# on receiving block 947142 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-29T11:43:35Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-29T11:43:14Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:43:35 up 41 days, 2:36, 0 users, load average: 4.80, 2.90, 2.26 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1600120 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0rc4 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 947142 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947142); echo $BH 00000000000000000000e336908a7022711738173021adf9775da1e007d13f70 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000e336908a7022711738173021adf9775da1e007d13f70 { "hash": "00000000000000000000e336908a7022711738173021adf9775da1e007d13f70", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947142, "version": 583467008, "versionHex": "22c70000", "merkleroot": "f22df0607e1a783ec4a94c431021efbdc48a64213f6345048f46605de9f7b48c", "time": 1777462994, "mediantime": 1777460848, "nonce": 1681178173, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012387d023b398fe09ea5a74ca", "nTx": 128, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001f4232f3b5cb76488fed3e31755561c5a6e6e4895b6df" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... e336 9.8a 7.22 7117 3817 3.21 adf9 775d a1e. .7d1 3f7. $ : 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 947142 sf: 9.8a 7.22 3.21 a1e. 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 . 947142 sk: 3f7. 55 $ : 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 . 947142 ak: 395a 55 $ : Following is the jointkode 947142 jk: 3f70 395a 55 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 64840, "bytes": 35617733, "usage": 189865112, "total_fee": 0.05525256, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 36, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 155 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.66% ## 1638 of 2016, i.e. 81%, 378 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.445648424883963e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947142, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000e336908a7022711738173021adf9775da1e007d13f70", "txouts": 165458779, "bogosize": 12961979321, "muhash": "c39b087b234f0821e3fd90481abcabdb5eba2bb856d6cc72bbfda2176553cfac", "total_amount": 20022091.77838449, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09661551, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 544.00826731, "coinbase": 3.12672650, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 544.00654081, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947142 { "avgfee": 1359, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 3105, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000e336908a7022711738173021adf9775da1e007d13f70", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 1, 3 ], "height": 947142, "ins": 225, "maxfee": 38207, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 152287, "medianfee": 333, "mediantime": 1777460848, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 110, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 162, "outs": 263, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 391626, "swtotal_weight": 450747, "swtxs": 116, "time": 1777462994, "total_out": 54400654081, "total_size": 394352, "total_weight": 461651, "totalfee": 172650, "txs": 128, "utxo_increase": 38, "utxo_size_inc": 3224, "utxo_increase_actual": 28, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 2378 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6525431942, "totalbytessent": 14760096676, "timemillis": 1777463015441, "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 v31.0.0rc4 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66451, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66451 } } $ halving.sh 947142 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947142 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777462994 This is average time to mine a block (1777462994-1231006505)/947142 bts=576.9524654671997787028991 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 08:12:50 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 13:00:04 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Sat May 2 00:18:02 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 e9e7e494596358a1 7474156dbf4de78a6d1b37ef73fdf707fb3e02513739d408e5352083b545d8b8 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e a483ad636ef029ea 88fb439cbbca0eef1cdacf934b2a2926a1287f1b9a389c0c5b5339966ea241a3 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 afdebb0de4b7c1b0 611410bb41b90eda456f0edb78f90b7b1e8aa7e9bcff58a33396470b721d85f1 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ##### # ####### # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # ####### # # # # # ##### # # # # ##### ## # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # ####### # # # # ##### # ####### ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... e336 9.8a 7.22 1f | | 2. 7117 3817 3.21 adf9 2f | | 3. 775d a1e. .7d1 3f7. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 3f7. 395a 55