# on receiving block 962365 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-14T03:33:35Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-14T03:33:06Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:33:34 up 48 days, 20:05, 0 users, load average: 1.61, 3.14, 3.34 $ battery.sh 173%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1528960 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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 962365 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 962365); echo $BH 0000000000000000000168273e811e3fbdf3f383e43743670c83ea69d988d5c8 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000168273e811e3fbdf3f383e43743670c83ea69d988d5c8 { "hash": "0000000000000000000168273e811e3fbdf3f383e43743670c83ea69d988d5c8", "confirmations": 1, "height": 962365, "version": 537706496, "versionHex": "200cc000", "merkleroot": "ee6eec50c8dcee59f51fa2f732018c6475c6c0c61f023684628cc1a2222a242f", "time": 1786678386, "mediantime": 1786673536, "nonce": 1684032050, "bits": "1702353d", "target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127479855693691.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013f48f6beedcf2e135f24b5a6", "nTx": 3870, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000203df81d6ddd3bc2d950a5aa4221139a7daf9fd0572b4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 6827 3e81 1e3f bdf3 f383 e437 4367 .c83 ea69 d988 d5c8 $ : 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 962365 sf: ...1 .c83 d5c8 $ : 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 . 962365 sk: d5c8 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 . 962365 ak: 4b12 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 962365 jk: d5c8 4b12 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 81718, "bytes": 40544889, "usage": 228025400, "total_fee": 0.06746721, "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 166 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.03% ## 733 of 2016, i.e. 36%, 1283 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.11672477869864e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 962365, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000168273e811e3fbdf3f383e43743670c83ea69d988d5c8", "txouts": 165888757, "bogosize": 12993224329, "muhash": "71a834edc4d81cff9e93c4de6c14ca61dbfdda571a4d91f1b4fd032831129b1f", "total_amount": 20069663.63482763, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11517237, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4756.32396647, "coinbase": 3.13718845, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4756.31177802, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 962365 { "avgfee": 315, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 416, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000168273e811e3fbdf3f383e43743670c83ea69d988d5c8", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 2 ], "height": 962365, "ins": 8617, "maxfee": 73914, "maxfeerate": 41, "maxtxsize": 85421, "medianfee": 87, "mediantime": 1786673536, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 10242, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1406696, "swtotal_weight": 3174335, "swtxs": 3202, "time": 1786678386, "total_out": 475631177802, "total_size": 1611979, "total_weight": 3995467, "totalfee": 1218845, "txs": 3870, "utxo_increase": 1625, "utxo_size_inc": 122014, "utxo_increase_actual": -531, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -32107 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 3360810385, "totalbytessent": 8514115047, "timemillis": 1786678415283, "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 v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 25 2 27 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 2 37 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 76656, "ipv6": 321, "onion": 1906, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 78889 } } $ halving.sh 962365 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=962365 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1786678386 This is average time to mine a block (1786678386-1231006505)/962365 bts=577.4018211366569475646479 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 19:16:34 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 963369 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 20 20:34:57 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 477. The next fortnight happens in block 963648 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 22 17:19:52 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 72b110547dd5c34e f7c63e0453ba4311c977bf1b449b23ac7c410e378693df598be37e37b75a58e8 9695827b1d820383 b6d8cc710dc89133c6c856642d30a97955e2411cc1d08ec1e670aa48d3190a4b f099bbb23c10368e a1aea93a212fa4a0c2d2cd7cf06a2b80976e46ab8164707f64c1efe19799978f 1b15c1375070f410 07786c63145c9888de923a10e7ed6ed57220de4c5b83a6ef370fd9886065318d 085251ed06dafa6c ab77bdfe810131eb7d62cf9a27286e0c57f54bc413ee5b8160f3a232ddedfa4e 74d6984b60acb440 4844468a794f3e3a58502490c88c0c64e5fef80e7bdedfba1aef8f4b30a8a972 4f3ccfe5378a15d3 a860b8c4380bcb7a0377a09eab55532b71fa7dd87160fac8fdb034811ed7db1c 08b528aa1cdbb57b 6bbe919a3d38360b0921ca78d9222ff4fbb107836dd797cf091f2751c18b250a b020d259f933c661 4c3a0746bee9385646fdf8b0473504cc0093cff09c3cd8da19b3517cee043f98 33ba3338bb4dce26 635262438aba76dae317a7ec13562e03e173211fbc2971a20fab6f05780b29d2 b91cd6115013cbed 30e84faa94680df32a25ea4911abfd0bde8c2df0071ea75d03632f218720d497 9282c1cc2a89f952 0433e730ea72fd4c1deeed3261bb10a3e069a1115c363634d5a38b65d75a2084 d0215af8032739c3 dd78abbf790f50470a2ef7e67312e38be04ce2da1f0432c388410b22bb7bb9f3 bf1183daea45a20a 43dc4a0a7d84fca144fe8bf7f877f5dab4fca2400cfdae61eabd493df986d871 bb401d14d8f69f27 735258b3d2b7bb9b63464ad55cdc39e152d6121be3f53e7332a1fc41c32e9b6b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ __ ___ ____ __ ___ / _ \/ /|_ )__ / / /| __| \_, / _ \/ / |_ \/ _ \__ \ /_/\___/___|___/\___/___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 6827 3e81 1e3f 1f | | 2. bdf3 f383 e437 4367 2f | | 3. .c83 ea69 d988 d5c8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: d5c8 4b12 a4