

22/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

On February 20, Bitcoin Cash engineers held the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting and the first since the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) was added to the Bitcoin ABC version 0.21.0 client. Seven developers discussed new features that are coming after the May upgrade, but a majority of the conversation focused on the ongoing IFP discussion.

Also Read: BCH Funding Debate: Developers Plan to Launch IFP-Free Version of Bitcoin ABC

Second Bitcoin Cash Dev Meeting Convenes: Upgrade Features and the Infrastructure Funding Plan

During the last few weeks, BCH supporters have been fervently discussing the proposed Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP). On Feb. 15, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Bitcoin ABC’s plan to add support for IFP within the 0.21.0 client release and the team published the implementation a few days later. Our newsdesk also covered Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer’s latest blog post about the IFP concept and opinions from other businesses and members of the BCH community. Following the announcement from Zhuoer, a group of well-known developers announced the release of a new Bitcoin ABC client, “BCH Node,” a project that plans to strip the IFP from the codebase. The Infrastructure Funding Plan has been a hot topic in Bitcoin Cash land, to say the least, and the Feb. 20th developers’ meeting focused on this topic.

Competent and calm #BitcoinCash professionals discuss the coming May Upgrade; Longer ancestor chains, OP_REVERSEBYTES, the IFP, Upgrade Testnet and much more.

2nd #BCH Public Dev Meeting of 2020 video available at https://t.co/jg54uZncpy & https://t.co/6vpnGFulqf pic.twitter.com/Dq1kXVJZI9

— Bitcoin Cash (@BitcoinCash) February 21, 2020

The meeting included Bitcoin ABC’s Antony Zegers, Jason B. Cox, Amaury Séchet, Bitcoin.com’s Chris Troutner, Be.cash developer Tobias Ruck, Bitpay’s Matias Garcia, and Josh Green from Bitcoin Verde. When the group was asked who wanted to speak on the IFP subject, Séchet spoke up and said: “I can do it.”

“[IFP] came out because of repeated requests from the Chinese community, and it’s been going on for like more than two years now,” Séchet stressed. “They want to have an infrastructure protocol and this is not a very controversial idea in China, but this is obviously a very controversial idea in the West.” He further stated:

So we talked to some miners and we came up with a plan that we implemented and now it’s in the hands of miners to activate it or not. Where things stand right now, as far as people have seen, they are not voting for it and the reason is because this is controversial in the [Western Hemisphere].

The Solution at Hand and Alternatives

Séchet further said that miners obviously don’t want to damage BCH and right now they see the contention. He thinks BCH miners are waiting to see what will happen, noting that they expect the community to come up with alternatives if the IFP is contentious. Séchet said he thinks they should work on a solution; if “we work on that, I think we can make everyone happy,” he remarked. Bitcoin.com developer Chris Troutner also asked Séchet about the whitelist (dev group addresses that would receive funding from the IFP if executed). The Bitcoin ABC developer said if there’s an “alternative then they (miners) are willing to go through with that if the community prefers an alternative and if that alternative works.”

During the second Bitcoin Cash developers meeting, programmers also discussed new upgrade features like the chained transaction limit bump from 25 to 50, Sigchecks, and the opcode OP_Reversebytes. Check out the video below to watch the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting in its entirety. The entire video meeting is about an hour and 46 minutes long and the developers also fielded questions from the audience. People interested in fast-forwarding to Séchet’s statements and the IFP discussion can find the start of that specific conversation at the 14-minute mark. The IFP debate continues to unfold and our newsdesk will be there every step of the way to keep our readers informed.

What do you think about the second BCH developers’ meeting of 2020 and the IFP discussion? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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How to Check the Bitcoin Price, Hashrate, Data – The 21 Best Monitoring Sites

22/02/2020 by Idelto Editor

As bitcoin grows in popularity and recognition worldwide, resources dedicated to providing in-depth and diverse stats on all things crypto have exploded onto the scene and continue to proliferate rapidly. This post lays out 17 of the best sites, and divides them into basic categories such as checking price, viewing network visualizations, and more.

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Digging Into Bitcoin Data

The proliferation of data available to those looking to geek out on all things bitcoin, or simply check the prices with their morning coffee, can be overwhelming for sheer volume. In the interest of helping readers navigate this fun and a useful deluge of stats, facts, and knowledge, news.Bitcoin.com has sifted through some of the most beneficial sites, and organized them for your perusal. It should be noted that many of the sites listed provide multiple types of data, and there is often significant overlap between the categories.

