# on receiving block 972812 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-23T17:59:11Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-23T17:59:06Z $ uptime # since last reboot 17:59:11 up 65 days, 8:15, 0 users, load average: 0.40, 0.79, 1.30 $ battery.sh 74%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1574280 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.3G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 452.4G 458.0G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0 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 972812 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 972812); echo $BH 0000000000000000000096fe4aa36e0a19fca979a396c7e6bbb1787f4a35a608 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000096fe4aa36e0a19fca979a396c7e6bbb1787f4a35a608 { "hash": "0000000000000000000096fe4aa36e0a19fca979a396c7e6bbb1787f4a35a608", "confirmations": 1, "height": 972812, "version": 599179264, "versionHex": "23b6c000", "merkleroot": "5fe03fb3e67aaa70855815854835cdb3fcecb20b982ccf48c5aa367a4047a03a", "time": 1792778346, "mediantime": 1792776832, "nonce": 2444257646, "bits": "17020093", "target": "0000000000000000000200930000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 140577680051919.6, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000015236d23c14d13872853abd32", "nTx": 5662, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001d5fb660c791a6c99a2aed24efd63afa931116170744f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 96fe 4aa3 6e.a 19fc a979 a396 c7e6 bbb1 787f 4a35 a6.8 $ : 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 972812 sf: 6e.a a6.8 $ : 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 . 972812 sk: a6.8 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 . 972812 ak: 4951 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 972812 jk: a608 4951 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 39038, "bytes": 23223691, "usage": 123685736, "total_fee": 0.02721795, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 116 ## Current epoch estimation is +4.64% ## 1100 of 2016, i.e. 54%, 916 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.052957862480224e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 969695 9.499394793503835e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 972812, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000096fe4aa36e0a19fca979a396c7e6bbb1787f4a35a608", "txouts": 164548805, "bogosize": 12886919863, "muhash": "b254375c3da4444c915efced2c81360d6549fa5be5d7175304b4faca77b7a05d", "total_amount": 20102310.49440518, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.13059482, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8289.54951368, "coinbase": 3.13982377, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8289.53468991, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 972812 { "avgfee": 261, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 282, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000096fe4aa36e0a19fca979a396c7e6bbb1787f4a35a608", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 972812, "ins": 7763, "maxfee": 47100, "maxfeerate": 150, "maxtxsize": 32744, "medianfee": 19, "mediantime": 1792776832, "mediantxsize": 207, "minfee": 16, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12607, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1549435, "swtotal_weight": 3797890, "swtxs": 5531, "time": 1792778346, "total_out": 828953468991, "total_size": 1597887, "total_weight": 3991698, "totalfee": 1482377, "txs": 5662, "utxo_increase": 4844, "utxo_size_inc": 313363, "utxo_increase_actual": 1420, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 103128 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 462401636, "totalbytessent": 366640990, "timemillis": 1792778352035, "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 v32.0 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 0 1 1 out 10 0 10 2 total 10 1 11 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79108, "ipv6": 299, "onion": 1760, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81173 } } $ halving.sh 972812 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=972812 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1792778346 This is average time to mine a block (1792778346-1231006505)/972812 bts=577.4715603101521052864219 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 15:37:00 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 973379 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Oct 27 12:56:12 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 482. The next fortnight happens in block 973728 and probably around this time: Thu Oct 29 20:55:09 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 0e7520bf2e66a6a6 8f32bdb8405e744f28d23092a5c816b556a4066cea94d14fbe7a56912473ff80 97ef32b83f4819ad 106bf8ba481117ea966a9dbe1c0cca77a05d25e139097faf5ea6990a2fbcab64 5f6e1d29b8996926 7722e0650b8417d6956f22d8c5137ac8ee066c27bfef308e9c0f08b083308ad5 fac698c373e5273e 7b21bd1d95f2b0014b422b86db283f5a07fb4c3801b03545a8d84e58460061bf 5038c35b514ebbdb 142fd5103c3907c446da2ed68146e3489f38281f2eb35f4566584f9c60df0c34 acf4af8048009987 aa6fd320c8ccda15b825a26927feff7483884894539671a5e54ad27a9dd518ed 3c9026b84b7e60bd 29d23c6e90f661b26b37f423b33031a6870cd4b61d739e0ac6233286771800f0 14a11c20208fc084 43325144b5cc97ce7db9fde7cb15cf71adf019b044a0e875ecda1395ec5b0192 c268374fc8d97fc0 6ed9bbf55677f80dbd075fe6ed2bdac167bc42b99147dc96fefc917fb13a25e9 c813ce46db7bdb14 cdfa0a90361e0d0babd5c9ec362c276002361dc22e24b769c275c781b70a6390 2dbb91ae124c54e2 de43833b48025ede4139b87c36d88f579cc526b5e636c6bd1120c80e1708ead3 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 96fe 4aa3 6e.a 1f | | 2. 19fc a979 a396 c7e6 2f | | 3. bbb1 787f 4a35 a6.8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: a6.8 4951 95