# on receiving block 961951 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-11T03:25:44Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-11T03:25:32Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:25:43 up 45 days, 19:57, 0 users, load average: 0.75, 0.73, 0.88 $ battery.sh 174%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1895848 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .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 435.2G 475.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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 961951 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 961951); echo $BH 000000000000000000007f679ea09e4e13b6543b3405f5dd66e73c19615f7d62 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000007f679ea09e4e13b6543b3405f5dd66e73c19615f7d62 { "hash": "000000000000000000007f679ea09e4e13b6543b3405f5dd66e73c19615f7d62", "confirmations": 1, "height": 961951, "version": 537313280, "versionHex": "2006c000", "merkleroot": "392d1e7f833d57a35db516bdfb43e60afc1e2b35b3c88ac6ede8235df169ae55", "time": 1786418732, "mediantime": 1786415648, "nonce": 1636566563, "bits": "1702353d", "target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127479855693691.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013e8d75eba5ec3c9bff49cc20", "nTx": 6486, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000008d264750092cd41c4f5af6e49dec816ff7f7e9d337e9" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 7f67 9ea. 9e4e 13b6 543b 34.5 f5dd 66e7 3c19 615f 7d62 $ : 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 961951 sf: 9ea. 34.5 7d62 $ : 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 . 961951 sk: 7d62 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 . 961951 ak: bf1f 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 961951 jk: 7d62 bf1f 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 69178, "bytes": 38616191, "usage": 213356824, "total_fee": 0.05789173, "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 149 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.04% ## 319 of 2016, i.e. 15%, 1697 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.115473720250312e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 961951, "bestblock": "000000000000000000007f679ea09e4e13b6543b3405f5dd66e73c19615f7d62", "txouts": 165812831, "bogosize": 12987624549, "muhash": "747539d29ab2b8d64339e434d696501d565aa59580a4205acc0c2bb3d3f5188a", "total_amount": 20068369.88530288, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11469712, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 519.13283167, "coinbase": 3.13141644, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 519.12641523, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 961951 { "avgfee": 98, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 264, "blockhash": "000000000000000000007f679ea09e4e13b6543b3405f5dd66e73c19615f7d62", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 961951, "ins": 7006, "maxfee": 30704, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 235650, "medianfee": 48, "mediantime": 1786415648, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 13074, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1679286, "swtotal_weight": 3843885, "swtxs": 6165, "time": 1786418732, "total_out": 51912641523, "total_size": 1716293, "total_weight": 3991913, "totalfee": 641644, "txs": 6486, "utxo_increase": 6068, "utxo_size_inc": 425562, "utxo_increase_actual": -22, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -1166 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1812927990, "totalbytessent": 4643812545, "timemillis": 1786418744271, "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-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 19 2 21 out 11 0 11 3 total 30 2 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78317, "ipv6": 322, "onion": 1907, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80552 } } $ halving.sh 961951 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=961951 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1786418732 This is average time to mine a block (1786418732-1231006505)/961951 bts=577.3803963191510595123249 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 13:01:38 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 962269 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 13 06:25:38 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 477. The next fortnight happens in block 963648 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 22 11:35:46 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 9 "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 9245a9fdeebc5323 5c26d10c3d8b7b906633e7995a50d72ae2bd031c18064cb22e06d7425b2cbb7b 49cd744278fe5cd6 f344e8c84d55e794b829b8e0fb483800c23ee7b9d1ed0e811bcb275ccb54b4ae b7f577a55cee7371 fb1b1cb73862479e024607e928241cb87826b4dbe19576d2effb2a20e01d0fb8 1be060feb420e4ee a5404ef48b978847d82b0220d7617cb67a0556516606c3104ebdb5c9ac07cecf 574f2a63576511eb bcee47c1661a7c8770be075112b5c95bef70d7b580a8cbccfab1403f6c6c684a 55c4418ff87797dd 37916a80185e15e05afb2b1a602e7ea57757c9e9e7d5cda56c55d88ad3965fe7 845c760df9362935 5e38e6ed13cad6fcfbc2d6b349a3b9eee0acabc0b65152a353af7dd21bf7d6b0 5a1ee94ed466dd30 b3209dbc2c9b953fbdac3e0567a010a08256301afba375e87d31bff3de13d16c 0232be1645db53be 3dfa223f1946813c3f08bb8f766638b16cb0f9a118db6f40b51ee31c5a8128ac $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ __ _ ___ ___ _ / _ \/ // / _ \ __/ | \_, / _ \ \_, /__ \ | /_/\___/_|/_/|___/_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 7f67 9ea. 9e4e 1f | | 2. 13b6 543b 34.5 f5dd 2f | | 3. 66e7 3c19 615f 7d62 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 7d62 bf1f 95