# on receiving block 946892 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-27T15:24:07Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-27T15:23:45Z $ uptime # since last reboot 15:24:07 up 39 days, 6:17, 0 users, load average: 1.67, 1.78, 1.67 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1690004 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 946892 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946892); echo $BH 0000000000000000000137d7ecc1cbf2b5659e70155537268385958faee25229 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000137d7ecc1cbf2b5659e70155537268385958faee25229 { "hash": "0000000000000000000137d7ecc1cbf2b5659e70155537268385958faee25229", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946892, "version": 671023104, "versionHex": "27ff0000", "merkleroot": "cacf749adc1b2153ac81f79dad0feb26c3d6bfe7a37e2bf7c5e7686794d17613", "time": 1777303425, "mediantime": 1777300190, "nonce": 3769444760, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001230f60f6ac1c290b0dcde72e", "nTx": 3728, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000068c26d47117b4b87bce6d1168e1fb3613247aa893fe1" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 37d7 ecc1 cbf2 b565 9e7. 1555 3726 8385 958f aee2 5229 $ : 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 946892 sf: ...1 9e7. 5229 $ : 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 . 946892 sk: 5229 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 . 946892 ak: f342 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 946892 jk: 5229 f342 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 42196, "bytes": 31000269, "usage": 159951856, "total_fee": 0.04263224, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 2, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 137 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.85% ## 1388 of 2016, i.e. 68%, 628 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.621197949289554e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946892, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000137d7ecc1cbf2b5659e70155537268385958faee25229", "txouts": 165413888, "bogosize": 12958529609, "muhash": "a3f5d23743cb81e80aa896c51fb512b72daa89b98490a9604561fefe009c746a", "total_amount": 20021310.52841915, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09658085, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4385.88215764, "coinbase": 3.14368345, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4385.86347417, "unspendable": 0.00000002, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000002, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946892 { "avgfee": 501, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 471, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000137d7ecc1cbf2b5659e70155537268385958faee25229", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 946892, "ins": 9074, "maxfee": 136082, "maxfeerate": 151, "maxtxsize": 148535, "medianfee": 113, "mediantime": 1777300190, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8641, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1678180, "swtotal_weight": 3678931, "swtxs": 3571, "time": 1777303425, "total_out": 438586347419, "total_size": 1756418, "total_weight": 3991883, "totalfee": 1868345, "txs": 3728, "utxo_increase": -433, "utxo_size_inc": -27676, "utxo_increase_actual": -2328, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -164401 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5891616872, "totalbytessent": 13546860633, "timemillis": 1777303447647, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66846, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66846 } } $ halving.sh 946892 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946892 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777303425 This is average time to mine a block (1777303425-1231006505)/946892 bts=576.9362747427639659391293 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 03:29:30 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 08:44:19 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 20:02:20 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 696e648199e8708a 90614791a9d0044285c81f2471cd6321c42db6f9b1d79b21790393c226a6a892 3fe956c76c07f6d7 ebafc850d5580aee06ab9bd6fb0703c9000cff7825ccdfde9e39e5d96ddf7fcb 12767e02f1f87c22 1f205225725ec12e94956bc0583a15f97f3c2b2b51f0c20efb5522c9a9100b63 1aa6113a5e84f800 feb205aa925df10a06f95c40c5993d5bfd77944729558835a8f9e58a1c348e22 dfedb6e389535cfe a320d20f467a1fc432eb18f62d5b2f00c1d5a687f208dfcdd8555b84af6778e4 084064c7606aac23 a3d17535cc3d5e2a4bb26f8ff618e8287b94c47692f46a6494aa008380cd759f 6724225dfb6a4623 64db04f7cd0a30b626f24aa093e053ef17efdd4fff643a9aa4f5b152b4653ab0 09dc1b52b04fe2f0 ea07d21e299c1ac8d950d4aec33fc290c05c29337251ebec640f6dc6f76e5356 8ecc4629519ccc27 5a26fa62a2233a730a2baa1d5da200af13b6b55a8c9dfb7691bc882e3330c6ac f15b40a3a259df41 ef7c35f98d208099b57b77314644b67ec16e26ee4d12d9fffbd4ead438af3335 cacd3223735e0361 30019cd7706e2fefc42cb2d95fdb1812ac89aa257640f2d51a72da036855fb2a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_| _|_| _|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 37d7 ecc1 cbf2 1f | | 2. b565 9e7. 1555 3726 2f | | 3. 8385 958f aee2 5229 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 5229 f342 a4