# on receiving block 946292 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-23T10:32:55Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-23T10:32:18Z $ uptime # since last reboot 10:32:55 up 35 days, 1:25, 0 users, load average: 0.95, 0.93, 1.15 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1689792 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .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 434.4G 476.1G 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 946292 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946292); echo $BH 00000000000000000000ef217b0608774df18c0b9f27bdb3f55c818dd1ab953a $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000ef217b0608774df18c0b9f27bdb3f55c818dd1ab953a { "hash": "00000000000000000000ef217b0608774df18c0b9f27bdb3f55c818dd1ab953a", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946292, "version": 537649152, "versionHex": "200be000", "merkleroot": "665bd59f01e84849440e51f79feaf84b79bf539f6e27c79e58f71c3319045bdc", "time": 1776940338, "mediantime": 1776934239, "nonce": 513066728, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000121ee562433bd5d0dc949601e", "nTx": 3996, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000132aac92f8702fefea24aee3df6d386f913965cae045f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... ef21 7b.6 .877 4df1 8c.b 9f27 bdb3 f55c 818d d1ab 953a $ : 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 946292 sf: 7b.6 .877 8c.b 953a $ : 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 . 946292 sk: 953a 85 $ : 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 . 946292 ak: 4f7e 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 946292 jk: 953a 4f7e 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 65205, "bytes": 37837384, "usage": 209198880, "total_fee": 0.05870127, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 14, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 155 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.89% ## 788 of 2016, i.e. 39%, 1228 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.616787164067932e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946292, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000ef217b0608774df18c0b9f27bdb3f55c818dd1ab953a", "txouts": 165417564, "bogosize": 12958739084, "muhash": "a5fc333a19670afdcdebb66edd8798c4b3c62c01c5e961bad29455ccd1f85144", "total_amount": 20019435.52851035, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09648965, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 12890.16055373, "coinbase": 3.15708513, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 12890.12846859, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946292 { "avgfee": 803, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 409, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000ef217b0608774df18c0b9f27bdb3f55c818dd1ab953a", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 946292, "ins": 8456, "maxfee": 71607, "maxfeerate": 557, "maxtxsize": 71512, "medianfee": 404, "mediantime": 1776934239, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 9688, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1526924, "swtotal_weight": 3561290, "swtxs": 3657, "time": 1776940338, "total_out": 1289012846860, "total_size": 1634596, "total_weight": 3991978, "totalfee": 3208513, "txs": 3996, "utxo_increase": 1232, "utxo_size_inc": 98333, "utxo_increase_actual": 1074, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 83747 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4473571621, "totalbytessent": 10309777819, "timemillis": 1776940376030, "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 17 1 18 out 11 0 11 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66772, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66772 } } $ halving.sh 946292 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946292 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776940338 This is average time to mine a block (1776940338-1231006505)/946292 bts=576.9183889133703831688493 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 22:16:30 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 19:44:57 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 15:19:53 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 bb56e04d8e607aea 24b18d7fb15b198ecd6ba30fd897bf0f8deaf5aee462543841d757ae9ffb6564 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 cefb5d02ffd4c922 8113d2b0a5c6eaf533835b98c8a9ba38be1b827a24d544b8015ae5d8a9898338 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | | / _ ) _ \_ ) \_ /__ _| _ \ /\_ / / _/ _|\___/___| _/ ___| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... ef21 7b.6 .877 1f | | 2. 4df1 8c.b 9f27 bdb3 2f | | 3. f55c 818d d1ab 953a 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 953a 4f7e 85