# on receiving block 940242 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-11T07:36:11Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-11T07:35:56Z $ uptime # since last reboot 07:36:11 up 22 days, 13:06, 0 users, load average: 0.93, 1.12, 2.00 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2097520 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.4G 477.1G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 940242 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 940242); echo $BH 000000000000000000015c8a9992ce2a2423ba3de85a720c5137cc3dd0416bb8 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000015c8a9992ce2a2423ba3de85a720c5137cc3dd0416bb8 { "hash": "000000000000000000015c8a9992ce2a2423ba3de85a720c5137cc3dd0416bb8", "confirmations": 1, "height": 940242, "version": 764764160, "versionHex": "2d956000", "merkleroot": "823fde436cbf654cdae68c54bac479684a83c3465610e9a5da38c381542bbf5f", "time": 1773214556, "mediantime": 1773211993, "nonce": 2700188848, "bits": "1701f0cc", "target": "00000000000000000001f0cc0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 145042165424853.3, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000116575471e9c3117f6160c1c7", "nTx": 2297, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000005483d4bbd77b1ae9fe6f83f842bfe9beb9c277c3c361" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 5c8a 9992 ce2a 2423 ba3d e85a 72.c 5137 cc3d d.41 6bb8 $ : 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 940242 sf: ...1 72.c d.41 6bb8 $ : 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 . 940242 sk: 6bb8 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 . 940242 ak: 2988 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 21552, "bytes": 23722117, "usage": 127617424, "total_fee": 0.02738202, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 115 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.04% ## 786 of 2016, i.e. 38%, 1230 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.027107578489402e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 940242, "bestblock": "000000000000000000015c8a9992ce2a2423ba3de85a720c5137cc3dd0416bb8", "txouts": 164888164, "bogosize": 12918647593, "muhash": "24aa92a4fe7f9c457474b0fd515e7dec1c64757d152594a6a032566e4dbc0adc", "total_amount": 20000529.28072657, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09427343, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2774.30721609, "coinbase": 3.13639968, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2774.29581640, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 940242 { "avgfee": 496, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 837, "blockhash": "000000000000000000015c8a9992ce2a2423ba3de85a720c5137cc3dd0416bb8", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 940242, "ins": 10697, "maxfee": 100000, "maxfeerate": 479, "maxtxsize": 148554, "medianfee": 19, "mediantime": 1773211993, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 16, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 5094, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1848660, "swtotal_weight": 3693561, "swtxs": 2217, "time": 1773214556, "total_out": 277429581641, "total_size": 1923265, "total_weight": 3991981, "totalfee": 1139968, "txs": 2297, "utxo_increase": -5603, "utxo_size_inc": -403077, "utxo_increase_actual": -6890, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -495528 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 12747203226, "totalbytessent": 17194067684, "timemillis": 1773214571907, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 23 1 24 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 37 1 38 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63130, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63130 } } $ halving.sh 940242 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=940242 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1773214556 This is average time to mine a block (1773214556-1231006505)/940242 bts=576.6680007189630765663769 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 12 21:14:42 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 941149 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Mar 17 08:53:13 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 466. The next fortnight happens in block 941472 and probably around this time: Thu Mar 19 12:37:37 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 15 "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 f7f77c82442a80ba 5cbd7ee92e188ed03a87dea98cb24ebb64194eeff2ce5629c920506db289c03c 0e2b870704623284 81c47e2ae7d386a8f26f7008f5384af82f4a636d41f65b3458870b3be33af014 e9d795e460a00e7e b8a7c46ee47178dc3a2d3eff43c592a8d71909a6b562dc57392de2c65ddbe26d 6296b2f401d811c3 dc2be2b901846d2cae571574fcd480ab2bdbb55c2a175db75f0bf5de3606027d dd1d6ea7ea0a8de3 f98b0b2b428666d7e6cf76a78a491c47c45761e8d8d53f55d240c0022e417c7e d0f19c0740b06b46 e51408a80dc375c8d3128c3571609635b568a1c7b20406a6f1bd5baccfb66ccf f3ce70bf7d644da4 94d4ea771f46356ee629fed84de64451f26dcb6103ec97a19b176c886a0fd864 2f483f8248b737c5 9aa07386ea8a5235ec838575ea2b3c5421e72cf8e550eae3b1bcbce844e8e3fa 59499bad2fa9046f 3f5e9363b58298e5adcec23529de84aeaeccd4c34cdd176ce38ab254ad3335e6 952c29ffb60124fb 31ae36891a66afdde9fbc6f978c0e53ce738d95cc97a5045955a947069fa38e0 63663e97de51cc73 ca9b2cb580ae238a45673c2302e8ed25b4d051c451b000ec0d745914176b8622 be4587ccdee21068 0221ae2495c7bbe16a63aa4a45a010de96a530942b3601af164681001fffcfb9 c6679604b38112ea fe3212bd74f3cd6d61f8df2685b2077a32af2083f0b553aa594e2b4c5b6a8e82 de88b0441f88698c 9ece4dd8b1869206249a2b12d6eb625d219a8309c54718a431ceebbc4fe3718d 7716053ad5fe1196 78c40143649f75315620e8f91533ab8a66750fc5193f07107e7556a27ee9805a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ __ __ __ / || | / \/ )| |/ ) \_/||__|_| | / |__|_ / | | | |/ | / | | \__//___ |/___ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 5c8a 9992 ce2a 1f | | 2. 2423 ba3d e85a 72.c 2f | | 3. 5137 cc3d d.41 6bb8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 2988 94