# on receiving block 943042 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-31T09:20:28Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-31T09:20:05Z $ uptime # since last reboot 09:20:28 up 12 days, 13 min, 0 users, load average: 0.76, 0.76, 1.26 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2147400 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.2G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.1G 477.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0rc2 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 943042 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 943042); echo $BH 00000000000000000001d061a7af4a62b4c23c7af653c8bf55cd52654781454e $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001d061a7af4a62b4c23c7af653c8bf55cd52654781454e { "hash": "00000000000000000001d061a7af4a62b4c23c7af653c8bf55cd52654781454e", "confirmations": 1, "height": 943042, "version": 544014336, "versionHex": "206d0000", "merkleroot": "706c71aed569f15a3602b1cf354ef63edc952ad3c493bb1eac18983619e77d9d", "time": 1774948805, "mediantime": 1774946587, "nonce": 290079199, "bits": "17021a91", "target": "000000000000000000021a910000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133793147307542.8, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000011bbb634895b2d4f560d38c84", "nTx": 5971, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000005d703cc0d379bf57e9d9c9933a1bfde363dbb2b8e648" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 d.61 a7af 4a62 b4c2 3c7a f653 c8bf 55cd 5265 4781 454e $ : 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 943042 sf: ...1 d.61 454e $ : 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 . 943042 sk: 454e a4 $ : 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 . 943042 ak: 8e9e a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 943042 jk: 454e 8e9e a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 13336, "bytes": 13573137, "usage": 68940280, "total_fee": 0.01548676, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 2, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 114 ## Current epoch estimation is +4.31% ## 1570 of 2016, i.e. 77%, 446 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.989218189550914e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 941471 9.575843405435805e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 943042, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001d061a7af4a62b4c23c7af653c8bf55cd52654781454e", "txouts": 165148844, "bogosize": 12940520566, "muhash": "af5efff5a6f43fa0e7648e6db3342bda42c48c89b0ecccfe7d6544ae6c56e01c", "total_amount": 20009279.28028111, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09471889, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 577.59447223, "coinbase": 3.12810625, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 577.59136598, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 943042 { "avgfee": 52, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 280, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001d061a7af4a62b4c23c7af653c8bf55cd52654781454e", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "height": 943042, "ins": 7616, "maxfee": 15660, "maxfeerate": 60, "maxtxsize": 148507, "medianfee": 17, "mediantime": 1774946587, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 15, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12748, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1666114, "swtotal_weight": 3960850, "swtxs": 5938, "time": 1774948805, "total_out": 57759136598, "total_size": 1673870, "total_weight": 3991874, "totalfee": 310625, "txs": 5971, "utxo_increase": 5132, "utxo_size_inc": 360745, "utxo_increase_actual": -563, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -35427 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1683041198, "totalbytessent": 3129611275, "timemillis": 1774948828786, "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 v31.0rc2 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/ 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": 62961, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 62961 } } $ halving.sh 943042 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=943042 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1774948805 This is average time to mine a block (1774948805-1231006505)/943042 bts=576.7948015095812173994186 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 14 10:13:43 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 943349 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Apr 2 10:31:21 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 467. The next fortnight happens in block 943488 and probably around this time: Fri Apr 3 08:47:35 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 53cb09911245d260 50c22bb3c18ff9ccf388cc1dd721210fd780266fa55a7565f136069a70f52e26 9e428a26ea4cf73a f1adb7a2ae179027c7d0ec417191f5922b82856cf31f683e8bb85443c3c7294e cdff5a742eef141a 84793916eb3773cec2e104afbe78fe32aaf01b91977bd010a3250b024eee140c 93109da52ab42c55 b0d96ab486ddd61c1afe8ca5f9c90f40a1bac36c666e268a0b3e99da24de3145 aa553ee8cea85fe0 dc95a76ee26addfed640e64fc8fd12c9d792238dd7a6d94bedf4cfd7796354bb f93f5ce6859a804e 8045ee797d8a8df5cc8d2982063eba965de9e58826bdc8edd5d3c2fe873d3772 28fedca04b7887ac b0cfc453555c6174441b04b48773edd9e454227cd9ce8e3e2f4a4513fbaebd75 3fefc566362d09e4 aa7c401092d7f574374165c27411b1d76163a16513b193ee3276f3344903740e 4fa380194c83be15 dbaea37e427a38914c2eb75b33a1907adad156ae750a00b761a79b9562e042d0 fbc25ca58b448a3a feeff75b471a9327441a0156714b8f7d4b4fe9038a772448ccf88843331f985d 7b41f29724e760d6 4793347a490488bff5482d29af8f2ce370f6c6ea054e45eeffe97a56cd157fac $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ____ __ _ _ ___ / _ \ | |__ // \| | |_ ) \_, /_ _|_ \ () |_ _/ / /_/ |_|___/\__/ |_/___| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 d.61 a7af 4a62 1f | | 2. b4c2 3c7a f653 c8bf 2f | | 3. 55cd 5265 4781 454e 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 454e 8e9e a4