# on receiving block 949865 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-17T22:49:03Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-17T22:48:47Z $ uptime # since last reboot 22:49:03 up 59 days, 13:41, 0 users, load average: 3.63, 2.76, 2.29 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1527920 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 10.9G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.9G 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 949865 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949865); echo $BH 00000000000000000000221feec96d0c2039a36e05987ed299381f308fec48c3 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000221feec96d0c2039a36e05987ed299381f308fec48c3 { "hash": "00000000000000000000221feec96d0c2039a36e05987ed299381f308fec48c3", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949865, "version": 537894912, "versionHex": "200fa000", "merkleroot": "67e223084b4e332bb11339bd947c3e2e120e9de2102ffab3eb71ff9bdaf08b6d", "time": 1779058127, "mediantime": 1779056888, "nonce": 673016110, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012892671d6a3cb767cb24ac66", "nTx": 6405, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000201d10028a956d44b7316808363591fcc1ef139ac4a7e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 221f eec9 6d.c 2.39 a36e .598 7ed2 9938 1f3. 8fec 48c3 $ : 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 949865 sf: 6d.c 2.39 .598 1f3. 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 . 949865 sk: 48c3 75 $ : 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 . 949865 ak: 18e. 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 949865 jk: 48c3 18e. 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 63905, "bytes": 34799819, "usage": 187982384, "total_fee": 0.05242742, "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 150 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.54% ## 329 of 2016, i.e. 16%, 1687 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.824170690479188e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949865, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000221feec96d0c2039a36e05987ed299381f308fec48c3", "txouts": 165192128, "bogosize": 12943104110, "muhash": "f56bfbcfcd073cc78d678c42de43818dd2b8e9f3a49e433c6dbad565b3ba8726", "total_amount": 20030601.15292107, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09707893, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5368.29515009, "coinbase": 3.13291614, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5368.28723395, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949865 { "avgfee": 123, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 257, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000221feec96d0c2039a36e05987ed299381f308fec48c3", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 949865, "ins": 7235, "maxfee": 27512, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 27330, "medianfee": 45, "mediantime": 1779056888, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 17, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 13186, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1632280, "swtotal_weight": 3933016, "swtxs": 6357, "time": 1779058127, "total_out": 536828723395, "total_size": 1646944, "total_weight": 3991672, "totalfee": 791614, "txs": 6405, "utxo_increase": 5951, "utxo_size_inc": 425967, "utxo_increase_actual": 203, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 16499 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5363883294, "totalbytessent": 11806514894, "timemillis": 1779058145045, "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 17 1 18 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69447, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69447 } } $ halving.sh 949865 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949865 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779058127 This is average time to mine a block (1779058127-1231006505)/949865 bts=576.9778284515921193094604 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 15:36:41 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 12:16:33 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 05:11:28 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 03e6e975acae6a2c 0fd63d9405ea7e789fd54a5e3cb1c9ad970ff213d90c955385524e5bcc90fcc7 34ddbc60bb1942e1 4d9cd7beec41bf7d38f143aa7df095fabd6829cca950e4c90704cc4d8923d959 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | | _ \ _ ) / __| \_ /__ _|\_ / _ \ _ \__ \ _/ _| _/\___/\___/___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 221f eec9 6d.c 1f | | 2. 2.39 a36e .598 7ed2 2f | | 3. 9938 1f3. 8fec 48c3 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 48c3 18e. 75