Package: bitnomon
Monitoring/visualization GUI for a Bitcoin nodeHome page:https://www.welshcomputing.com/code/bitnomon.htmlAboutBitnomon aims to increase the interest and educational value in running a full
node on the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network by presenting a clear view of its
activities.It is a Python/Qt application and works with Bitcoin Core version 0.9+ (or
alternatives with a compatible JSON-RPC interface). It must be run on the same
system as the node, unless you are comfortable securing the API for remote
access yourself.FeaturesBasic information like difficulty, block and peer countTransactions in the memory pool, plotted by age versus fee, with “high
priority” transactions highlightedBlock arrival times (as seen by Bitnomon, up to the last 24 blocks)Inbound and outbound network traffic: total, recent averages, and plotted
over time; data is stored for up to a year, at decreasing resolutions, using
a round-robin database in the standard RRDtool formatInteractive panning/zooming of plotsFull screen modeSupported PlatformsThe primary target platform is X11 on Linux/UNIX. In principle, all the code is
portable to Windows and Mac OS X, but these have not yet been a priority. Known
working:Fedora 20CentOS 7Debian 7 (Wheezy)Ubuntu 12.04 LTSInstallingFirst, install the dependencies that can’t be installed from PyPI (or at least
are easier with the system package manager).Fedora/Red Hat:sudo yum install PyQt4 numpy rrdtool-python python-pipDebian/Ubuntu:sudo apt-get install python-qt4 python-numpy python-rrdtool python-pipThenpipcan download the rest (but see “More Secure Install,” below):pip install [--user] bitnomonOr if you already have the source distribution:pip install [--user] bitnomon-<version>.tar.bz2The--useroption causes Bitnomon to be installed in your home directory
(under ~/.local). If you prefer a system-wide install, omit it and usesudo. Either way, uninstalling is simple:pip uninstall bitnomonA launcher icon will be installed to the system menu, or you can runbitnomonfrom the command line. For the latter to work with a user install,
you may need to add ~/.local/bin to your PATH, for example by adding at the
beginning of ~/.bashrc:export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"More Secure InstallThepip installcommand (as well aseasy_installandsetup.py install) is subject to automatically downloading and executing code from PyPI
(the Python Package Index). Newer versions of pip at least enforce HTTPS, but
this still leaves openings for attack, such as the PyPI web infrastructure,
third party uploaders, and certificate authorities.To mitigate this risk, I am providing a PGP-signed bundle of Bitnomon and its
PyPI dependencies, available from the home page. Once you have downloaded and
verified the signature, run:tar xf bitnomon-<version>-bundle.tar
pip install [--user] --no-index -f bitnomon-<version>-bundle bitnomon(If yourpipis too old to understand a local directory for -f, such as on
Ubuntu 12.04, then you must explicitly specify the files to install.)LicenseCopyright 2015 Jacob WelshLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
you may not use this software except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License athttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.Parts of Bitnomon may be considered derivatives of works under other free
software licenses, specifically:bitnomon/qbitcoinrpc.py: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or
later; see the file itself and lgpl-2.1.txt for detailsPyQt NoteBitnomon can use either PySide or PyQt. PyQt is the default and recommended
binding (in part because there is a slow but steady memory leak at least as of
PySide 1.2.1). However, it is only available under the GPL or a commercial
license from Riverbank Computing Limited. If you use or redistribute Bitnomon
with PyQt, you may be subject to the additional restrictions of the GPL. PySide
is available under the LGPL, like Qt itself.Changes0.1.1 (2015-06-30)Reduce debug.log noise by avoiding the getinfo RPCLimit the number of plotted mempool transactions to maintain performance
under a backlog (currently hardcoded to 5000)Update the bundled PyQtGraph to a recent git version, removing the need for a
custom patch0.1.0 (2015-02-02)Initial release