# on receiving block 969571 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-02T10:01:41Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-02T10:01:54Z $ uptime # since last reboot 10:01:41 up 44 days, 17 min, 0 users, load average: 0.88, 1.68, 1.64 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1535628 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.1G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 446.0G 464.4G 49% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc2 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 969571 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 969571); echo $BH 00000000000000000000335160b6a697ce18e1dbeae4f50c6dba9c439f44ecb9 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000335160b6a697ce18e1dbeae4f50c6dba9c439f44ecb9 { "hash": "00000000000000000000335160b6a697ce18e1dbeae4f50c6dba9c439f44ecb9", "confirmations": 1, "height": 969571, "version": 536936448, "versionHex": "20010000", "merkleroot": "8ef1a0a8c3b2e0356f4568285d6f0a3ad36afa275bbebbe340e9ad2702b57a7e", "time": 1790935314, "mediantime": 1790933068, "nonce": 959608631, "bits": "17021ec5", "target": "000000000000000000021ec50000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132757073449487.5, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014c1fe3e7e04448aca0b893f8", "nTx": 1, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000009095a2845a0b9d4add484e56abd751abd065a145811c" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 3351 6.b6 a697 ce18 e1db eae4 f5.c 6dba 9c43 9f44 ecb9 $ : 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 969571 sf: 6.b6 f5.c ecb9 $ : 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 . 969571 sk: ecb9 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 . 969571 ak: 475f 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 969571 jk: ecb9 475f 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 77661, "bytes": 42831868, "usage": 239103816, "total_fee": 0.06997421, "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 163 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.76% ## 1891 of 2016, i.e. 93%, 125 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.572262397781912e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 967679 9.500046813447429e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 969571, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000335160b6a697ce18e1dbeae4f50c6dba9c439f44ecb9", "txouts": 165060909, "bogosize": 12929942248, "muhash": "3d9ee6f18c24ab4170771e7c47d50374d2104f8b5adf6509883b04e1901c201a", "total_amount": 20092182.37648105, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12351895, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 0.00000000, "coinbase": 3.12500000, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 0.00000000, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 969571 { "avgfee": 0, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 0, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000335160b6a697ce18e1dbeae4f50c6dba9c439f44ecb9", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "height": 969571, "ins": 0, "maxfee": 0, "maxfeerate": 0, "maxtxsize": 0, "medianfee": 0, "mediantime": 1790933068, "mediantxsize": 0, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 0, "outs": 6, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 0, "swtotal_weight": 0, "swtxs": 0, "time": 1790935314, "total_out": 0, "total_size": 0, "total_weight": 0, "totalfee": 0, "txs": 1, "utxo_increase": 6, "utxo_size_inc": 488, "utxo_increase_actual": 2, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 144 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4437670987, "totalbytessent": 11247292753, "timemillis": 1790935301595, "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 v32.0.0rc2 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 19 2 21 out 10 0 10 2 total 29 2 31 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79015, "ipv6": 304, "onion": 1785, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81110 } } $ halving.sh 969571 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=969571 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1790935314 This is average time to mine a block (1790935314-1231006505)/969571 bts=577.5010097238781647984884 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 00:12:22 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 969969 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Oct 5 01:52:39 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 480. The next fortnight happens in block 969696 and probably around this time: Sat Oct 3 06:05:01 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 2638cb3a108d900e 5c23cf0a7624dba63a8a1df89c4dc2ac99fdf4f42521516c2c2d3d413c72dede b3625ff05d28c44a bba1950afb4e86c068d4a804aa35e039159a640f2e515f6ef35a212611f311d0 aad430ef090da1b7 7f21bf4e121dcb71dfc17a70080fcfd2f22326dc6e637a6f2fd8927468023cf3 03706f07814a1d31 4d815ccd8edbb7d892f67edff3d13150be6fec299299c0194b6bca10c4f09f4a 5ac1ca0821af98a4 0137e957784b260479acb529578786c746f44d0d45d087e384d9976b91185d60 24ab76b351076455 41826c4fc9ff5ea7958000dd04b82c5b0612be0357d1c9b575672ace3a718f54 9a3df9c1366cc7ff 8993178effdb1544d45719a0273547038eef66d81398418f018f40c83a914a0c 17c36670b181a293 52dd4cf65ace715b5f5b4432232db438536a0c6c1a867bacf608d59987e95a40 18e90e4dc4ce5885 7219a4ba652779671e5b39193fe5f467001778dff1ff91a04ec0d9341f4d3036 b567b0e2ca878a99 72a7334d8903bf9e707206c031a029da61bbb632fe7cffc3018a2798058a9d43 020294092b743502 95370aca4a0c1893ccfb75cd66111989b7c64e93b48f99483882ab94cb5307b0 6ce07eba76d9dd3d 5f690828bf1c30c1cbf77036d472593f4c8f8c48d7134db77e1862f50fb1687a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ __ ___ _____ ______ __ / _ \ / // _ \ | ____|____ /_ | | (_) |/ /| (_) | | |__ / / | | \__, | '_ \__, | |___ \ / / | | / /| (_) |/ / ___) | / / | | /_/ \___//_/ |____/ /_/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 3351 6.b6 a697 1f | | 2. ce18 e1db eae4 f5.c 2f | | 3. 6dba 9c43 9f44 ecb9 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: ecb9 475f 95