# on receiving block 957189 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-08T14:56:33Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-08T14:55:21Z $ uptime # since last reboot 14:56:33 up 12 days, 7:27, 0 users, load average: 0.54, 0.57, 0.54 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1765180 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.3G 475.1G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0rc1 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 957189 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 957189); echo $BH 00000000000000000000344dccd6fbafc6d62e4b77bc8e032c5281ef212b692e $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000344dccd6fbafc6d62e4b77bc8e032c5281ef212b692e { "hash": "00000000000000000000344dccd6fbafc6d62e4b77bc8e032c5281ef212b692e", "confirmations": 1, "height": 957189, "version": 537001984, "versionHex": "20020000", "merkleroot": "e04b1b8dd425f83690e59b33f763ef9d9cad035a0af2445f9aa966183124f3ee", "time": 1783522521, "mediantime": 1783520702, "nonce": 1383957566, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001362291d292b3d5c11bf16f9a", "nTx": 4173, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001d430ddf3a1fd262a9c0bb2a345960deb0018c11db01d" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 344d ccd6 fbaf c6d6 2e4b 77bc 8e.3 2c52 81ef 212b 692e $ : 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 957189 sf: 8e.3 692e $ : 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 . 957189 sk: 692e a5 $ : 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 . 957189 ak: f7ae a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 957189 jk: 692e f7ae a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 83184, "bytes": 42340767, "usage": 231461656, "total_fee": 0.07525865, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 177 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.78% ## 1605 of 2016, i.e. 79%, 411 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.406027809472939e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 957189, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000344dccd6fbafc6d62e4b77bc8e032c5281ef212b692e", "txouts": 166195446, "bogosize": 13016172563, "muhash": "dacba75f449cd5a858ee0f24a0bfe10f172685a7eadd599285a180c5faadb66d", "total_amount": 20053488.63590218, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11409782, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5403.70359133, "coinbase": 3.14703711, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5403.68155422, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 957189 { "avgfee": 528, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 395, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000344dccd6fbafc6d62e4b77bc8e032c5281ef212b692e", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 957189, "ins": 8345, "maxfee": 67004, "maxfeerate": 401, "maxtxsize": 62712, "medianfee": 176, "mediantime": 1783520702, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 9630, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1517281, "swtotal_weight": 3470644, "swtxs": 3827, "time": 1783522521, "total_out": 540368155422, "total_size": 1648432, "total_weight": 3995248, "totalfee": 2203711, "txs": 4173, "utxo_increase": 1285, "utxo_size_inc": 94710, "utxo_increase_actual": -435, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -30669 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4048797834, "totalbytessent": 12018160857, "timemillis": 1783522594101, "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 v31.1.0rc1 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 21 1 22 out 10 0 10 2 total 31 1 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70350, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70350 } } $ halving.sh 957189 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=957189 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1783522521 This is average time to mine a block (1783522521-1231006505)/957189 bts=577.2271085155507266060029 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 19 16:19:06 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 957759 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Jul 12 10:19:00 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 11 08:49:21 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 c91f3c5076828ddf 2ff662ca5bfdd813c25ccb44aa737f4472120ea78fe0fdc29d5439554aad2dae c3e6cfc4aa609162 88a5530a137d974df5cad82a20e9e3586f8282ca447e6161ec9c6843412ef50e ed702cd69dbfd3df 6872e6c6114a608dfa6a4c1e584743b7af7eecc93d7b9f2ab77e759f04656624 051ddd7a2a9d08d2 f02817b398a886d8c4009c7064123e8a0e1c37e4b2fb26926a61a9a6ffb36873 a8a0fd81615fc8e3 3c33e5a29c68f07d7ba25f3f312a522ceff525dd81175049fff5e60282b5167e a63afcde8473cd7e f6e1cb9b6c3d40049f7182b3b545794355d17ed2f156ad2d1b35af071c06c78b 2a6944d314aee8a2 b9770535efd81e84efb16cbb1513641733a89252ff433010bcdba2027ee665a7 30a51426b6de23ce e25a9c66c68f1e48ad403039d8f622e1deea3cb56012a54dc48cbd2f5e4ef48c 646ebacd2d74e318 bd43be62d0ad5fecc908c677ba9e39ac3e63968ecda93313550666577e47b9a0 3406962fafb73e85 f51300a6bfb92d088f0bc47eef229212156d02b81bb15210520ebd86591ebecd a6d712306e74c21d b1f0d501c51e5555b86ddf1ca26d4e624b89193e644c8e55cfdb17674f0d04fb $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ _________ , __ __ / || //|/ \/ | \_/||___ / |\__/\_/| | \ / |/ \ | |\___/ / |\__/ | ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 344d ccd6 fbaf 1f | | 2. c6d6 2e4b 77bc 8e.3 2f | | 3. 2c52 81ef 212b 692e 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 692e f7ae a5