# on receiving block 940370 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-12T07:39:11Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-12T07:38:50Z $ uptime # since last reboot 07:39:11 up 23 days, 13:09, 0 users, load average: 2.59, 2.15, 1.86 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2162428 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.3G 477.1G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 940370 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 940370); echo $BH 00000000000000000001df9b12865f287512f97d275d8b79b6fcd49161b0d5e3 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001df9b12865f287512f97d275d8b79b6fcd49161b0d5e3 { "hash": "00000000000000000001df9b12865f287512f97d275d8b79b6fcd49161b0d5e3", "confirmations": 1, "height": 940370, "version": 539918336, "versionHex": "202e8000", "merkleroot": "4c7de8468bfad98abbf00a23b598a7b970cd564f303605dbba7723b56a953ec8", "time": 1773301130, "mediantime": 1773300601, "nonce": 1999435657, "bits": "1701f0cc", "target": "00000000000000000001f0cc0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 145042165424853.3, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001169949d53ed7d138c8bc7047", "nTx": 5261, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000181e54dac5c33112adb7ef6a6d9d891e425d88ca3e826" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 df9b 1286 5f28 7512 f97d 275d 8b79 b6fc d491 61b. d5e3 $ : 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 940370 sf: ...1 61b. d5e3 $ : 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 . 940370 sk: d5e3 a4 $ : 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 . 940370 ak: 6441 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 14337, "bytes": 20615911, "usage": 105770384, "total_fee": 0.02378949, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 114 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.61% ## 914 of 2016, i.e. 45%, 1102 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.010848684181686e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 940370, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001df9b12865f287512f97d275d8b79b6fcd49161b0d5e3", "txouts": 164846770, "bogosize": 12915668113, "muhash": "810cb515a8dc9660e0b9eb09a95342d93dff22205de3eead74baaca1868895ff", "total_amount": 20000929.28072369, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09427631, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 732.76436187, "coinbase": 3.13056124, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 732.75880063, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 940370 { "avgfee": 105, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 322, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001df9b12865f287512f97d275d8b79b6fcd49161b0d5e3", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 940370, "ins": 7462, "maxfee": 50713, "maxfeerate": 73, "maxtxsize": 107057, "medianfee": 17, "mediantime": 1773300601, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12892, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1648475, "swtotal_weight": 3800870, "swtxs": 5212, "time": 1773301130, "total_out": 73275880063, "total_size": 1696224, "total_weight": 3991866, "totalfee": 556124, "txs": 5261, "utxo_increase": 5430, "utxo_size_inc": 324091, "utxo_increase_actual": 637, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 34095 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 13087452147, "totalbytessent": 17957602648, "timemillis": 1773301152163, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 19 1 20 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 33 1 34 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 62874, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 62874 } } $ halving.sh 940370 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=940370 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1773301130 This is average time to mine a block (1773301130-1231006505)/940370 bts=576.6815703589328041804777 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 13 01:12:10 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 941149 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Mar 17 12:26:04 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 466. The next fortnight happens in block 941472 and probably around this time: Thu Mar 19 16:10:33 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 16 "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 f7f77c82442a80ba 5cbd7ee92e188ed03a87dea98cb24ebb64194eeff2ce5629c920506db289c03c 0e2b870704623284 81c47e2ae7d386a8f26f7008f5384af82f4a636d41f65b3458870b3be33af014 e9d795e460a00e7e b8a7c46ee47178dc3a2d3eff43c592a8d71909a6b562dc57392de2c65ddbe26d 6296b2f401d811c3 dc2be2b901846d2cae571574fcd480ab2bdbb55c2a175db75f0bf5de3606027d dd1d6ea7ea0a8de3 f98b0b2b428666d7e6cf76a78a491c47c45761e8d8d53f55d240c0022e417c7e d0f19c0740b06b46 e51408a80dc375c8d3128c3571609635b568a1c7b20406a6f1bd5baccfb66ccf f3ce70bf7d644da4 94d4ea771f46356ee629fed84de64451f26dcb6103ec97a19b176c886a0fd864 2f483f8248b737c5 9aa07386ea8a5235ec838575ea2b3c5421e72cf8e550eae3b1bcbce844e8e3fa 59499bad2fa9046f 3f5e9363b58298e5adcec23529de84aeaeccd4c34cdd176ce38ab254ad3335e6 952c29ffb60124fb 31ae36891a66afdde9fbc6f978c0e53ce738d95cc97a5045955a947069fa38e0 63663e97de51cc73 ca9b2cb580ae238a45673c2302e8ed25b4d051c451b000ec0d745914176b8622 be4587ccdee21068 0221ae2495c7bbe16a63aa4a45a010de96a530942b3601af164681001fffcfb9 c6679604b38112ea fe3212bd74f3cd6d61f8df2685b2077a32af2083f0b553aa594e2b4c5b6a8e82 7716053ad5fe1196 78c40143649f75315620e8f91533ab8a66750fc5193f07107e7556a27ee9805a e7bb3d482e5189fd 07aa7e34abf21dddc90f5a98437d637e485866b7e235d0aa06ca3033bbf8948e 73008ddd2f69639b 72e0da8adb2fccbfba96491eb6b7e3d6e6a1f2e45767548b4d8d5dc7ecdbda56 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | | \__ /__ / \ \_ /__ _|( |_ \ /( | _/ _|\__/___/ _/\__/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 df9b 1286 5f28 1f | | 2. 7512 f97d 275d 8b79 2f | | 3. b6fc d491 61b. d5e3 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 6441 a4