# on receiving block 967298 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-09-16T16:04:06Z # as written in the block header 2026-09-16T16:03:54Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:04:06 up 28 days, 6:19, 0 users, load average: 0.83, 1.08, 1.08 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1356876 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.0G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.3G .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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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 967298 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 967298); echo $BH 00000000000000000000ba934638aac0d2f5df98dc98c87bae94117c69dd0f56 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000ba934638aac0d2f5df98dc98c87bae94117c69dd0f56 { "hash": "00000000000000000000ba934638aac0d2f5df98dc98c87bae94117c69dd0f56", "confirmations": 1, "height": 967298, "version": 569884672, "versionHex": "21f7c000", "merkleroot": "e9998cf4d49b9a7cba191848bc83002d07a24cb5a4c911f5c9f37616ca92ddc4", "time": 1789574634, "mediantime": 1789571478, "nonce": 1526717999, "bits": "1702355e", "target": "00000000000000000002355e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127450789715843.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000147f7003ad8dde06c6d3ddd7a", "nTx": 3980, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000017a7811b6a7471d7348808b367912e851912b6194a1e6" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... ba93 4638 aac. d2f5 df98 dc98 c87b ae94 117c 69dd .f56 $ : 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 967298 sf: aac. .f56 $ : 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 . 967298 sk: .f56 95 $ : 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 . 967298 ak: 9686 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 967298 jk: 0f56 9686 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 77731, "bytes": 40323857, "usage": 224794280, "total_fee": 0.06754426, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 30, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 167 ## Current epoch estimation is +5.02% ## 1634 of 2016, i.e. 81%, 382 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.560684462775405e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 967298, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000ba934638aac0d2f5df98dc98c87bae94117c69dd0f56", "txouts": 165219025, "bogosize": 12942767577, "muhash": "d53b1c3d3c78b96d0cb96bad2de79cc8d12bf2d6725fa5c78497e71a45039d57", "total_amount": 20085079.25455310, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12044690, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 6406.26864924, "coinbase": 3.15729165, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6406.23635759, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 967298 { "avgfee": 811, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 434, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000ba934638aac0d2f5df98dc98c87bae94117c69dd0f56", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 5 ], "height": 967298, "ins": 8568, "maxfee": 219660, "maxfeerate": 474, "maxtxsize": 87099, "medianfee": 284, "mediantime": 1789571478, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 9582, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1673876, "swtotal_weight": 3772667, "swtxs": 3766, "time": 1789574634, "total_out": 640623635759, "total_size": 1728700, "total_weight": 3991963, "totalfee": 3229165, "txs": 3980, "utxo_increase": 1014, "utxo_size_inc": 74816, "utxo_increase_actual": 2, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 140 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 16212486626, "totalbytessent": 39898580989, "timemillis": 1789574646800, "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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 20 2 22 out 10 0 10 2 total 30 2 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78479, "ipv6": 306, "onion": 1816, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80607 } } $ halving.sh 967298 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=967298 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1789574634 This is average time to mine a block (1789574634-1231006505)/967298 bts=577.4513661236081087647149 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 09:43:36 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 967769 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 19 19:36:53 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 479. The next fortnight happens in block 967680 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 19 05:20:20 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 5b67796efcc30c3a e6b95ac267eab33d7a0fd7febb91b7a01458c13f7cf638b6b9954defce847057 d7201869eca3629d 8c9cf0f7fee6a6d179c6b50e980e102ad5d3f0f9ff453e956ad6287e3f881d79 e4e0241ae017d60e 97ba5b67971b0b0b1a9b5d5f18e7766d776bbbc96729312713b9417376930a03 40942212941d88d9 b75bc570bc14afdd298f24b1cc899c1b325cf078cb4e601c578344b927afeb4a e0a1adad8382d9e0 c3e1be3d4b5b1bc9891aa2017a184015a454bd1b5c2947e93ff5c1ff5fdf490e 646ebacd2d74e318 488cad6d1e128d49f2f49128fca82047c09fade0e0cbc9a0978d2e26484ccd8e bf320b8f136696ac fd9c2f189f8c9a24fd38bade3a9ce4b7d50d11043691b7c1233349d8b9cc14b2 83f6ce849ae8fe0e a13314c2021f6186384c5bc020ebf1c1405d1f83be68263de3f0437f2c0a8bbf 18a3696c699a75af d67fe964c9abe8e51e92efcca88532609d00ad86090012b5301a31e81b05d68d 1eeba50e60490dce 0c9d10718b303f95254e01c5c1b560b76683ee408d3cd4f78b583d7dd35eee19 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ / __ /_ ) _ \ _ ) \_ / _ \ / /\_ / _ \ _/\___/_/ ___| _/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... ba93 4638 aac. 1f | | 2. d2f5 df98 dc98 c87b 2f | | 3. ae94 117c 69dd .f56 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: .f56 9686 95