# on receiving block 950038 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-19T05:10:10Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-19T05:09:26Z $ uptime # since last reboot 05:10:10 up 60 days, 20:03, 0 users, load average: 2.18, 2.38, 2.54 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1402240 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 476.0G 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 950038 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950038); echo $BH 0000000000000000000073bf1ae3320bd66e2bc6d9c3de79cb2db30093f31bcf $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000073bf1ae3320bd66e2bc6d9c3de79cb2db30093f31bcf { "hash": "0000000000000000000073bf1ae3320bd66e2bc6d9c3de79cb2db30093f31bcf", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950038, "version": 536870916, "versionHex": "20000004", "merkleroot": "0ced64189ff372afc5e1ffb402aa87472a506618efee0e70b4d17d811cfc2cc4", "time": 1779167366, "mediantime": 1779165490, "nonce": 1860076481, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000128e65d8d64edc88e9a664501", "nTx": 905, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000000a844d6c74abaebcafe8e5485e5c920b804b81775aea" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 73bf 1ae3 32.b d66e 2bc6 d9c3 de79 cb2d b3.. 93f3 1bcf $ : 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 950038 sf: 32.b b3.. 1bcf $ : 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 . 950038 sk: 1bcf 95 $ : 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 . 950038 ak: 5154 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 950038 jk: 1bcf 5154 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 79381, "bytes": 37141529, "usage": 208084632, "total_fee": 0.06092868, "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 164 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.15% ## 502 of 2016, i.e. 24%, 1514 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.755444784778995e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950038, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000073bf1ae3320bd66e2bc6d9c3de79cb2db30093f31bcf", "txouts": 165231652, "bogosize": 12946213831, "muhash": "7c258333b6ac379bc71aeebaf8ebbb1ad30446a21a1165ffd3f7b420e2420cf9", "total_amount": 20031141.77770467, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09729533, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 973.94363064, "coinbase": 3.12789328, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 973.94073736, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950038 { "avgfee": 320, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 315, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000073bf1ae3320bd66e2bc6d9c3de79cb2db30093f31bcf", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 ], "height": 950038, "ins": 1351, "maxfee": 13260, "maxfeerate": 60, "maxtxsize": 5749, "medianfee": 154, "mediantime": 1779165490, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 2009, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 277631, "swtotal_weight": 678524, "swtxs": 875, "time": 1779167366, "total_out": 97394073736, "total_size": 284842, "total_weight": 707368, "totalfee": 289328, "txs": 905, "utxo_increase": 658, "utxo_size_inc": 49651, "utxo_increase_actual": 525, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 39677 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5802389196, "totalbytessent": 12845422557, "timemillis": 1779167410629, "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 16 1 17 out 10 0 10 2 total 26 1 27 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69685, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69685 } } $ halving.sh 950038 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950038 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779167366 This is average time to mine a block (1779167366-1231006505)/950038 bts=576.9877457662264391251306 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 18:30:15 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 950059 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 19 08:31:22 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 07:48:45 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 03e6e975acae6a2c 0fd63d9405ea7e789fd54a5e3cb1c9ad970ff213d90c955385524e5bcc90fcc7 34ddbc60bb1942e1 4d9cd7beec41bf7d38f143aa7df095fabd6829cca950e4c90704cc4d8923d959 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ ___ / _ \/ __// _ \/ _ \|_ /( _ ) \_, /__ \/ // / // //_