# on receiving block 959312 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-23T21:54:53Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-23T21:56:58Z $ uptime # since last reboot 21:54:53 up 27 days, 14:26, 0 users, load average: 2.85, 3.14, 2.86 $ battery.sh 146%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1740908 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 434.7G 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 959312 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 959312); echo $BH 000000000000000000016255cca70ac6931fe851e9f56f8230c7115e473be0a7 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000016255cca70ac6931fe851e9f56f8230c7115e473be0a7 { "hash": "000000000000000000016255cca70ac6931fe851e9f56f8230c7115e473be0a7", "confirmations": 1, "height": 959312, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "2295e474c219bbae3e494dce30d08662433f85d7920e84caa769f1a3a15815b3", "time": 1784843818, "mediantime": 1784838416, "nonce": 2957239923, "bits": "1702369d", "target": "00000000000000000002369d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127170500429035.2, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000139eb83d4c941ab6416dd713a", "nTx": 4452, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000005a63a2c00834b92746ab0658c9f0c98aeb509724e8f9" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 6255 cca7 .ac6 931f e851 e9f5 6f82 3.c7 115e 473b e.a7 $ : 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 959312 sf: ...1 .ac6 3.c7 e.a7 $ : 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 . 959312 sk: e.a7 84 $ : 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 . 959312 ak: df.9 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 959312 jk: e0a7 df.9 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 89678, "bytes": 43489888, "usage": 243939400, "total_fee": 0.08611928, "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 198 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.34% ## 1712 of 2016, i.e. 84%, 304 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.889068735989978e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 959312, "bestblock": "000000000000000000016255cca70ac6931fe851e9f56f8230c7115e473be0a7", "txouts": 166218262, "bogosize": 13016047111, "muhash": "9f74650386ddd4175d3393f15a1ee4523ec8e583ddfd7c124506105faa52d78b", "total_amount": 20060123.01064582, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11435418, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8763.87898462, "coinbase": 3.15518263, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8763.84880199, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 959312 { "avgfee": 678, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 346, "blockhash": "000000000000000000016255cca70ac6931fe851e9f56f8230c7115e473be0a7", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 959312, "ins": 7777, "maxfee": 90000, "maxfeerate": 477, "maxtxsize": 56784, "medianfee": 310, "mediantime": 1784838416, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 11425, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1367192, "swtotal_weight": 3292052, "swtxs": 3758, "time": 1784843818, "total_out": 876384880199, "total_size": 1542162, "total_weight": 3991932, "totalfee": 3018263, "txs": 4452, "utxo_increase": 3648, "utxo_size_inc": 266428, "utxo_increase_actual": 2185, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 159964 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4347208777, "totalbytessent": 11842032107, "timemillis": 1784843693969, "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 18 2 20 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 2 30 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69681, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69681 } } $ halving.sh 959312 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=959312 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1784843818 This is average time to mine a block (1784843818-1231006505)/959312 bts=577.3270173551280968776614 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 21:27:30 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 959959 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Jul 28 05:42:28 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 475. The next fortnight happens in block 959616 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 25 22:42:05 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 ccfcf89fb0868515 3786191912152443897020f22f25da6246f3ca5a637987f915574d80e151fbc7 f366e70d309a8c75 70bd5ea0f1cb036217c02b373c58726b7d8971e125296bc96c96f2bff3bb5aed e1bfd66b585cfcbe 64183e7251b5e91779faa4a14bdc62f9b6db1ac8c017f45eca822bed84a1c60e b9692f8f63b61794 8f760033844b66047aea97246bddc1e99241b17461ede262c136a71663f5a7b7 646ebacd2d74e318 157b237319d355910839fc2c6a1d2ef1bbd81662fdd616bae857ce6ca7ef72e6 a5f0879e0b7a1727 8f553ed183b2f8f55cd1e566eca04b0c7ffb4ec6d0eca03826b13d0dffa4f68e b6f261ab9f7e6850 2faab3602c7a58d2759e76de32bc7e8a87ab17688f79cd0b48420c826c265467 cd31e93a3553f57d 9e0cb07dad6c957376a1d7348ab0560ad448d35ef47da5b87082b64497bf4bf6 7941657556135fba 8fb830742422d65e59c1c04a1eaf9ad1da30c65e8d2210ba3dfe45ec62a3ef20 69b69af6dbedee1a 3517f79d15092b4a3b7741f7f8d0e2e63575ce235a57264517cb825d1bf1e4ae 44a1415a2757debe e56d9e674d88db7801bb5ffbb417792a06a9e78651f534982b801e18bc3d225e 8273a752ca0cf867 1855a85a4cda16cb3e4a8941099aa0d3b0fca62ce3a4b202f22059cdbc4a69dc $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _|_| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 6255 cca7 .ac6 1f | | 2. 931f e851 e9f5 6f82 2f | | 3. 3.c7 115e 473b e.a7 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: e.a7 df.9 84