# on receiving block 956794 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-05T13:56:27Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-05T13:56:53Z $ uptime # since last reboot 13:56:27 up 9 days, 6:27, 0 users, load average: 0.58, 0.61, 0.71 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1881368 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.7G .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 v31.1.0rc1 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 956794 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 956794); echo $BH 000000000000000000005112ce01ce6de997015595895b7e6b96c0aaea14841c $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000005112ce01ce6de997015595895b7e6b96c0aaea14841c { "hash": "000000000000000000005112ce01ce6de997015595895b7e6b96c0aaea14841c", "confirmations": 1, "height": 956794, "version": 598294528, "versionHex": "23a94000", "merkleroot": "f7d89a139140ec3dada0ad515de9ca36191b7b044bbc03db37dca6f6d4dcc04c", "time": 1783259813, "mediantime": 1783254475, "nonce": 1534123291, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013566b44a0ff09ae8af5b1325", "nTx": 3965, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 5112 ce.1 ce6d e997 .155 9589 5b7e 6b96 c.aa ea14 841c $ : 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 956794 sf: ce.1 .155 c.aa 841c $ : 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 . 956794 sk: 841c 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 . 956794 ak: b27f 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 956794 jk: 841c b27f 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 90209, "bytes": 46995625, "usage": 248533320, "total_fee": 0.10222705, "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 217 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.07% ## 1210 of 2016, i.e. 60%, 806 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.679795191609577e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 956794, "bestblock": "000000000000000000005112ce01ce6de997015595895b7e6b96c0aaea14841c", "txouts": 166164668, "bogosize": 13013664013, "muhash": "52a0b802017deb9fc2cdf8b2f7ed51f56a001ecd5ff89679ee7775e7fcb8927d", "total_amount": 20052254.26434565, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11065435, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5495.62306122, "coinbase": 3.30264997, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5495.44541125, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 956794 { "avgfee": 4481, "avgfeerate": 17, "avgtxsize": 424, "blockhash": "000000000000000000005112ce01ce6de997015595895b7e6b96c0aaea14841c", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ], "height": 956794, "ins": 8755, "maxfee": 13927742, "maxfeerate": 2778, "maxtxsize": 217476, "medianfee": 470, "mediantime": 1783254475, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 10354, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1602572, "swtotal_weight": 3669734, "swtxs": 3529, "time": 1783259813, "total_out": 549544541125, "total_size": 1683050, "total_weight": 3991646, "totalfee": 17764997, "txs": 3965, "utxo_increase": 1599, "utxo_size_inc": 119963, "utxo_increase_actual": 415, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 32646 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2905672146, "totalbytessent": 8752844452, "timemillis": 1783259787999, "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 v31.1.0rc1 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ 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": 70536, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70536 } } $ halving.sh 956794 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=956794 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1783259813 This is average time to mine a block (1783259813-1231006505)/956794 bts=577.1908381628248475378738 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 19 05:44:22 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 957759 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Jul 12 00:40:02 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Fri Jul 10 23:10:28 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 c91f3c5076828ddf 2ff662ca5bfdd813c25ccb44aa737f4472120ea78fe0fdc29d5439554aad2dae 7d2c132f3ba5de1f 63c6fd3164391408e507e7ac979aa09b9a070d8d474af6734d13a50ccac0302f c3e6cfc4aa609162 88a5530a137d974df5cad82a20e9e3586f8282ca447e6161ec9c6843412ef50e 33883cdf6a827b1b 8651aed10d88ed6f25815c45a6cf01665a66738dc61c3f47f5f97c2284aa415d ed702cd69dbfd3df 6872e6c6114a608dfa6a4c1e584743b7af7eecc93d7b9f2ab77e759f04656624 051ddd7a2a9d08d2 f02817b398a886d8c4009c7064123e8a0e1c37e4b2fb26926a61a9a6ffb36873 a8a0fd81615fc8e3 3c33e5a29c68f07d7ba25f3f312a522ceff525dd81175049fff5e60282b5167e 5c97616b27894d40 a91de440a2db64239e33cb58c14161ee011df1b6f3b2b184f7bdba2a54baf57a 2911e879515eaa6b a25258327dde52e1f7f8428272fb1c666a320e9cc9be259a730b983f7490be91 a63afcde8473cd7e f6e1cb9b6c3d40049f7182b3b545794355d17ed2f156ad2d1b35af071c06c78b 9081269907adf61f c9e5bbbaf77f0fdd04bc41bf24f3f8238923e60a5ce9a2320a103e9137659c40 2a6944d314aee8a2 b9770535efd81e84efb16cbb1513641733a89252ff433010bcdba2027ee665a7 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ ___ ______ ___ _ _ / _ \ __| / /__ / _ \ | | \_, /__ \/ _ \/ /\_, /_ _| /_/|___/\___/_/ /_/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 5112 ce.1 ce6d 1f | | 2. e997 .155 9589 5b7e 2f | | 3. 6b96 c.aa ea14 841c 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 841c b27f 85