# on receiving block 949681 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-16T17:16:50Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-16T17:16:41Z $ uptime # since last reboot 17:16:50 up 58 days, 8:09, 0 users, load average: 1.93, 2.52, 2.65 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1576948 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .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 949681 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949681); echo $BH 000000000000000000009bb68a9b70831b9e124deabb6018fb6c223c62feeb12 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000009bb68a9b70831b9e124deabb6018fb6c223c62feeb12 { "hash": "000000000000000000009bb68a9b70831b9e124deabb6018fb6c223c62feeb12", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949681, "version": 637534208, "versionHex": "26000000", "merkleroot": "6347e24a34d5d58829d910069ea741d08c58fb3380b43cc0df81a5d42caaa83e", "time": 1778951801, "mediantime": 1778948819, "nonce": 176932881, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001283919faa998112fb7f51a5e", "nTx": 3757, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000fdf5996195fc712a13080ebceeb0e248215c59cf3bf4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 9bb6 8a9b 7.83 1b9e 124d eabb 6.18 fb6c 223c 62fe eb12 $ : 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 949681 sf: 7.83 6.18 eb12 $ : 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 . 949681 sk: eb12 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 . 949681 ak: b262 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 949681 jk: eb12 b262 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 94173, "bytes": 28116601, "usage": 184127256, "total_fee": 0.06878746, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 404, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 244 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.69% ## 145 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1871 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.839142203237976e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949681, "bestblock": "000000000000000000009bb68a9b70831b9e124deabb6018fb6c223c62feeb12", "txouts": 165262032, "bogosize": 12948149371, "muhash": "0ca570619a47cb6fa88af553699234ca0d45ab172ed632a14ac114710843be80", "total_amount": 20030026.15296864, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09703136, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3513.30806384, "coinbase": 3.15771638, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3513.27534650, "unspendable": 0.00000096, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000096, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949681 { "avgfee": 871, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 416, "blockhash": "000000000000000000009bb68a9b70831b9e124deabb6018fb6c223c62feeb12", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 2, 2, 3, 5 ], "height": 949681, "ins": 7717, "maxfee": 118488, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 68113, "medianfee": 432, "mediantime": 1778948819, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 33, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10708, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1430888, "swtotal_weight": 3451904, "swtxs": 3513, "time": 1778951801, "total_out": 351327534746, "total_size": 1565881, "total_weight": 3991876, "totalfee": 3271638, "txs": 3757, "utxo_increase": 2991, "utxo_size_inc": 222451, "utxo_increase_actual": 2295, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 169031 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4955976021, "totalbytessent": 11021365716, "timemillis": 1778951811278, "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 14 1 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 24 1 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68942, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68942 } } $ halving.sh 949681 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949681 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778951801 This is average time to mine a block (1778951801-1231006505)/949681 bts=576.9776577843951975503379 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 15:33:42 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 12:13:51 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 05:08:46 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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 435b5a508342952a 63244f2e139188f1bd2d8c83ddf1fa460f402e0d2e8d566ef64d365197831d07 d3b8cc8bc831e058 8b854da52402f2d49f415d475c3afdb17b7202f0ab893f1067019635444c44f4 cb16378c56ed11ad 818370af339733257bade9c54550ca89b82abdebd34e07ee33d8d8787a0a05e3 43bc3a74c60b8cb8 11fa900f5e97c034a2da338e8d41790660577e04492b91a16c81c9a3486800f4 fcac17caac832b0e 40a6e70da671bbb17bb71c7b4f6cd323e19573b4c97410d58c181a69cb9a0506 a1f1a574eb6169e3 7e588377ba65eb3534187e5e35b7146933c1d7d636ba655df8ba97abad0aca29 0ca70ca0d783ff2e cba90ed54d0c90ede10ca62c04ff69a918e6b81473ecd4a14491cd2652fa0497 0dab6fd61afae4d4 460531898f51d73072ca55e51dc063a5a785234ed2468ecb65e8ce2c5df3fac7 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _ _ ___ __ ___ __ / _ \| || | / _ \ / / / _ \/_ | | (_) | || || (_) | / /_ | (_) || | \__, |__ _\__, | | '_ \ > _ < | | / / | | / / | (_) | (_) || | /_/ |_| /_/ \___/ \___/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 9bb6 8a9b 7.83 1f | | 2. 1b9e 124d eabb 6.18 2f | | 3. fb6c 223c 62fe eb12 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: eb12 b262 95