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So I didn't read your post right off (it's a thought provoking image after all) and got all kinds of excited thinking you found a way to realtime that gif 😂
Untill I saw the counter reset, then I read the post.
Long story short I wanted to make a signature that displayed an accurate block countdown on page refresh/block find and I thought you had it.
There is a way - a bit Mickey Mouse though because I don't
have want to share my web server (opsec).
without the background
https://img1.niftyimages.com/nr6h/cu6i/qhv5 *3 opens per view is killing my 10,000 free opens fast so I removed image tags from the no background version.
I just used a best-guess date for the halvening and a free countdown timer. You can sign up
here and you'll get 10,000 image opens on the free plan.
The timer is fairly customizable - I added the background image but you don't have to... I'm not sure exactly how large an image you could put in your sig though... maybe use it without the image and resize the fonts?
edit:
Also, you can get JSON formatted data with all the pertinent block info for free here:
https://api.blockchair.com/tools/halvening and enter that as a source at niftyimages which will enable you to grab info such as "blocks_left"
I set that one to update the JSON info every
15 5 minutes.
last edit: JSON updating every 5 minutes
one final edit: with only 10k opens and each version taking 1 open per view, the math is killing the freebie account quickly. Paying for API access would cost
over 9000 per year. (no joke, its $9,120 billed annually)
