Knotsday

Readiness Check

Are You Ready for the Charge?
 

"The charge begins at dawn."

September 12, 2026

Systems Checklist

This is your pre-battle readiness dashboard. Every box ticked is another lance in the charge. The Knotsday edition of Bitcoin Knots shows this checklist in-app. Here is what it tracks:

Node Status

✓
Bitcoin Knots Installed
v29.3.knots20260508 — latest version
Operational
✓
Blockchain Fully Synced
Block 961,690 — 100% verified
Synced
✓
Storage: ext4 Filesystem
/media/user/bitcoin — 1.8 TB, journaled
Healthy
✓
Network Connections
12 peers connected — inbound + outbound
Connected
✓
Upgrade Signalling
BIP110 built-in — successor PoW proposal pending
Active
✓
Mempool Policy
Spam filtering enabled — mempoolreplacement=0
Enforcing

Mining Status

✓
ckpool Solo Mining Proxy
Running on 0.0.0.0:3333 — systemd managed
Running
✓
Mining to Own Node
Block templates from localhost:8332
Direct
✓
Miner Connected
Bitaxe BM1370 — 1,224 GH/s — 53°C
Hashing
✓
Shares Accepted
14,625 accepted — 0.1% rejected
Clean
•
Fallback Pool
solo.ckpool.org:3333 — configured as backup
Standby

Wallet & Rewards

✓
Reward Address Set
3XXXX...XXXX — configured in ckpool
Set
—
Blocks Found
0 blocks — keep mining, soldier
Waiting
 

Ready for the Charge at Dawn

All systems operational. Your node validates. Your miner hashes. Your blocks are clean. September 12 — we ride.

What Each Check Means

Status Meaning
Operational System is running correctly and fully configured
Standby Configured but not actively in use (e.g. fallback pool)
Waiting Not yet achieved (e.g. no blocks found yet)
Failed Something needs attention — check the relevant guide

Not All Green?

Follow these guides to get every box ticked:

 

Node Issues

Node not synced, wrong filesystem, or connection problems.

Fix Node
 

Mining Issues

ckpool not running, Bitaxe not connected, or using fallback.

Fix Mining

The Knotsday Edition

This readiness dashboard is available as a built-in tab in the Knotsday Edition of Bitcoin Knots. It adds a "Home" tab to the Bitcoin Knots GUI that shows this checklist live, pulling data directly from your running node and ckpool instance.

Screenshot — Knotsday Edition Bitcoin Knots GUI

The Knotsday Edition is a cosmetic fork — same consensus rules, same security, same code. The only changes are in the Qt interface. View the source.