# on receiving block 945374 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-16T19:02:59Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-16T19:02:22Z $ uptime # since last reboot 19:02:59 up 28 days, 9:55, 0 users, load average: 1.58, 1.79, 1.50 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2092540 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.6G 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 945374 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 945374); echo $BH 00000000000000000000875dcaf095f8e5ec358a7ad034334fc1c63509478fb1 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000875dcaf095f8e5ec358a7ad034334fc1c63509478fb1 { "hash": "00000000000000000000875dcaf095f8e5ec358a7ad034334fc1c63509478fb1", "confirmations": 1, "height": 945374, "version": 598999044, "versionHex": "23b40004", "merkleroot": "77c91374d52a7f729db219d03949395fafa342f68d758bbd37d5cad2bb283961", "time": 1776366142, "mediantime": 1776362356, "nonce": 456039959, "bits": "17020684", "target": "0000000000000000000206840000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138966872071213.2, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000120328e7050bb16bf12a51d18", "nTx": 2610, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000168daa7c72d89fe53fcf60a01e16dce50dd6994711039" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 875d caf. 95f8 e5ec 358a 7ad. 3433 4fc1 c635 .947 8fb1 $ : 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 945374 sf: caf. 7ad. .947 8fb1 $ : 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 . 945374 sk: 8fb1 85 $ : 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 . 945374 ak: 49d2 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 945374 jk: 8fb1 49d2 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 42584, "bytes": 29373655, "usage": 152170184, "total_fee": 0.03773646, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 1, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 128 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.98% ## 1886 of 2016, i.e. 93%, 130 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.744640348698087e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 941471 9.575843405435805e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 945374, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000875dcaf095f8e5ec358a7ad034334fc1c63509478fb1", "txouts": 165233514, "bogosize": 12945604022, "muhash": "e134fd975d8cb4ea1ae4e79d29e99d3138cf57f2af649d95e66c6ca6c904af88", "total_amount": 20016566.77968555, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09531445, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3184.09324621, "coinbase": 3.14650221, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3184.07174399, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 945374 { "avgfee": 824, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 628, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000875dcaf095f8e5ec358a7ad034334fc1c63509478fb1", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 945374, "ins": 8927, "maxfee": 95624, "maxfeerate": 120, "maxtxsize": 91765, "medianfee": 266, "mediantime": 1776362356, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 7511, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1454108, "swtotal_weight": 3245639, "swtxs": 2450, "time": 1776366142, "total_out": 318407174400, "total_size": 1640632, "total_weight": 3991735, "totalfee": 2150221, "txs": 2610, "utxo_increase": -1416, "utxo_size_inc": -96977, "utxo_increase_actual": -1514, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -106928 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2218046191, "totalbytessent": 5243811006, "timemillis": 1776366179320, "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 23 1 24 out 10 0 10 2 total 33 1 34 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66360, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66360 } } $ halving.sh 945374 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=945374 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776366142 This is average time to mine a block (1776366142-1231006505)/945374 bts=576.8712278196482877165146 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 08:31:11 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 945549 predicted to happen at this time: Fri Apr 17 23:04:54 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 468. The next fortnight happens in block 945504 and probably around this time: Fri Apr 17 15:52:15 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 17 "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 f56a262282741ea8 4df63dc3c6ced6934e7e313d066ce2be54845ec57965f0fbbbe132913df3a290 755b9f5f93db7723 980b5373be7fa0da140ccfe912855a0dd8472c36f24cba24cb38c93ba67f7e6a 08e90a4e886cc004 b19ee80a24ad973d85ec6c250d333b553204b0f770aa8723c02903f8e7ef8f43 e2e3a8a9b66f66cc 59322e76b5e77ad210cfdddd2d249181a5c2f8b0190ac3d54ab12f933dc1b514 874ecb7e09c0d7ad 6200b6c82799730ff7cfb724410fe6dba6f2830ac6a3f6c8fa9b04e7ae924d2e b981533910ce48a3 ae45381732a48cee007c7de039143946fed374651851a22f6ba8dacaf0cf39da 102ab9eb2c54dc95 71d93f553cfa092d3efb195f4480571de4b900406a831880fda71f5f04161a90 6eebcb0b3f6aaadf 1580cd60cd863a012d5ac079453db185f9521c106ea7a900398fa3b7be1c13fa 269934913434b9e6 7cab983d42b6ef7e8437f5a3b0dad7b2689a730b92bce2900fda54c524061bb9 d5af3293cde8f897 724478cb113a3d5c7d0a8520d8f6ff57e2f6a8a844dae6f7a1975958546f4989 cf3bab726e1fad42 3ee26187dd1b6c1fba02b5874e6a672e6cc024f2c646061f70884455651d6d62 8bfe4a0dbacec04e 986bfe97dd16679423ba7b4c0d85628afc5cd9dc88668dd9cec05afd49b19ec4 024be341650ff134 0c71ee2f739d2d461bf02373ae66f9497eeae7a2cfbf09015a7aceeedb46f363 4dfdd0c60649a6b2 5fb1c6888ca1436e362ab472d30afd3d927f8b862677e7bd1b79818cad3b166b 87f37e51736fd0e0 19e14fc4cd59652bb688ebb939aa4a5b989b42d9adc46633d7a33d3cb712d03d 192f4d1983f283d4 7057249d20878c83c78cb24a83d21ec169f78213ed686e88ef4d74922afc3b99 ff20bf563b191902 3d49033859784c0a3ccdfad011bb5b8ab9a8c1d53e6e58603eceb8e64986d21f $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | | __|__ /__ /| | \_ /__ _|__ \ _ \ /__ _| _/ _| ___/___/ _/ _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 875d caf. 95f8 1f | | 2. e5ec 358a 7ad. 3433 2f | | 3. 4fc1 c635 .947 8fb1 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8fb1 49d2 85