# on receiving block 964545 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-29T08:24:55Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-29T08:24:39Z $ uptime # since last reboot 08:24:55 up 9 days, 22:40, 0 users, load average: 1.03, 1.40, 1.24 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1834616 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 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.3G 475.2G 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 964545 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 964545); echo $BH 000000000000000000019e33aefd1b482d786364736975f603ae147fa2e68ee1 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000019e33aefd1b482d786364736975f603ae147fa2e68ee1 { "hash": "000000000000000000019e33aefd1b482d786364736975f603ae147fa2e68ee1", "confirmations": 1, "height": 964545, "version": 1073733632, "versionHex": "3fffe000", "merkleroot": "a247bcbd582ce89984a7e2b94f07e90f8ae58757e47a2038c49bf5231329b654", "time": 1787991879, "mediantime": 1787989077, "nonce": 318329228, "bits": "17023cc1", "target": "000000000000000000023cc10000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 125807076547197.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001431ef67dcc26e0d9e6d5f34e", "nTx": 4037, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000111b60262c195c27fea4964d9c8dab7d41c4c317a8c7f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 9e33 aefd 1b48 2d78 6364 7369 75f6 .3ae 147f a2e6 8ee1 $ : 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 964545 sf: ...1 .3ae 8ee1 $ : 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 . 964545 sk: 8ee1 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 . 964545 ak: 58d2 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 964545 jk: 8ee1 58d2 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 85793, "bytes": 43940336, "usage": 248829568, "total_fee": 0.07648307, "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 174 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.08% ## 897 of 2016, i.e. 44%, 1119 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.997276358934106e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 964545, "bestblock": "000000000000000000019e33aefd1b482d786364736975f603ae147fa2e68ee1", "txouts": 165781090, "bogosize": 12984538949, "muhash": "95e0c41a0ba0a97d4e11715fc9cab5132df308646a611c4341375868936f8c27", "total_amount": 20076476.13407704, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11592296, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3486.77862171, "coinbase": 3.13332865, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3486.77029306, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 964545 { "avgfee": 206, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 482, "blockhash": "000000000000000000019e33aefd1b482d786364736975f603ae147fa2e68ee1", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 1 ], "height": 964545, "ins": 8886, "maxfee": 62790, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 332342, "medianfee": 50, "mediantime": 1787989077, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8291, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1929497, "swtotal_weight": 3912494, "swtxs": 3979, "time": 1787991879, "total_out": 348677029306, "total_size": 1949317, "total_weight": 3991774, "totalfee": 832865, "txs": 4037, "utxo_increase": -595, "utxo_size_inc": -50798, "utxo_increase_actual": -3925, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -282626 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 3789452196, "totalbytessent": 9202452097, "timemillis": 1787991895319, "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": 77496, "ipv6": 317, "onion": 1868, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 79687 } } $ halving.sh 964545 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=964545 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1787991879 This is average time to mine a block (1787991879-1231006505)/964545 bts=577.4585908810984649773053 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 11:50:02 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 965569 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 5 04:39:56 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 478. The next fortnight happens in block 965664 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 5 19:54:15 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 15 "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 d794b809c0290b7b 5bde7c71d663f011da173f15380b32b16ee11d61f32030ac154b0b096528833a 856ecac120da5045 387f333e519af90145a9b402e390209924356c499f219ad44838139e5cb6040b ba6d92d150836c0c 70989c2dffc89b643435aa3765e03d63658f4d5e0fd918de5136862048f54852 1c496eb0560fd00f f6422bab4279a5afc65711069c0ab8dcbec0cf81135e1b13aa0d9ad42fa925e3 73f090725e004df4 33d8fd43eb3e611636defa879c17c7cd4a8831b38cc859342f99a1768f9f7b87 8c3d576bd3990c91 fe463cc7959f98cd1d6078334b9badfd6a518a5944d9469dea2c79ea011e0be7 204b3ccbe5923f22 aa13fce20d85333328bc4b8b6ebaef334c028336d22a672672b7c9bf8657ee42 626323724eabb3f4 314ec6cf4fd91e9e54520e3aef80a6f91584f847987cfcca0c5234543bee1d2d 15cad86fd857697b 1a1d19fb9d281e96de2a698d8d8d3fca02ea4c0ebb3a1ad98df2e584ae68d14c 3f5d21b063816822 281d88a83b6d021fed1fb5bc413e238caf3cef412ecc230807dc03f1e1c3e3f3 dbc00773d3794dcc 53d5b771bc525d62e3371ef1359ff7c9002e9d3b154e70ea2ae13dc4bb02db18 089d23fb3f2a550d aab242242e041122a33e01494b791ff450ceb344c19be0aefc7a2838a283dbe3 eaba2244ceba7e98 f1c4928cefde8c55277cd7d4cfe65da208dc90a52924d1b7c4ade52778856255 3cc78e8d2f84d8e7 840f3e0208a69fd3d3f831a86006c09cb4c857759c4e1357053494d9a8d8d771 80e0b4853e4874c2 056ffe9b5d1b042c575cbf2675e8382a19db52fd8f95146ed8f49ea770c70d5f $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ____ _____ __ __ / __ \/ ___// // / / /_/ / __ \/ // /_ \__, / /_/ /__ __/ /____/\____/ /_/ ________ __ ______ / ____/ // / / ____/ /___ \/ // /_/___ \ ____/ /__ __/___/ / /_____/ /_/ /_____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 9e33 aefd 1b48 1f | | 2. 2d78 6364 7369 75f6 2f | | 3. .3ae 147f a2e6 8ee1 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8ee1 58d2 a4