# on receiving block 945662 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-18T19:33:03Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-18T19:32:47Z $ uptime # since last reboot 19:33:03 up 30 days, 10:25, 0 users, load average: 1.45, 1.55, 1.69 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1807984 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.5G 476.9G 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 945662 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 945662); echo $BH 00000000000000000001ec539bed6d9972d77fa05ebd03183984c4bb3076c0b6 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001ec539bed6d9972d77fa05ebd03183984c4bb3076c0b6 { "hash": "00000000000000000001ec539bed6d9972d77fa05ebd03183984c4bb3076c0b6", "confirmations": 1, "height": 945662, "version": 600662016, "versionHex": "23cd6000", "merkleroot": "0f69c9e4482c09d68f4a0c20e9928faba75299a42714631e5f0547200c1e4390", "time": 1776540767, "mediantime": 1776538123, "nonce": 1471966551, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000120bed7940226a0770e249f1a", "nTx": 4333, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001b908e4f2c9cce9985181b3f6111a9a92373752b2e4d5" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 ec53 9bed 6d99 72d7 7fa. 5ebd .318 3984 c4bb 3.76 c.b6 $ : 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 945662 sf: ...1 7fa. .318 3.76 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 . 945662 sk: c.b6 74 $ : 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 . 945662 ak: 47.b 74 $ : Following is the jointkode 945662 jk: c0b6 47.b 74 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 51160, "bytes": 30932393, "usage": 163118552, "total_fee": 0.03978289, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 3, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 128 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.6% ## 158 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1858 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.859693538045892e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 945662, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001ec539bed6d9972d77fa05ebd03183984c4bb3076c0b6", "txouts": 165367101, "bogosize": 12955390959, "muhash": "4ae0142295a33a93bcd1c4f6f0652f1fc5d70317b055c76db58f50398820d0a1", "total_amount": 20017466.77863798, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09636202, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4117.72648192, "coinbase": 3.14277657, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4117.70870535, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 945662 { "avgfee": 410, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 386, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001ec539bed6d9972d77fa05ebd03183984c4bb3076c0b6", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 945662, "ins": 7596, "maxfee": 45183, "maxfeerate": 144, "maxtxsize": 98804, "medianfee": 169, "mediantime": 1776538123, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 20, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10663, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1580616, "swtotal_weight": 3608826, "swtxs": 4130, "time": 1776540767, "total_out": 411770870535, "total_size": 1676387, "total_weight": 3991910, "totalfee": 1777657, "txs": 4333, "utxo_increase": 3067, "utxo_size_inc": 225973, "utxo_increase_actual": 1380, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 105618 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 3045533441, "totalbytessent": 7148607104, "timemillis": 1776540784167, "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 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": 66647, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66647 } } $ halving.sh 945662 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=945662 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776540767 This is average time to mine a block (1776540767-1231006505)/945662 bts=576.8802015094172025340951 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 11:08:13 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 09:42:27 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 05:16:50 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 269934913434b9e6 7cab983d42b6ef7e8437f5a3b0dad7b2689a730b92bce2900fda54c524061bb9 5ff725bc6aebc93d 05fcbf8f96598120ed6311a61026821201293cf016c7b9421452d575c6049977 35ff8e90b9168c8e 490d4db041334b1e10fff5925bd2ac1351957967eaf40ae0538f4fa8dedbfafb a8db41d01e44b71f c27d4cbb48a6a6183ef8a9c61251c920deeddb89528f6f7b2c697ee627d1beb1 3660787a65eabe5f dd71ce4550ec82c6c069ebd0484772a1e1f6968a7aa27977ac83890996d7e984 b7ad7b5ca74dbf01 cf55ced47878b23a5cb171ee2cb89347b7f202e11ca9fa2ce5432a475bce0dce 7a5f222725e05b3f 4792627c4214baf5a06a797688378a0a94c5c2e344982b87a289ad29e7262221 90708984f134c1e4 e8a18ee6df257d8768d2091eb1447d151aefd9f2bc22ff56831b95055f5a8275 7b5d2ad40d728063 4bb80b7c19454ee165068683be6c7e2118d5e4d71a37e378221c70e573da3816 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | | __| / / _ ) \_ /__ _|__ \ _ \ _ \ / _/ _| ___/\___/\___/___| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 ec53 9bed 6d99 1f | | 2. 72d7 7fa. 5ebd .318 2f | | 3. 3984 c4bb 3.76 c.b6 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: c.b6 47.b 74