# on receiving block 949961 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-18T15:48:02Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-18T15:47:15Z $ uptime # since last reboot 15:48:02 up 60 days, 6:40, 0 users, load average: 2.50, 1.96, 1.97 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1481300 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .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 434.5G 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 949961 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949961); echo $BH 00000000000000000001fd694171beafd4fe0f9517cd565ae3b3fbec60674089 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001fd694171beafd4fe0f9517cd565ae3b3fbec60674089 { "hash": "00000000000000000001fd694171beafd4fe0f9517cd565ae3b3fbec60674089", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949961, "version": 721494016, "versionHex": "2b012000", "merkleroot": "59cb758e4547c9f883088362e6870e820a0f035d2fb73a02b014fdcb92eca3fe", "time": 1779119235, "mediantime": 1779116659, "nonce": 124658175, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000128c0fea9fb44b515bee47306", "nTx": 4650, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001ed9a70b9d1290fa5d2accbb3dcf5ecc56cca80413372" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 fd69 4171 beaf d4fe .f95 17cd 565a e3b3 fbec 6.67 4.89 $ : 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 949961 sf: ...1 .f95 6.67 4.89 $ : 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 . 949961 sk: 4.89 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 . 949961 ak: a.fb 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 949961 jk: 4089 a.fb 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 63307, "bytes": 34859295, "usage": 188246336, "total_fee": 0.05330244, "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 152 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.37% ## 425 of 2016, i.e. 21%, 1591 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.807501840478595e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949961, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001fd694171beafd4fe0f9517cd565ae3b3fbec60674089", "txouts": 165191363, "bogosize": 12943178636, "muhash": "95d51ba978b1fceb0a0875e98955a447dc48071f31057dba09e0c5bd5b92a6eb", "total_amount": 20030901.15291795, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09708205, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 11634.79120662, "coinbase": 3.14487488, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 11634.77133174, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949961 { "avgfee": 427, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 355, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001fd694171beafd4fe0f9517cd565ae3b3fbec60674089", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 949961, "ins": 7891, "maxfee": 42300, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 33341, "medianfee": 154, "mediantime": 1779116659, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 17, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 11092, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1599180, "swtotal_weight": 3789570, "swtxs": 4485, "time": 1779119235, "total_out": 1163477133174, "total_size": 1650685, "total_weight": 3995590, "totalfee": 1987488, "txs": 4650, "utxo_increase": 3201, "utxo_size_inc": 233210, "utxo_increase_actual": 1058, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 78391 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5607347514, "totalbytessent": 12402390406, "timemillis": 1779119283107, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69585, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69585 } } $ halving.sh 949961 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949961 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779119235 This is average time to mine a block (1779119235-1231006505)/949961 bts=576.9838477749636301241523 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 17:22:02 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 950059 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 19 07:29:39 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 06:46:56 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. ...1 fd69 4171 beaf 1f | | 2. d4fe .f95 17cd 565a 2f | | 3. e3b3 fbec 6.67 4.89 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 4.89 a.fb 84