Many users on Discord have asked whether their node logs are normal or not and what they are supposed to look like/mean.
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(above CLI is on Mac OS)
In general (definition credits to @wei):
- “bps” = blocks per second
- “target” = longest peer chain connected so far
- “best” = current highest block number synced so far (downloaded)
- “finalized” = always 0 because there is no “final block”, but a probabilistic finality after k number of deep blocks
- “down arrow” = download speed
- “up arrow” = upload speed
If the logs are showing idle repeatedly, please refer to this forum post. In general, it should be ok. Node Terminal Stuck at "Idle"