Run a function on the hour, every hour

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• StephanTual London, EnglandMember, Moderator Posts: 1,282 mod

  August 2015

  Contracts 'waking up' on a schedule is not implemented yet - see https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/117

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• Eamorr Member Posts: 19 ✭

  August 2015

  @StephanTual Thanks for the very useful link. I wonder if I could check the blockchain timestamp as users interact with my contract? If the timestamp moves on to the next hour, I could run a function? Do you see any issues with this?

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• StephanTual London, EnglandMember, Moderator Posts: 1,282 mod

  August 2015

  You're correct in assuming it will always be user driven, ie, something 'outside' will need to make a call on a schedule, then the contract can check if it fits within a certain block range and accept/reject requests based on the results.

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• Eamorr Member Posts: 19 ✭

  August 2015

  Thanks for the comment. It's good to have someone sanity check the idea.

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