timeinblocks.com is a way of describing time in units of Bitcoin Blocks. The Genesis block is the equivalent of the birth of Christ or the UNIX epoch. Time is measured in block numbers including those:
- before the genesis block (BGB), represented as negative blocks;
- in the current mined era where we have mined blocks and;
- in the future where we still have blocks to mine.
Website front-end for timeinblocks.com made from vanilla HTML, Javascript and CSS. Uses Vite for module bundling. We also use the API of the amazing mempool.space to get the current Bitcoin blockheight (tip).
Install Dependencies:
npm install
Add Environment Variables into a .env file. As we are using Vite, the vars need to be prefixed with "VITE_":
If running locally use:
npm run dev
If deploying into prod, use:
npm run build