Info-Rich Price Checking

Perhaps first and foremost on every bitcoiner’s mind is the price. As much as ‘number go up’ may be a silly meme mocking fair-weather crypto fans, when the number does go up, it nonetheless makes most everyone happy. The following are sites for checking crypto prices that also provide rich stores of data and a wide array of information for deeper analysis.

bitcoinwisdom.io – For a truly old school way to check prices across popular exchanges, and view corresponding charts, bitcoinwisdom.io is a solid choice. The classic site affords users the opportunity to check prices in terms of their preferred trading pairs.

bitinfocharts.com – Covering price, volume, transaction value, fees, block time, block size, difficulty, hash rate, mining profitability, and even wealth distribution — not to mention a plethora of other metrics like social media stats — bitinfocharts.com presents a wealth of information and charts all at a glance.

coinmarketcap.com – Many cryptocurrency users find Coinmarketcap especially useful for its comprehensive historical data section, allowing analysis back into the “ancient days” of crypto more than five years ago, and highlighting milestones such as highs and lows in the lives of various assets. Of course, the site and its mobile app are very popular for simply checking crypto prices as well.

markets.bitcoin.com – For a quick, clean check of prices with some interesting special features, the Bitcoin.com markets page is a handy resource. The Gainers & Losers tab shows at a glance which crypto assets are doing the best in the last 24 hours as far as increasing value, and which are not doing so hot. Further, featured SLP token performance can be monitored via the Featured Tokens tab.

messari.io – Much more than just a place to check prices, Messari specializes in research, news, and analysis, and like bitinfocharts.com, provides a wealth of metrics as well as advanced options for downloadable info, customizations, and access to professional research. Some of the features require a paid subscription, but the free information alone is fairly extensive.

Cool Network and Price Visualizations

Checking prices is nice and all, but what about bitcoin transaction and network data coming alive in the form of animated pictures and sounds? For the right-brained analyst out there, the following cool visualization resources are a nice aid in understanding Bitcoin network activity.

bitcoinal.com – Segueing nicely from the last section on price, bitcoinal.com provides a simple-but-fun, customizable price chart which depicts the current bitcoin price in terms of weather. When the price falls, a snowy scene is shown. Conversely, when things are looking green, a springtime scene appears. For those feeling down in bearish markets, just switch the time frame to a longer overview, and the sun will likely come out.

bitcoincity.info – Bitcoincity.info shows transactions as cities occurring “on the road to the blockchain.” Each city has different characteristics depending on the transaction data. Depending on the various values, colors, building size, and shape vary, and users can customize the display.

bitcoinmonitor.com – Probably the oldest such transaction and block visualizer out there, this site has been ticking since 2011, and shows transactions (higher values are higher on the chart) and the creation of new blocks.

bitlisten.com – Probably the most relaxing way to dig into transaction data, Bitlisten turns bitcoin transactions into wind-chimes, with larger transactions being lower in pitch. Users can even choose one of three instruments.

dailyblockchain.github.io – Another cool real-time transaction visualizer, reminiscent of peering into an electron microscope and watching tiny lifeforms (bitcoin transactions) proliferate in zoomable, massive space. Nodes and color-coded inputs and outputs are shown. — BTC transaction data at its trippiest.

fiatleak.com – Fiat Leak shows live conversion of various fiat currencies to crypto, based on the countries where the transactions originate. Tiny bitcoin orbs shoot out from fiat currencies at the bottom of the visual, and land in their respective nations, giving users a bird’s-eye view of the current global situation where fiat-to-crypto conversion is concerned.

Social Markers

Nowadays many in the space practically live on crypto Twitter and Telegram. They also consume mainstream media which increasingly covers bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets. As such, more and more sites have begun to offer data and metrics derived from social media activity and social perceptions.

coingecko.com – Coingecko has a handy feature for checking a coin’s social media status by analyzing stats from Reddit, Telegram, Facebook, and Twitter. The info is seated right next to coin price, making for convenient and quick reference.

