# on receiving block 940873 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-16T09:31:53Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-16T09:31:33Z $ uptime # since last reboot 09:31:53 up 27 days, 15:02, 0 users, load average: 2.21, 1.82, 2.16 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1951736 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.2G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.7G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.2G 477.2G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 940873 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 940873); echo $BH 00000000000000000000e4cacba7e3bf5348df75ab441ffa273cc9a20c24195d $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000e4cacba7e3bf5348df75ab441ffa273cc9a20c24195d { "hash": "00000000000000000000e4cacba7e3bf5348df75ab441ffa273cc9a20c24195d", "confirmations": 1, "height": 940873, "version": 537059328, "versionHex": "2002e000", "merkleroot": "b6d79520a55ef26bf13b97f5fcc4bb71f422c8373edb093de5b772c6a48485a8", "time": 1773653493, "mediantime": 1773651620, "nonce": 3466740072, "bits": "1701f0cc", "target": "00000000000000000001f0cc0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 145042165424853.3, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001179c7c21972f5aa35ce6b802", "nTx": 1796, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000b2072235fc013da47c3335e18ba1884fcc0c3841c1f4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... e4ca cba7 e3bf 5348 df75 ab44 1ffa 273c c9a2 .c24 195d $ : 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 940873 sf: .c24 195d $ : 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 . 940873 sk: 195d 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 . 940873 ak: .fb6 a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 24215, "bytes": 26324250, "usage": 143442400, "total_fee": 0.03120327, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 118 ## Current epoch estimation is -6.32% ## 1417 of 2016, i.e. 70%, 599 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.723412639810181e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 940873, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000e4cacba7e3bf5348df75ab441ffa273cc9a20c24195d", "txouts": 165078787, "bogosize": 12932618979, "muhash": "095ddbaa1f4693c5c4c683e077473d37fe4151717c911aa7f3bb89d6376d2a49", "total_amount": 20002501.15567880, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09432120, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 368.06835075, "coinbase": 3.12920923, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 368.06414151, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 940873 { "avgfee": 234, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 1123, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000e4cacba7e3bf5348df75ab441ffa273cc9a20c24195d", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 940873, "ins": 11231, "maxfee": 37500, "maxfeerate": 50, "maxtxsize": 148545, "medianfee": 26, "mediantime": 1773651620, "mediantxsize": 355, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 5050, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 2006274, "swtotal_weight": 3953286, "swtxs": 1760, "time": 1773653493, "total_out": 36806414152, "total_size": 2015830, "total_weight": 3991510, "totalfee": 420923, "txs": 1796, "utxo_increase": -6181, "utxo_size_inc": -462278, "utxo_increase_actual": -7613, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -549189 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 14508531140, "totalbytessent": 20943827578, "timemillis": 1773653513847, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 23 1 24 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 37 1 38 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63167, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63167 } } $ halving.sh 940873 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=940873 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1773653493 This is average time to mine a block (1773653493-1231006505)/940873 bts=576.7477770668548604807870 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 13 20:30:47 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 941149 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Mar 18 05:44:35 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 466. The next fortnight happens in block 941472 and probably around this time: Fri Mar 20 09:29:24 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 ed385591b8e63a30 12f929296350602bd7eea1dbb3ad65e59118c3619251243f9b0732f0d9960657 3901238e046485fc 7646ffcaf96b8fa7fe21890446d5b6092c4dfb42010e939f37270c93d5a6431f 39b5cdf9c632ca0a 718262f1dbe5c3f8635552f87b0685bc564a05b18f693895f12e15d97ea96df3 e763831ccaf47cc2 a0aa6aba29b0322ce3619b952ac372f295850e428c7126070af98506c7882c2e 251bbc4150d03b1e 44a8607e017806299d8a25dcd99dcc617794f107fce1948617701b8522b2aabd e7bb3d482e5189fd a96a3ea8347b349066ce576b6ee1fda8ee0de3a29c8aa3736886eaaf3e06d01f 952c29ffb60124fb f5b02d86037b628790438a9eab62c6304ff8e6088d0d8d63208acdd65376dddd 2f483f8248b737c5 4d53a1f152bc9b594e9d21e999f7f6713d03074c66ff40eb16fe414d92202cfa b974d81f52d9c3f9 98d8f1be1611b67351a2ab8b81884865df102f99e9e942a4c1e86a5a71ea532e 701f1f99b6e6f5cb 936628165d0fd256b8af57a68ebe6175b9d75be4ec843e08245b3196435cbb5b f822f8fbdddc3496 8cbe03719a2a87aa62198f44f16f3bae031c00c41d6810837dcbd6c3e5724797 b84b0a562bc7fbfd 277cd0121de0089c17b08d579b385f7227692d1f1cfe1b2b686af8a7dc4dfda8 62434b8c380f236b a8549a9461c73ed13f9b143aa3e39db240099fb313d770aa08892ace9d916c92 ee1517e9bd1bc96d 2ac87193698dc410d1c7ff88f13360688e94e22f57d8d2498e41a94411b7dba3 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ __ ___ ____ ____ / _ \ | | / \( _ )__ |__ / \_, /_ _| () / _ \ / / |_ \ /_/ |_| \__/\___//_/ |___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... e4ca cba7 e3bf 1f | | 2. 5348 df75 ab44 1ffa 2f | | 3. 273c c9a2 .c24 195d 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: .fb6 a5