# on receiving block 951358 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-28T05:07:58Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-28T05:07:55Z $ uptime # since last reboot 05:07:58 up 69 days, 20:00, 0 users, load average: 3.46, 2.72, 2.48 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1435312 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.6G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.7G 475.8G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0rc4 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 951358 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 951358); echo $BH 0000000000000000000040d6a1bc7796449022c27ce402bd4e9bf2c4c8c2816b $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000040d6a1bc7796449022c27ce402bd4e9bf2c4c8c2816b { "hash": "0000000000000000000040d6a1bc7796449022c27ce402bd4e9bf2c4c8c2816b", "confirmations": 1, "height": 951358, "version": 537239552, "versionHex": "2005a000", "merkleroot": "de297986766a3896360481d12f0e7e102358e6ef34643f1777c457d869ba2316", "time": 1779944875, "mediantime": 1779942309, "nonce": 3208151594, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012b67015a2f1ba8a671f33019", "nTx": 3666, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000dd410ec36c1dda809a748dd71c6d60c1eb0b79df8c28" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 4.d6 a1bc 7796 449. 22c2 7ce4 .2bd 4e9b f2c4 c8c2 816b $ : 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 951358 sf: 4.d6 449. .2bd 816b $ : 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 . 951358 sk: 816b 85 $ : 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 . 951358 ak: 7b.1 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 951358 jk: 816b 7b.1 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 95619, "bytes": 42005631, "usage": 238069016, "total_fee": 0.08887719, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 30, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 211 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.9% ## 1822 of 2016, i.e. 90%, 194 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.859761601347023e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 951358, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000040d6a1bc7796449022c27ce402bd4e9bf2c4c8c2816b", "txouts": 165433486, "bogosize": 12961134967, "muhash": "ce954b561d42fedf91877a048529d1289a43b215a9c6e226b1bddeb91d0f57c6", "total_amount": 20035266.77749207, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09750793, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4028.06747240, "coinbase": 3.14737580, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4028.04509660, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 951358 { "avgfee": 610, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 443, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000040d6a1bc7796449022c27ce402bd4e9bf2c4c8c2816b", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 951358, "ins": 8288, "maxfee": 72960, "maxfeerate": 318, "maxtxsize": 69527, "medianfee": 171, "mediantime": 1779942309, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 30, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8975, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1488751, "swtotal_weight": 3438037, "swtxs": 3514, "time": 1779944875, "total_out": 402804509660, "total_size": 1627218, "total_weight": 3991905, "totalfee": 2237580, "txs": 3666, "utxo_increase": 687, "utxo_size_inc": 46367, "utxo_increase_actual": -1216, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -91217 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 9423674259, "totalbytessent": 21844574500, "timemillis": 1779944878827, "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 v31.0.0rc4 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 22 1 23 out 10 0 10 2 total 32 1 33 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70133, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70133 } } $ halving.sh 951358 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=951358 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779944875 This is average time to mine a block (1779944875-1231006505)/951358 bts=577.0044431176874345015919 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 23:22:27 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 952259 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Jun 3 05:32:36 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 12:13:33 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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 8ef12dfb4d33395d e52831a0b4c7a79e3aef8e39245cf4125296a7869291793855af0751da772a03 0754cd08bee7f0cf 5de59d3802a0b018ab6d5a4a5ac3e70893d3f1f3438011f4e34e72a345e57da8 ae6ab050bec1b956 28d99510bd1b74155f3600c2927a15697878b6fbb61257fe5f1d9e8bebc27652 b78f1313d78eb74a be1cdba13b07b69073ed91bde3d2fe49ffa0ef61dedc9afcddc5159fa69e7934 b51007de917319ab 8fe5a83ce4c5de1a770129ab662ed01879b5436b15d8a8ae7d253c34ffc4cc21 560d96908a217771 37112352018a623a5701dff60e42ad413ebd30a8ccddc3a1e4994d50ff2e10ce 33883cdf6a827b1b b313d8e9ae97040e6c66a462edf7f14b45f1d811cecf95cc02a78121a880bd8d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ ___ _ _______ ___ / _ \ __/ |__ / __|( _ ) \_, /__ \ ||_ \__ \/ _ \ /_/|___/_|___/___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 4.d6 a1bc 7796 1f | | 2. 449. 22c2 7ce4 .2bd 2f | | 3. 4e9b f2c4 c8c2 816b 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 816b 7b.1 85