# on receiving block 959762 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-26T23:20:03Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-26T23:19:27Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:20:03 up 30 days, 15:51, 0 users, load average: 1.15, 1.12, 1.24 $ battery.sh 146%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1656900 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.7G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 bitcoind Copyright (C) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit for further information about the software. The source code is available from . This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or $ BC=$(bitcoin-cli getblockcount); echo $BC 959762 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 959762); echo $BH 000000000000000000000b6496bf4dca14056edd4e4ba41879294c48b2c94716 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000000b6496bf4dca14056edd4e4ba41879294c48b2c94716 { "hash": "000000000000000000000b6496bf4dca14056edd4e4ba41879294c48b2c94716", "confirmations": 1, "height": 959762, "version": 654278672, "versionHex": "26ff8010", "merkleroot": "64f7729014633e6a7185139b5aa4b9a0261db71212ae822c4600fc2f4cddfb9d", "time": 1785107967, "mediantime": 1785106530, "nonce": 1001592176, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013ab6567cc969f528899fd0f5", "nTx": 35, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000013f22957e54cd8814e4c93055e1df38ab738e4056bc46" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... .b64 96bf 4dca 14.5 6edd 4e4b a418 7929 4c48 b2c9 4716 $ : Following was the shortform $ : from which shortkode came $ last=${BH: -4} $ a=$(echo $BH | cut -b-60 \ | fold -w 4 \ | grep -Ev '^(0000|[^0]{4})$') $ R=$(echo $a $last | cut -b-20) $ printf "%s sf: " $BC $ { echo $R | grep "$last$" \ || echo $R M; } | tr "0\n" ". " echo 959762 sf: .b64 14.5 4716 $ : Following was the shortkode $ : from which anecdote came $ nz=$(echo $BH | fold -w 4 \ | grep -cE '^[^0]{4}$') $ z=$(echo $BH | fold -w 4 \ | grep -c '^0000$') $ nzzs=$(((${nz}<<4)+${z})) $ printf "%s sk: " $BC $ printf "%s %x\n" \ $last \ $nzzs \ | tr 0 . 959762 sk: 4716 95 $ : Following is an anecdote $ all=$(echo $BH | fold -w 4 \ | sed 's/^/0x/' \ | paste -s | tr '\t' ^) $ printf "%s ak: " $BC $ printf "%04x %02x\n" \ $(($all)) $nzzs \ | tr 0 . 959762 ak: 8.24 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 959762 jk: 4716 8.24 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 75978, "bytes": 40664963, "usage": 224304616, "total_fee": 0.06757558, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 166 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.29% ## 146 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1870 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.997789455585129e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 959762, "bestblock": "000000000000000000000b6496bf4dca14056edd4e4ba41879294c48b2c94716", "txouts": 166287541, "bogosize": 13021300006, "muhash": "ec90f0195b389c3fc91f7f81addfc1bd0eb11c99e861b5f0baa24a3641c9bcbd", "total_amount": 20061529.26057611, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11442389, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 67.85277462, "coinbase": 3.12510821, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 67.85266641, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 959762 { "avgfee": 318, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 298, "blockhash": "000000000000000000000b6496bf4dca14056edd4e4ba41879294c48b2c94716", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 959762, "ins": 49, "maxfee": 789, "maxfeerate": 4, "maxtxsize": 1259, "medianfee": 282, "mediantime": 1785106530, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 141, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 191, "outs": 83, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 9934, "swtotal_weight": 23863, "swtxs": 33, "time": 1785107967, "total_out": 6785266641, "total_size": 10157, "total_weight": 24755, "totalfee": 10821, "txs": 35, "utxo_increase": 34, "utxo_size_inc": 2545, "utxo_increase_actual": 32, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 2385 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5856872089, "totalbytessent": 16264631046, "timemillis": 1785108004151, "uploadtarget": { "timeframe": 86400, "target": 0, "target_reached": false, "serve_historical_blocks": true, "bytes_left_in_cycle": 0, "time_left_in_cycle": 0 } } $ bitcoin-cli -netinfo Bitcoin Core client v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 21 2 23 out 10 0 10 2 total 31 2 33 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69324, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69324 } } $ halving.sh 959762 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=959762 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785107967 This is average time to mine a block (1785107967-1231006505)/959762 bts=577.3315516434786504584986 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 22:46:51 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 959959 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Jul 28 06:55:01 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 11:12:57 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "transport_protocol_type": "v2", $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo \ | jq -r '.[] | select ( .transport_protocol_type == "v2" ) | .addr + " " + .session_id' \ | while read addr sid do a=$(echo ${addr%\]*} | tr -d '\[' | md5sum | cut -b-16); printf "%s\n\t%s\n" "$a" "$sid" done cd31e93a3553f57d 9e0cb07dad6c957376a1d7348ab0560ad448d35ef47da5b87082b64497bf4bf6 4e12a23a2ed6ecac 201aed4a5f2d97922353fcbb536ae611c09d8445c349c8e1321897f2123799f3 f9a06261edce8dc9 2610ff524e0abdf6c27737891cdcaf06c9ea4df1ac1815b862c8d11add8db95c 297f463b31c725d2 5608643d0d465713517b6394e35bd7ba67054cc696994f158939088d73a639b7 62821a37e902a2be bccf49b029c3832121f5f8fa85473d398d29c19824573cbed8c03296ffcc1c26 c0ac423b2068ba09 1a2539bd381e8cf666a18455f349eb035fa1e79e05ab179576c8205d62428727 975cf581f811427c f406bfbcecf80bc26827289ba4d1aeb41844117a9d6b1dd4e22daaab81656cb1 8b7d27d2adf0b93c bdb1f3524d85e552e5d1e6d3ee389125368db5b2a294e26e9cb3a874100f956f 62d32ad16bbf4add 48d970bfdeafeabfe02245a30ec9096bc619c31222b6b8419001bbe502963f01 f245dc47aca2bdd4 56055a8f44164d2f33ed2dde8f270db6ed5748feefdee04c6aa785a5012db764 3ba6a4775ed1e47f e919677d16ae829f1441623a7f5ac72b35865276504763727e67700b1116e7ec $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... .b64 96bf 4dca 1f | | 2. 14.5 6edd 4e4b a418 2f | | 3. 7929 4c48 b2c9 4716 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 4716 8.24 95