# on receiving block 950545 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-22T17:37:27Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-22T17:36:51Z $ uptime # since last reboot 17:37:26 up 64 days, 8:30, 0 users, load average: 1.62, 1.45, 1.70 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1485124 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 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 950545 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950545); echo $BH 00000000000000000001553d8e62616d117f4fdd3b9c17bce7efbc3bdceacac9 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001553d8e62616d117f4fdd3b9c17bce7efbc3bdceacac9 { "hash": "00000000000000000001553d8e62616d117f4fdd3b9c17bce7efbc3bdceacac9", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950545, "version": 1006632960, "versionHex": "3c000000", "merkleroot": "25f270fa42369e74b16fe4e0e3f1e82c1a67e8a531c8fd98aaab779de3d9dcea", "time": 1779471411, "mediantime": 1779468552, "nonce": 3379598472, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000129dc6debc2dffc4d49b315fe", "nTx": 3612, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000009df32457ec9aab467c9d6d74349da239cf4754931e13" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 553d 8e62 616d 117f 4fdd 3b9c 17bc e7ef bc3b dcea cac9 $ : 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 950545 sf: ...1 cac9 $ : 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 . 950545 sk: cac9 b4 $ : 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 . 950545 ak: 8546 b4 $ : Following is the jointkode 950545 jk: cac9 8546 b4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 105757, "bytes": 41948149, "usage": 243679656, "total_fee": 0.07442957, "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 +0.6% ## 1009 of 2016, i.e. 50%, 1007 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.830281039600406e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950545, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001553d8e62616d117f4fdd3b9c17bce7efbc3bdceacac9", "txouts": 165270902, "bogosize": 12948833935, "muhash": "47e33f365720735d19d7db3961449f4d2d40e5fba5bd2a37218f9d26bc73ec02", "total_amount": 20032726.15263952, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09736048, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4606.41650847, "coinbase": 3.14790914, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4606.39359933, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950545 { "avgfee": 634, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 458, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001553d8e62616d117f4fdd3b9c17bce7efbc3bdceacac9", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 4 ], "height": 950545, "ins": 8336, "maxfee": 39887, "maxfeerate": 120, "maxtxsize": 87218, "medianfee": 305, "mediantime": 1779468552, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10409, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1590312, "swtotal_weight": 3708495, "swtxs": 3385, "time": 1779471411, "total_out": 460639359933, "total_size": 1657433, "total_weight": 3976979, "totalfee": 2290914, "txs": 3612, "utxo_increase": 2073, "utxo_size_inc": 156291, "utxo_increase_actual": 1680, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 126071 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 7143015318, "totalbytessent": 15933691007, "timemillis": 1779471447329, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69945, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69945 } } $ halving.sh 950545 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950545 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779471411 This is average time to mine a block (1779471411-1231006505)/950545 bts=576.9998569243361183993199 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 22:02:11 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 951159 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 26 20:01:28 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 11:00:49 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 10 "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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 cdfb5803a9f3ed96 8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40 dc0af7c1feba1e24 8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _____ ___ / _ \| ____|/ _ \ | (_) | |__ | | | | \__, |___ \| | | | / / ___) | |_| | /_/ |____/ \___/ _____ _ _ _____ | ____| || | | ____| | |__ | || |_| |__ |___ \|__ _|___ \ ___) | | | ___) | |____/ |_| |____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 553d 8e62 616d 1f | | 2. 117f 4fdd 3b9c 17bc 2f | | 3. e7ef bc3b dcea cac9 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: cac9 8546 b4