# on receiving block 965923 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-09-07T11:49:16Z # as written in the block header 2026-09-07T11:49:05Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:49:16 up 19 days, 2:05, 0 users, load average: 1.85, 1.15, 1.13 $ battery.sh 98%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1757240 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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 965923 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 965923); echo $BH 0000000000000000000119b721e8009fd26953eaf58cc7bbc0eff540e8be89aa $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000119b721e8009fd26953eaf58cc7bbc0eff540e8be89aa { "hash": "0000000000000000000119b721e8009fd26953eaf58cc7bbc0eff540e8be89aa", "confirmations": 1, "height": 965923, "version": 939524096, "versionHex": "38000000", "merkleroot": "165999ee595ff283c355810c47186f335f94460049e13295aa4a621b0322b07a", "time": 1788781745, "mediantime": 1788777963, "nonce": 3721322767, "bits": "1702355e", "target": "00000000000000000002355e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127450789715843.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014588658c50121643c0950dd8", "nTx": 7211, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000098157a5dcc9c87e661c877954295d547428a04f55f0f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 19b7 21e8 ..9f d269 53ea f58c c7bb c.ef f54. e8be 89aa $ : 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 965923 sf: ...1 ..9f c.ef f54. M $ : 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 . 965923 sk: 89aa 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 . 965923 ak: dfce 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 965923 jk: 89aa dfce 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 79749, "bytes": 40969647, "usage": 228506520, "total_fee": 0.06408682, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 49, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 156 ## Current epoch estimation is +2.02% ## 259 of 2016, i.e. 12%, 1757 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.287266839604483e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 965923, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000119b721e8009fd26953eaf58cc7bbc0eff540e8be89aa", "txouts": 165316772, "bogosize": 12950251238, "muhash": "e63fdc9b45461a6710e974a2d58465754b1a685becada58d6766b9acf3641b42", "total_amount": 20080782.38288640, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11711360, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2867.75013659, "coinbase": 3.13173922, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2867.74339737, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 965923 { "avgfee": 93, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 203, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000119b721e8009fd26953eaf58cc7bbc0eff540e8be89aa", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 965923, "ins": 8320, "maxfee": 22000, "maxfeerate": 34, "maxtxsize": 16597, "medianfee": 43, "mediantime": 1788777963, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 14794, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1223436, "swtotal_weight": 3029757, "swtxs": 4822, "time": 1788781745, "total_out": 286774339737, "total_size": 1463867, "total_weight": 3991481, "totalfee": 673922, "txs": 7211, "utxo_increase": 6474, "utxo_size_inc": 458468, "utxo_increase_actual": -157, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -13364 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 9580996065, "totalbytessent": 23462613895, "timemillis": 1788781757050, "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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 25 2 27 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 2 37 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78559, "ipv6": 309, "onion": 1841, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80715 } } $ halving.sh 965923 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=965923 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1788781745 This is average time to mine a block (1788781745-1231006505)/965923 bts=577.4525117918179898211453 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 10:03:39 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 966669 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 12 11:28:44 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 479. The next fortnight happens in block 967680 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 19 05:38:49 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 13 "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 c578159adfcd79bf 4d01e5640543e9ba49e1344293b56c9b0a6936dd70c999eeef59fb848d4f70f6 2fe657504291436b 9c501a1ae0a3cd9eb2cdb4b50afc06741bee4bb36447dd6f9b1169da4688abd4 4429b73fffa10bc5 364061ab2428d09fce1bd54e59e729f8c3ad5a0476383798c0a2e9fc57d70024 830b7a307069d260 e258607a3910f9ca28bcda184f800408c6d96955335b6491167bb6eab455324b d5c36ff3c4695549 43397479ca4417f9d3cd7492dd1977207af8748a29bec7cb92bf954b77930dc6 ce6e570880fac4a8 7dfcad2f4265c1019f4ab8335106870c8a4e69623503d4f7317d528ea29190fa 00583889042ebc2f e3ce4cf42b54e709ebc3b72363570f51a3514ca23bbdeef39ac5a9b9be146ab7 f534abb888cadf40 607a46620447fdd5e9c596e769a355d838e6be9a36d2e191650da8970243e8be de700be0f784314a 8d26a6cc2e3c5d49604f7dd16abad1fbb3e2f585160a49037e976ac83ba1e2f3 ddc328865bb849e5 a0e8cd9e767c7e01d65136695e14561bcbdaa6ff9986afbd27b59fb5b74bda9d 71be59a591605fa5 b4679103edb5c9783fa23a45833f770f6e19ecae254169e99551828c4031cace 55d45610947dac3f afb506f14fd6388afafba91f74a9368184b17f7e2f7436bbed315e4e21d2828a 665f1b222d02c8b9 f8b18741194a856ead1b1c280385c9ee747a9502578d41b1cacb83b9b7065074 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ _______ ___ ____ / _ \/ __// __/ _ \|_ ||_ / \_, / _ \/__ \\_, / __/_/_ < /___/\___/____/___/____/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 19b7 21e8 ..9f 1f | | 2. d269 53ea f58c c7bb 2f | | 3. c.ef f54. e8be 89aa 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 89aa dfce 84