# on receiving block 950688 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-05-23T16:24:48Z
# as written in the block header
2026-05-23T16:24:31Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
16:24:48 up 65 days, 7:17, 0 users, load average: 2.13, 1.72, 1.67
$ battery.sh
163%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1546160 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/
12.3G .bitcoin/indexes
4.5G .bitcoin/signet
2.6M .bitcoin/wallets
97.7G .bitcoin/blocks
18.6M .bitcoin/regtest
10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate
125.5G .bitcoin/
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.6G 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
950688
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950688); echo $BH
000000000000000000007eec30e5ab5ad3a6d5d37cc1133480889c14907bac17
$ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000007eec30e5ab5ad3a6d5d37cc1133480889c14907bac17
{
"hash": "000000000000000000007eec30e5ab5ad3a6d5d37cc1133480889c14907bac17",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 950688,
"version": 900702208,
"versionHex": "35afa000",
"merkleroot": "04f0ab4e1587677fbd345d13866ce2796c88f53806dbb0fdfb2cd16e6c9ed35e",
"time": 1779553471,
"mediantime": 1779551073,
"nonce": 1664848778,
"bits": "17020f79",
"target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 136607070854775.1,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012a21d4ffd03e8e2dbcc8c087",
"nTx": 4588,
"previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000accaad8ea2bf236a13f31dae6ba761ffe328cc7f05fe"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... .... ....
.... 7eec 3.e5 ab5a
d3a6 d5d3 7cc1 1334
8.88 9c14 9.7b ac17
$ : 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
950688 sf: 3.e5 8.88 9.7b ac17
$ : 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 .
950688 sk: ac17 85
$ : 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 .
950688 ak: ac23 85
$ : Following is the jointkode
950688 jk: ac17 ac23 85
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 105411,
"bytes": 42172185,
"usage": 244744488,
"total_fee": 0.08014920,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 0,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 64,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
190
## Current epoch estimation is +0.22%
## 1152 of 2016, i.e. 57%, 864 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016
9.793024249704744e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535
9.770940180508523e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519
9.480332550563884e+20
$ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 950688,
"bestblock": "000000000000000000007eec30e5ab5ad3a6d5d37cc1133480889c14907bac17",
"txouts": 165344768,
"bogosize": 12954336705,
"muhash": "cc13e3c8dc254382064f3641046fdeb8f7bbeee7224d69d6f1f3fccb41a5e433",
"total_amount": 20033173.02761292,
"total_unspendable_amount": 230.09738708,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 2662.74712988,
"coinbase": 3.17093898,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2662.70119090,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950688
{
"avgfee": 1001,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 366,
"blockhash": "000000000000000000007eec30e5ab5ad3a6d5d37cc1133480889c14907bac17",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
2,
2,
4,
14
],
"height": 950688,
"ins": 7112,
"maxfee": 48100,
"maxfeerate": 106,
"maxtxsize": 30005,
"medianfee": 482,
"mediantime": 1779551073,
"mediantxsize": 223,
"minfee": 31,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 150,
"outs": 11145,
"subsidy": 312500000,
"swtotal_size": 1609882,
"swtotal_weight": 3712450,
"swtxs": 4368,
"time": 1779553471,
"total_out": 266270119090,
"total_size": 1679757,
"total_weight": 3991950,
"totalfee": 4593898,
"txs": 4588,
"utxo_increase": 4033,
"utxo_size_inc": 295964,
"utxo_increase_actual": 3276,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 240060
}
$ bitcoin-cli getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 7501128649,
"totalbytessent": 16782968338,
"timemillis": 1779553489118,
"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 19 1 20
out 10 0 10 2
total 29 1 30
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 69953,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 69953
}
}
$ halving.sh 950688
=====================================
Bitcoin Block Halving prediction
=====================================
bc=950688
gbt=1231006505
bbt=1779553471
This is average time to mine a block
(1779553471-1231006505)/950688
bts=576.9993825530746647957428
Now let's multiply that by 1050000
which is the block number of next
halving and get the prediction:
Thu Mar 16 21:53:53 UTC 2028
-------------------------------------
Next palindrome will be 951159
predicted to happen at this time:
Tue May 26 19:53:57 UTC 2026
-------------------------------------
Current mining epoch number is 471.
The next fortnight happens in block
951552 and probably around this time:
Fri May 29 10:53:18 UTC 2026
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt
$ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
10 "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
1b610f06c935029b
eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0
d582e95bdd3788ff
71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e
3b8136a5b4352438
5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f
0dd7498f9e57aafe
9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d
9b4c3531d93af896
4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76
d3b8cc8bc831e058
5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb
003428f23a2eace5
704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46
cdfb5803a9f3ed96
8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40
dc0af7c1feba1e24
8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... .... .... .f |
| 1. .... 7eec 3.e5 ab5a 1f |
| 2. d3a6 d5d3 7cc1 1334 2f |
| 3. 8.88 9c14 9.7b ac17 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: ac17 ac23 85