Re-thinking bitcoin-cli -getinfo #17314

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   laanwj commented at 10:16 am on October 30, 2019: member

   Now that getinfo is no longer part of the RPC API, and client-side implementation is not subject to API stability, it’s possible to start thinking about making it more user friendly.

   I’ve made a start in #17302 by adding some status fields.

   Some other potential ideas:

   • Remove noise: fields that users are unlikely to want to query often protocolversion, walletversion, keypoololdest (these three were done in #17650)
   • Multiwallet: List balance per wallet
   • List all proxies, at least if they’re different from the IPv4 one
   • Alternative, more human-friendly, format besides JSON? Colors, progress bars :smile:?
2. laanwj added the label Feature on Oct 30, 2019
3. laanwj added the label Utils/log/libs on Oct 30, 2019
4. laanwj added the label good first issue on Oct 30, 2019
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   MarcoFalke commented at 1:01 pm on October 30, 2019: member

   We also need more emojis, obviously
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   malevolent commented at 11:31 am on November 30, 2019: contributor

   Hi @laanwj @MarcoFalke , This change removes the noisy unwanted fields listed under your first potential idea. If there is anything I should add or change please let me know.
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    jonatack commented at 9:34 pm on March 28, 2020: member

    Adding point 2 (Multiwallet: List balance per wallet). Proposals here if anyone would like to weigh in.
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    klementtan commented at 3:34 pm on July 22, 2021: contributor

    Some ideas from #21832 to further improve -getinfo:

    1. Refactor ParseGetInfoResult() to be a method of ParseGetInfoResult class
       • #21832 (comment)
    2. Allow ANSI color codes on WIN32 with this command.
       • #21832#pullrequestreview-673668850
    3. Display date/time of latest block verified (maybe even the delta to the current time, to immediately see how far one is behind during IBD, or how long ago the last block was received, respectively)
       • #21832#pullrequestreview-673668850
    4. show on-disk size of the block chain (getblockchaininfo returns a field “size_on_disk”)
       • #21832#pullrequestreview-682424334
    5. show whether pruning is enabled
       • #21832#pullrequestreview-682424334
    6. ~verification progress bar~ (implemented in #22547)
       • #21832#pullrequestreview-682424334
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    ghost commented at 3:42 am on August 2, 2021: none

    @klementtan -getinfo has no section for mempool

    Should we add something from getmempoolinfo ?

    Can start by adding size, unbroadcast count and maxmempool. Maybe add below things later if enough people agree:

    0====================== | 1-5
    1==========             | 5-10
    2====                   | 10-50
    3=                      | 100-200
    4
    5Size (vMB)             | Fee rate (sat/vByte)
    

21. 
    klementtan commented at 11:57 am on August 4, 2021: contributor

    @prayank23 SGTM! 👍🏻
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    MarcoFalke commented at 2:41 pm on October 26, 2021: member

    Anything left to do here?
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    ghost commented at 6:09 am on October 27, 2021: none

    @MarcoFalke https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22891
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    ghost commented at 12:03 pm on March 5, 2022: none

    Nothing is left. This issue can be closed.
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