# on receiving block 960172 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-30T00:01:01Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-30T00:01:03Z $ uptime # since last reboot 00:01:01 up 33 days, 16:32, 0 users, load average: 1.51, 1.98, 1.44 $ battery.sh 144%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1608564 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.6G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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 960172 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 960172); echo $BH 000000000000000000013cd07c5f734bf1d9f350e38c0ee9dc0ad7fd987d49cf $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000013cd07c5f734bf1d9f350e38c0ee9dc0ad7fd987d49cf { "hash": "000000000000000000013cd07c5f734bf1d9f350e38c0ee9dc0ad7fd987d49cf", "confirmations": 1, "height": 960172, "version": 1073733632, "versionHex": "3fffe000", "merkleroot": "0c0259e88bb93715fab8107d6732f1e00a4ef046ff7f3e90ff1399f98541f0ff", "time": 1785369663, "mediantime": 1785368554, "nonce": 1821882457, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013b6e360782f471b50c9b1bcb", "nTx": 5281, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000020ad2e0b1390545b0425cde9de3948b728c710df0fd9e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 3cd. 7c5f 734b f1d9 f35. e38c .ee9 dc.a d7fd 987d 49cf $ : 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 960172 sf: ...1 3cd. f35. .ee9 M $ : 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 . 960172 sk: 49cf 74 $ : 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 . 960172 ak: .66c 74 $ : Following is the jointkode 960172 jk: 49cf .66c 74 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 81590, "bytes": 41693562, "usage": 231535744, "total_fee": 0.07305248, "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 175 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.46% ## 556 of 2016, i.e. 27%, 1460 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.801608533270098e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 960172, "bestblock": "000000000000000000013cd07c5f734bf1d9f350e38c0ee9dc0ad7fd987d49cf", "txouts": 166345327, "bogosize": 13025589420, "muhash": "3ddd22ba3870ec485d012e1f78205322339ad7c91ae73afb7cfaba4318c43206", "total_amount": 20062810.51057510, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11442490, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3019.90148062, "coinbase": 3.14062265, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3019.88585797, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 960172 { "avgfee": 295, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 302, "blockhash": "000000000000000000013cd07c5f734bf1d9f350e38c0ee9dc0ad7fd987d49cf", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 2, 3 ], "height": 960172, "ins": 7827, "maxfee": 118488, "maxfeerate": 50, "maxtxsize": 63532, "medianfee": 52, "mediantime": 1785368554, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 41, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 11434, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1513774, "swtotal_weight": 3648916, "swtxs": 5197, "time": 1785369663, "total_out": 301988585797, "total_size": 1599428, "total_weight": 3991532, "totalfee": 1562265, "txs": 5281, "utxo_increase": 3607, "utxo_size_inc": 259183, "utxo_increase_actual": -476, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -32308 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 7224051305, "totalbytessent": 20673914844, "timemillis": 1785369661857, "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 v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 17 2 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 2 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68993, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68993 } } $ halving.sh 960172 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=960172 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785369663 This is average time to mine a block (1785369663-1231006505)/960172 bts=577.3575782697493055938877 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 06:22:19 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 961169 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Aug 5 15:54:48 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 18:10:05 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 f9a06261edce8dc9 2610ff524e0abdf6c27737891cdcaf06c9ea4df1ac1815b862c8d11add8db95c 297f463b31c725d2 5608643d0d465713517b6394e35bd7ba67054cc696994f158939088d73a639b7 c0ac423b2068ba09 1a2539bd381e8cf666a18455f349eb035fa1e79e05ab179576c8205d62428727 975cf581f811427c f406bfbcecf80bc26827289ba4d1aeb41844117a9d6b1dd4e22daaab81656cb1 8b7d27d2adf0b93c bdb1f3524d85e552e5d1e6d3ee389125368db5b2a294e26e9cb3a874100f956f 62d32ad16bbf4add 48d970bfdeafeabfe02245a30ec9096bc619c31222b6b8419001bbe502963f01 cb47ff9afc92a152 743aa78c406c6edcb42be3dd898591db436c9b6a56bc3767a8ab7ace8279cb48 890f83f97aa59b6b 15df5642bbd3240551e6932d90350a124a2e9c7768a3435210fe785f4749f8bb 17356df6891c2781 36508fd25e345367d8d303ebffb5403820fc529306cc0d3c69a430b36e3cb178 93387a15f090348f adc54b3dbf3de3cdb2b1e90838bd0c66988303cb30d7720132660bdda1b9a5b1 ffb2ee1c215f91bb fa7d686e1c31521c0b8e5497f4ec20a6c0787243f045fda0d3f9a5708736417d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ __________ / _ \/ __// _ < /_ /_ | \_, / _ \/ // / / / / __/ /___/\___/\___/_/ /_/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 3cd. 7c5f 734b 1f | | 2. f1d9 f35. e38c .ee9 2f | | 3. dc.a d7fd 987d 49cf 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 49cf .66c 74