+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Date: 2020-03-08T03:48Z; baltakatei>
+
+# Description: Log bitcoin block stats to file every minute for one
+# hour. Also adds stats to PRNG.
+
+# Usage: bkbtclog [path]
+
+ # [path]: Path to write log file.
+
+# Dependencies: jq
+
+# Modify PATH to include some non-standard executable directories.
+PATH="/usr/local/bin/:$PATH" # for bitcoind and bitcoin-cli
+PATH="/usr/bin/:$PATH" # for jq
+
+# Exit if jq is unavailable or bitcoin-cli getblockcount not available.
+if ! ( ( command -v jq 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ) && ( bitcoin-cli getblockcount 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ) ) ; then echo "ERROR:Commands jq or bitcoin-cli not available." 1>&2; exit 1; fi
+
+# Set script time-to-live to 1 hour in seconds. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/11198713 .
+SCRIPT_TTL=3600
+SECONDS_END=$(( SECONDS + SCRIPT_TTL ))
+
+# Set output log file path
+LOG_PATH="$1"
+LOG_DIR=$(dirname "$LOG_PATH" )
+
+# Exit if LOG_DIR doesn't exist.
+if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then echo "ERROR:Specified log directory doesn't exist." 1>&2;
+ echo "LOG_DIR is:""$LOG_DIR" 1>&2; exit 1; fi
+
+# Loop until script age exceeds SCRIPT_END.
+while [ $SECONDS -lt $SECONDS_END ]; do
+ # Create log file and first line header if file at LOG_PATH doesn't exist.
+ if [ ! -f "$LOG_PATH" ]; then
+ echo "TIME","BTC_BESTBLOCKCOUNT","BTC_BESTBLOCKTIME","BTC_BESTBLOCKHASH","BTC_MEDIANFEE","BTC_TOTALOUTPUT","BTC_TXTOTALSIZE","BTC_TXCOUNT","BTC_TXIN","BTC_TXOUT","BTC_MAXTXFEERATE","BTC_MINTXFEERATE","BITCOINCORE_VERSION" >> "$LOG_PATH";
+ fi
+ TIME="$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z)"
+ BITCOINCORE_VERSION="$(bitcoin-cli -version)"
+ BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON="$(bitcoin-cli getblockstats "$(bitcoin-cli getblockcount)" '["height","time","blockhash","medianfee","total_out","total_size","txs","ins","outs","maxfeerate","minfeerate"]')"
+ BTC_BESTBLOCKCOUNT=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .height' )
+ BTC_BESTBLOCKTIME_UNIX=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .time' )
+ BTC_BESTBLOCKTIME=$(date --date=@"$BTC_BESTBLOCKTIME_UNIX" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z )
+ BTC_BESTBLOCKHASH=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .blockhash' | tr -dc "[:xdigit:]" )
+ BTC_MEDIANFEE=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .medianfee' )
+ BTC_TOTALOUTPUT=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .total_out' )
+ BTC_TXTOTALSIZE=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .total_size' )
+ BTC_TXCOUNT=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .txs' )
+ BTC_TXIN=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .ins' )
+ BTC_TXOUT=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .outs' )
+ BTC_MAXTXFEERATE=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .maxfeerate' )
+ BTC_MINTXFEERATE=$(echo "$BTC_BESTBLOCKSTATS_JSON" | jq '. | .minfeerate' )
+ OUTPUT=$(echo "$TIME","$BTC_BESTBLOCKCOUNT","$BTC_BESTBLOCKTIME","$BTC_BESTBLOCKHASH","$BTC_MEDIANFEE","$BTC_TOTALOUTPUT","$BTC_TXTOTALSIZE","$BTC_TXCOUNT","$BTC_TXIN","$BTC_TXOUT","$BTC_MAXTXFEERATE","$BTC_MINTXFEERATE","$BITCOINCORE_VERSION")
+ echo "$OUTPUT" >> "$LOG_PATH";
+ echo "$OUTPUT" >> /dev/random;
+ sleep 60
+done
+exit 0