# on receiving block 963255 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-20T04:21:36Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-20T04:21:26Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:21:36 up 18:37, 0 users, load average: 4.79, 2.41, 1.87 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2132448 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 5.0G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.4G 475.1G 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 963255 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 963255); echo $BH 000000000000000000015d1de3c52aa8bcf02f144f81def4f3c84b1c44690d20 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000015d1de3c52aa8bcf02f144f81def4f3c84b1c44690d20 { "hash": "000000000000000000015d1de3c52aa8bcf02f144f81def4f3c84b1c44690d20", "confirmations": 1, "height": 963255, "version": 552419328, "versionHex": "20ed4000", "merkleroot": "d0bd5d2a40d1ed8859a16bcea849da1589a16561c952706e1f4de18e962aa15a", "time": 1787199686, "mediantime": 1787197588, "nonce": 3144753932, "bits": "1702353d", "target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127479855693691.4, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000140dc0ced0404f7558b32f858", "nTx": 4247, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001e1dfb7e5a2cdd7eefd7aa678183b2d963997a11aac9e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 5d1d e3c5 2aa8 bcf. 2f14 4f81 def4 f3c8 4b1c 4469 .d2. $ : 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 963255 sf: ...1 bcf. .d2. $ : 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 . 963255 sk: .d2. 94 $ : 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 . 963255 ak: 677d 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 963255 jk: 0d20 677d 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 80714, "bytes": 42637802, "usage": 232254608, "total_fee": 0.07377513, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 173 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.49% ## 1623 of 2016, i.e. 80%, 393 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.074749276978487e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 963255, "bestblock": "000000000000000000015d1de3c52aa8bcf02f144f81def4f3c84b1c44690d20", "txouts": 165832192, "bogosize": 12988575172, "muhash": "7ddf1c87162492d50fce601df482ddbc73662095042b0d98227d06ba6cb7867c", "total_amount": 20072444.88479491, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11520509, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 6201.34246269, "coinbase": 3.14065665, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6201.32680604, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 963255 { "avgfee": 368, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 491, "blockhash": "000000000000000000015d1de3c52aa8bcf02f144f81def4f3c84b1c44690d20", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 3 ], "height": 963255, "ins": 5639, "maxfee": 194648, "maxfeerate": 150, "maxtxsize": 361031, "medianfee": 55, "mediantime": 1787197588, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 9458, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 2012297, "swtotal_weight": 3688721, "swtxs": 4101, "time": 1787199686, "total_out": 620132680604, "total_size": 2088078, "total_weight": 3991845, "totalfee": 1565665, "txs": 4247, "utxo_increase": 3819, "utxo_size_inc": 271143, "utxo_increase_actual": 699, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 50987 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 359295822, "totalbytessent": 791020349, "timemillis": 1787199696561, "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": 76055, "ipv6": 319, "onion": 1896, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 78276 } } $ halving.sh 963255 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=963255 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1787199686 This is average time to mine a block (1787199686-1231006505)/963255 bts=577.4095162656656174474905 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 21:31:14 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 963369 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 20 22:38:30 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 477. The next fortnight happens in block 963648 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 22 19:23:27 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 1e20c486d87d8e26 75b93712d23e77452e111e93cee07f85a327813edabe69d74126d13a464adebc 0e7c9f59356b46d0 8209e1dfa66f19080f885b13d843c6081a2c99f87cce865571a5f9d204b5ddbc 6f31b68b09595ca5 34d8ffedba87a8aa0dbfeae1355d7e1be7391902ec618a0807dc31199763f9c5 ac6041e79c618f0a 0dd0d3410b6fc8b15f0540bd1a28f029c2fd1ed09b7ebf2b85e960faafe6b32a b5ac3e90e1ca0273 748369de815a894b1b086e1bb9619321fa09324ef3ba8e1fd4db13a0b32334a1 e5f64230f7288b66 1943ab0513411cd6eeea3252b7f1f751fc88a04686be9ea6b46d73a795fcb118 32d2c077f3a00e72 f71c1be6095d5cbad15b544e53372e004638443f98d9eeaf373838e9b527f021 24824019152dcb00 90deb1176773a8b4405c842e2833691c1391a3b0cc773595cdcf22199a3fd96d 31745a28958fc343 a62b26c8eb08f67c04f53a33c0b912fb2e5e6ea602a88b6653d9420518f431f7 9259ca9bdf631449 a60535d73743efa2e326e7400b22c76a6604c29e68ae53f8e2bac55235aa9073 6504969dc3442dbc 71d906db206b58a1376717124a1e8471e75061ac8f777e854ef677b1129d8244 1fb088f884ac63d6 0c32cc8f1f7de1b56372624c24a6e57f3b606c5b079c14d13b7288444ceb9fcf 203762d7c6e681c9 658e369cb9a4d621d62456ae7a6cda3780cf303e39f306129f2823b0544c7304 9ece92cc5c6868d2 f70ba2fdd0eaacc5262e086f08378cc801cf17cf6c5e3470c17f34238dfae80d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ __ ___ __ ____ ____ / | / / \/ )| | \_/|| __ __/ / |___ |___ ||/ \ \ / \ \ | \__/\___//___\___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 5d1d e3c5 2aa8 1f | | 2. bcf. 2f14 4f81 def4 2f | | 3. f3c8 4b1c 4469 .d2. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: .d2. 677d 94