# on receiving block 947366 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-01T02:57:28Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-01T02:57:08Z $ uptime # since last reboot 02:57:28 up 42 days, 17:50, 0 users, load average: 1.29, 1.90, 1.97 $ battery.sh 150%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1493888 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 947366 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947366); echo $BH 00000000000000000001d5f30ee3707228a6c41f8eeefa0a4d43411e6bbb86de $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001d5f30ee3707228a6c41f8eeefa0a4d43411e6bbb86de { "hash": "00000000000000000001d5f30ee3707228a6c41f8eeefa0a4d43411e6bbb86de", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947366, "version": 838860800, "versionHex": "32000000", "merkleroot": "2bb0b1ebeb1da10eb01f4644f90d80bbdbce7f692006733cfb70a1531db1fdd7", "time": 1777604228, "mediantime": 1777600228, "nonce": 1224268071, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000123f3b8df80f668ea2ce4ae0a", "nTx": 2430, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000010eec083e69a6ee9a441cf150e33f0f2845ac344c23a0" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 d5f3 .ee3 7.72 28a6 c41f 8eee fa.a 4d43 411e 6bbb 86de $ : 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 947366 sf: ...1 .ee3 7.72 fa.a 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 . 947366 sk: 86de 84 $ : 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 . 947366 ak: d2.6 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 947366 jk: 86de d2.6 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 80319, "bytes": 38487051, "usage": 211302968, "total_fee": 0.06796493, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 14, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 176 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.93% ## 1862 of 2016, i.e. 92%, 154 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.419367974099224e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947366, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001d5f30ee3707228a6c41f8eeefa0a4d43411e6bbb86de", "txouts": 165488795, "bogosize": 12964391379, "muhash": "8f52fecc2937d37d4c0a7c83952cf81b4c15e2a52e06b88cfa62415cc98b6700", "total_amount": 20022791.77832899, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09667101, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2398.29167298, "coinbase": 3.14295351, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2398.27371946, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947366 { "avgfee": 739, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 852, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001d5f30ee3707228a6c41f8eeefa0a4d43411e6bbb86de", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 5 ], "height": 947366, "ins": 5596, "maxfee": 254890, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 152266, "medianfee": 148, "mediantime": 1777600228, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 49, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 139, "outs": 7277, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1835504, "swtotal_weight": 3050603, "swtxs": 2327, "time": 1777604228, "total_out": 239827371947, "total_size": 2070848, "total_weight": 3991979, "totalfee": 1795351, "txs": 2430, "utxo_increase": 1681, "utxo_size_inc": 128835, "utxo_increase_actual": 638, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 52912 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 7115561160, "totalbytessent": 15939429117, "timemillis": 1777604248902, "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 16 1 17 out 10 0 10 2 total 26 1 27 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 65775, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 65775 } } $ halving.sh 947366 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947366 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777604228 This is average time to mine a block (1777604228-1231006505)/947366 bts=576.9651286143595882060489 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 11:54:27 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 16:20:05 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Sat May 2 03:38:00 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 f2879671490e2ab8 b7473f096cec80c6de8d386d51adb4f5c3fe9d9ac36d85ad0f67ce0c06076582 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _ _ _____ / _ \| || |___ | | (_) | || |_ / / \__, |__ _/ / /_/ |_|/_/ _____ __ __ |___ / / /_ / /_ |_ \| '_ \| '_ \ ___) | (_) | (_) | |____/ \___/ \___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 d5f3 .ee3 7.72 1f | | 2. 28a6 c41f 8eee fa.a 2f | | 3. 4d43 411e 6bbb 86de 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 86de d2.6 84