Target achieved: BurnMaxxer in a Palindrome Block [burnsteem100]
I don't know if it's possible to reliably target a transaction to execute in a specific block or not with sophisticated math & algorithms, but it definitely doesn't seem easy when using naïve assumptions.
Basically, from my network, the lag between starting a transfer and completing it can take anywhere from around 13 blocks to 24 (or more). Overall, if I start about 16 or 17 blocks before the target, I guess the odds are about 1 in 10 - give or take - to get the block I'm trying for. Despite the long odds, before work today I decided to start a script targeting the BurnMaxxer title on some unusual blocks.
I got one of them. It was a palindrome in block# 108,454,801. (A palindrome shows the same number when written frontwards or backwards.)
Out of 995 total BurnMaxxer titles over the blockchain's history, today was the first time that the @remlaps account won BurnMaxxer for a palindrome block number.
Does your account have the BurnMaxxer title on any rare types of blocks? Check Phoenix Prime to find out.
Crazy stuff 😂
I have a Happy Block (why is it happy?) but since you have so many of them it doesn’t seem to be too special 😉
I had never heard of Happy Numbers or Harshad Numbers. The AI picked them.
The Happy Numbers are happy because they eventually reach 1 if you repeatedly square the individual digits, add the squares together, and then repeat.
For example, yours is 69377915. If you square those digits and add the squares together, you get 331. Repeat the process, and you get [19, 82, 68, 100], then finally 1.
I don't know how rare they are, but they do seem to be fairly common. At the moment, it looks like about 584 of the next 4000 block numbers are Happy Numbers, so - roughly 1 in 7. I have no idea if they are clustered in certain ways, though. Eventually, I'll probably research that.
Thank you, @wakeupkitty!
It's my pleasure. Enjoy your week.
And in the new card deck, you have a California Condore. That's a nice pickup (assuming I don't accidentally break it, since I'm still putting it together...)
About that California Condor... Unfortunately, it took me about one day to find a bug and reshuffle the cards. Sorry.
There's a reason why the "Generation" was labeled as "unstable". I was hoping all the bugs had already been shaken out when I posted that comment. I should have believed my own labeling.
I have to admit that I didn’t check the deck of cards…
All respect to your dedication.
But slowly…
I keep burning and burning STEEM, but what’s happening?!
To be honest, I’m only burning passively now. My motivation to become more active is approaching zero…
Yeah, I get it. I have to admit that I sometimes ask myself why I'm pushing when all of my gains keep getting swallowed up in price declines - and I don't have a good answer. I guess I'm just hard-headed. ;-)
At some point, though, I still think that things will turn around. Just wish I knew when, and hope we don't have to wait too much longer.
Yes, I am too. Stubborn. And no matter what it takes, this unique trait will help us one day… 😂