# on receiving block 949536 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-15T16:01:55Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-15T16:01:24Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:01:55 up 57 days, 6:54, 0 users, load average: 1.97, 2.15, 2.17 $ battery.sh 158%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1559856 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 434.4G 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 949536 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949536); echo $BH 0000000000000000000058f395fe8d8c83ee084e7b1f91f5398af5c2fe836738 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000058f395fe8d8c83ee084e7b1f91f5398af5c2fe836738 { "hash": "0000000000000000000058f395fe8d8c83ee084e7b1f91f5398af5c2fe836738", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949536, "version": 802897920, "versionHex": "2fdb4000", "merkleroot": "d9b17f8bafe3869ab89b38ab0f6988f42a8609c384d7b89b1e1eec24c5ca59bc", "time": 1778860884, "mediantime": 1778856591, "nonce": 2583715329, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000127f2ba6903deaa064fcb7107", "nTx": 3934, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000158e0e476f624bf4d50fd64f6ff418501fe55c7ff0dcf" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 58f3 95fe 8d8c 83ee .84e 7b1f 91f5 398a f5c2 fe83 6738 $ : 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 949536 sf: .84e 6738 $ : 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 . 949536 sk: 6738 a5 $ : 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 . 949536 ak: 7438 a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 949536 jk: 6738 7438 a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 118522, "bytes": 44937982, "usage": 265136888, "total_fee": 0.10271206, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 2, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 228 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.05% ## 0 of 2016, i.e. 0%, 2016 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.776571305597958e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949536, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000058f395fe8d8c83ee084e7b1f91f5398af5c2fe836738", "txouts": 165270740, "bogosize": 12948725803, "muhash": "98f7f999092a17febd02c6c4a849f1aeb77968c769d90d8403d524c9cdffa8b8", "total_amount": 20029573.02797373, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09702627, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 7428.79494547, "coinbase": 3.15755405, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 7428.76239142, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949536 { "avgfee": 827, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 433, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000058f395fe8d8c83ee084e7b1f91f5398af5c2fe836738", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 3, 3, 5 ], "height": 949536, "ins": 8738, "maxfee": 65065, "maxfeerate": 73, "maxtxsize": 67631, "medianfee": 482, "mediantime": 1778856591, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 32, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 9041, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1639748, "swtotal_weight": 3731339, "swtxs": 3718, "time": 1778860884, "total_out": 742876239142, "total_size": 1704884, "total_weight": 3991883, "totalfee": 3255405, "txs": 3934, "utxo_increase": 303, "utxo_size_inc": 29126, "utxo_increase_actual": -136, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -7596 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4615742990, "totalbytessent": 10282221631, "timemillis": 1778860915842, "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 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68701, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68701 } } $ halving.sh 949536 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949536 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778860884 This is average time to mine a block (1778860884-1231006505)/949536 bts=576.9700169661635091628867 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:19:59 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 10:12:52 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 03:07:35 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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 e8bb29e27632bdd7 bd4ad3144c309746e2f9437453ad43af6201afd501ad0a184d6077a55cac482c 435b5a508342952a 63244f2e139188f1bd2d8c83ddf1fa460f402e0d2e8d566ef64d365197831d07 d3b8cc8bc831e058 8b854da52402f2d49f415d475c3afdb17b7202f0ab893f1067019635444c44f4 cb16378c56ed11ad 818370af339733257bade9c54550ca89b82abdebd34e07ee33d8d8787a0a05e3 43bc3a74c60b8cb8 11fa900f5e97c034a2da338e8d41790660577e04492b91a16c81c9a3486800f4 68c0558a378e227b 789cf5a94a05c869839368aa65f22065d49d66696b7b330b035a877eac917561 fcac17caac832b0e 40a6e70da671bbb17bb71c7b4f6cd323e19573b4c97410d58c181a69cb9a0506 a1f1a574eb6169e3 7e588377ba65eb3534187e5e35b7146933c1d7d636ba655df8ba97abad0aca29 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ##### # ##### # # # # # # ###### # # ###### # ####### # # # # # # ##### # ##### ####### ##### ##### # # # # # # # # ###### ##### ###### # # # # # # # # # # ##### ##### ##### ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 58f3 95fe 8d8c 1f | | 2. 83ee .84e 7b1f 91f5 2f | | 3. 398a f5c2 fe83 6738 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 6738 7438 a5