# on receiving block 956365 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-02T13:59:18Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-02T13:58:18Z $ uptime # since last reboot 13:59:18 up 6 days, 6:30, 0 users, load average: 1.36, 0.77, 0.72 $ battery.sh 95%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1946228 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 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.7G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.3G 475.2G 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 956365 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 956365); echo $BH 0000000000000000000025477ed989cf55e405c25bff2b13f625862cfcdeaf9f $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000025477ed989cf55e405c25bff2b13f625862cfcdeaf9f { "hash": "0000000000000000000025477ed989cf55e405c25bff2b13f625862cfcdeaf9f", "confirmations": 1, "height": 956365, "version": 755204096, "versionHex": "2d038000", "merkleroot": "a9e6216a70abbd4875aa1d255405e2f3fb9fe3053b9e8d969fd2e2f96c83e41b", "time": 1783000698, "mediantime": 1782996887, "nonce": 919789608, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001349aab0f3d39164cb343c2d2", "nTx": 4036, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000138d4ceb64c4e084a83ab7edb2839dbfa305c85a2035a" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 2547 7ed9 89cf 55e4 .5c2 5bff 2b13 f625 862c fcde af9f $ : 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 956365 sf: .5c2 af9f $ : 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 . 956365 sk: af9f 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 . 956365 ak: d1d3 a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 956365 jk: af9f d1d3 a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 100938, "bytes": 43929788, "usage": 252511072, "total_fee": 0.09488095, "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 215 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.22% ## 781 of 2016, i.e. 38%, 1235 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.598384663952981e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 956365, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000025477ed989cf55e405c25bff2b13f625862cfcdeaf9f", "txouts": 166105407, "bogosize": 13009353847, "muhash": "8e6afa68eb8777a1b0bbcb6c66d61ff82ceb75995e496c3582756aac3d2574c2", "total_amount": 20050913.63960960, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11039040, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 14273.18868144, "coinbase": 3.17294116, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 14273.14074028, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 956365 { "avgfee": 1188, "avgfeerate": 4, "avgtxsize": 401, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000025477ed989cf55e405c25bff2b13f625862cfcdeaf9f", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 3, 4, 9 ], "height": 956365, "ins": 7734, "maxfee": 269040, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 58500, "medianfee": 508, "mediantime": 1782996887, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 10763, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1537533, "swtotal_weight": 3672828, "swtxs": 3783, "time": 1783000698, "total_out": 1427314074028, "total_size": 1618192, "total_weight": 3995464, "totalfee": 4794116, "txs": 4036, "utxo_increase": 3029, "utxo_size_inc": 222650, "utxo_increase_actual": 2463, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 179157 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1694316815, "totalbytessent": 5482125473, "timemillis": 1783000758562, "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 25 1 26 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 1 36 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70639, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70639 } } $ halving.sh 956365 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=956365 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1783000698 This is average time to mine a block (1783000698-1231006505)/956365 bts=577.1788133413358484095001 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 19 02:13:56 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 956659 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Jul 4 13:06:28 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Fri Jul 10 19:58:33 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 8ef81ed84edc8e66 37abe35f119f30f782e35ad2684afc3bf79ba36a789ca884aa97ca23a2608ca1 28782718d1a10376 15307508b621b59b5280db97d3280dd9905191b8c391950c29ca3e00569a7ecf 085251ed06dafa6c e6a128664bcf8982b588730d56795b2d2293e4b0757ad06f7f9c90767cc17b02 b7266bc85703b5ce 87a84a0dcd6c730357edf794e17f52d47f8519a9cd6f5fd0ef43b755c27d50fd 0fb2cfff0d4eed69 d8fe4ecc3e44b633b994939c3852a96fb637adedbba5d9f9cd1f464fbc72d1c3 a3c4562064e43e7b 0bd023825cf68923d4988c2c999f67d20abd3ada901b7f98535869c959686068 7af866239b695ed8 4c66140a8e05e9a36c591540d2fa79224aaef961b59d3c80c018246ffea8db78 2911e879515eaa6b 20d5e2419d17e839893762c933b25ace2dbf6c92f673857815fb91cad1dbafd7 4bd0957d4127de67 3d83ed7f397a650facd4a9e205b8b1ded27522fb8e6c466a6af1154582b94414 64e9583bf407f912 7f40a0db3b551a05907c53701df5aa9f23545984dccc3c28259b5311a1dc6ce6 be071ba9f0b97ed4 83361d273a3fc2edaac81b15abfba76d7895cd3bcabe97db783aa15c543a92f2 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ / _ \/ __// __/|_ // __// __/ \_, /__ \/ _ \_/_