Fear and Greed Index – Alternative.me has a handy crypto dashboard with a fear and greed index designed to “save you from your own emotional overreactions.” Viewing fear and greed over time can give bitcoiners an idea when the market is likely overreacting one way or another. Whether that means people panic-selling when they should hodl, or buying up everything at an unreasonably high price just before a correction. The index is formed via data from five areas: volatility, market momentum/volume, social media, surveys, and dominance.

lunarcrush.com – Lunarcrush.com is focused on “social listening for crypto,” with its own scoring system. The site lists some metrics viewable only with the creation of a free account, but the “Galaxyscore,” and a feed which ranks crypto posts across the web as bullish, bearish, or neutral, are available to view without an account. Lunarcrush also provides data on influencers in the space.

Hashrate and Hash Distribution

Seeing which mining pools wield the most hash power, and the respective hashrates for various coins, is another critical metric for keeping a finger on the pulse of crypto. Luckily there are some great resources available.

blockchain.com – Blockchain.com shows popular mining pools’ respective market shares (estimated hashrate distribution) in pie graph form, over intervals of 24 hours, 48 hours, and four days.

coin.dance – For bitcoiners interested in comparing multiple data points and seeing the respective hashrates of BTC, BCH, and BSV side by side, Coin Dance is an indispensable tool. The site provides data on daily average block sizes, transactions, transactions per block, daily average fees in USD and satoshis, daily bitcoin fee/block reward ratio, and total hashrate by mining pool, among others.

data.bitcoinity.org – A wealth of information and clean, data-rich charts can be found at data.bitcoinity.org detailing the various bitcoin mining pools and their hashrates. Price info such as bid/ask spread data across multiple exchanges is also viewable.

Specialized/Technical Resources

Heading to the deeper end of the data and analytics pool, the following sites probably aren’t for the average bitcoin fan who just wants to check the price and some other basic metrics, but they nonetheless provide important info relating to the bitcoin network.

bitnodes.io – For users wanting to check up on the status of bitcoin nodes around the globe, this site provides detailed info on active nodes as well as clean and beautiful visualizations of the bitcoin network. To check up on Bitcoin Cash nodes, bchnodes.online provides a similar resource.

luke.dashjr.org – This resource is a handy pie chart overview, listing bitcoin node branches.

statoshi.info – Not only is the name clever, statoshi.info is an open source node monitoring site featuring dashboards on bandwidth usage, blocks, fee estimates, function timings, mempool, and more. Statoshi.info is also notable for its clean layout and clear, easy-to-read charts.

txstats.com – Txstats.com (formerly p2sh.info) features over 20 dashboards for metrics such as BIP 11 output stats, BIP 69 stats, batching information, and bech32 statistics. The home dashboard shows the amount of BTC held in pay to script hash (P2SH) addresses and the number of P2SH outputs. The site boasts many other metrics, including info relative to the bitcoin block size debate.

Sites Dedicated to Bitcoin Cash

While many of the sites and resources above focus on bitcoin cash as well as bitcoin core, there are also plenty of resources especially tailored for analysis of the BCH network and price. Bitcoin.com’s Block Explorer allows users to check on the latest blocks, transactions, and wallet addresses on either the mainnet or testnet. Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens built on the BCH network can be explored via the SLP Explorer at simpleledger.info. For an extremely info-rich resource (which is also now available on Tor for privacy-minded users), the Blockchair Bitcoin Cash Explorer lists price, a reward halving countdown, node count, fee info, and a plethora of other metrics and data represented in a variety of lists and charts.

For fans of the aforementioned visualizers like Bitlisten, there are also sites like bitlisten.cash, for BCH. A fun way to watch network capacity and activity is by way of little people boarding buses at txstreet.com, which is useful for comparing the BCH and BTC networks in terms of fees, activity, and congestion. There is an abundance of detailed info to supplement the various elements of the fun, animated resource.

Monitor Away, Bitcoiners

As this post hopefully demonstrates, there is a veritable deluge of information, resources, tools, statistics, and services available for keeping abreast of all things bitcoin. There are of course many more resources than listed here, and finding cool new sites delivering unique metrics in a compelling fashion is part of the fun. So, whether one wants to check up on active nodes in the network, or simply see how many Big Macs their stash of ‘toshis can afford, the internet has got us covered.

What sites do you like to use for checking up on bitcoin price and network data? Let us know in the comments section below.

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