# on receiving block 949423 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-14T21:09:59Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-14T21:09:34Z $ uptime # since last reboot 21:09:59 up 56 days, 12:02, 0 users, load average: 1.51, 2.03, 2.00 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1643708 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.8G 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 949423 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949423); echo $BH 00000000000000000001b3de9d11d1a9af6187ca0794c6d18df53711dca47d1c $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001b3de9d11d1a9af6187ca0794c6d18df53711dca47d1c { "hash": "00000000000000000001b3de9d11d1a9af6187ca0794c6d18df53711dca47d1c", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949423, "version": 684425216, "versionHex": "28cb8000", "merkleroot": "343c4ef7e9e736c0a87ee30ea1f2966cb402d8fa67f78064affcf276eb612be6", "time": 1778792974, "mediantime": 1778790857, "nonce": 964610880, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000127bd87e89f2cc303d27d9950", "nTx": 273, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000931f31138dfb4517de4eeb0a4f306a7fbf8b17094d1f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 b3de 9d11 d1a9 af61 87ca .794 c6d1 8df5 3711 dca4 7d1c $ : 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 949423 sf: ...1 .794 7d1c $ : 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 . 949423 sk: 7d1c 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 . 949423 ak: .dd5 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 949423 jk: 7d1c .dd5 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 74905, "bytes": 36076662, "usage": 202554384, "total_fee": 0.05225281, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 1, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 144 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.72% ## 1903 of 2016, i.e. 94%, 113 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.83352687003541e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949423, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001b3de9d11d1a9af6187ca0794c6d18df53711dca47d1c", "txouts": 165232630, "bogosize": 12945811457, "muhash": "a8e812c06110d22278e4e2126d29951ff62aea1dde5d9dba4d10b903cd2ac1aa", "total_amount": 20029219.90297989, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09702011, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 264.13564822, "coinbase": 3.12637717, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 264.13427105, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949423 { "avgfee": 506, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 464, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001b3de9d11d1a9af6187ca0794c6d18df53711dca47d1c", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 949423, "ins": 602, "maxfee": 14148, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 30371, "medianfee": 277, "mediantime": 1778790857, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 100, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 852, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 122601, "swtotal_weight": 282570, "swtxs": 258, "time": 1778792974, "total_out": 26413427105, "total_size": 126212, "total_weight": 297014, "totalfee": 137717, "txs": 273, "utxo_increase": 250, "utxo_size_inc": 18987, "utxo_increase_actual": 175, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 12930 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4324206277, "totalbytessent": 9574138783, "timemillis": 1778792999922, "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 10 0 10 2 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68504, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68504 } } $ halving.sh 949423 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949423 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778792974 This is average time to mine a block (1778792974-1231006505)/949423 bts=576.9671600886432194678036 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 12:30:00 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 09:27:38 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 15:16:11 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 9 "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 e8bb29e27632bdd7 bd4ad3144c309746e2f9437453ad43af6201afd501ad0a184d6077a55cac482c 435b5a508342952a 63244f2e139188f1bd2d8c83ddf1fa460f402e0d2e8d566ef64d365197831d07 d3b8cc8bc831e058 8b854da52402f2d49f415d475c3afdb17b7202f0ab893f1067019635444c44f4 783f4529892fc45f 12fa7d7c6e66cad060f7af4328a9f941e16f4b1523317bc183a9bc53519c4cfc cb16378c56ed11ad 818370af339733257bade9c54550ca89b82abdebd34e07ee33d8d8787a0a05e3 43bc3a74c60b8cb8 11fa900f5e97c034a2da338e8d41790660577e04492b91a16c81c9a3486800f4 68c0558a378e227b 789cf5a94a05c869839368aa65f22065d49d66696b7b330b035a877eac917561 fcac17caac832b0e 40a6e70da671bbb17bb71c7b4f6cd323e19573b4c97410d58c181a69cb9a0506 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ ____ / _ \ | |/ _ \ | |_ )__ / \_, /_ _\_, /_ _/ / |_ \ /_/ |_| /_/ |_/___|___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 b3de 9d11 d1a9 1f | | 2. af61 87ca .794 c6d1 2f | | 3. 8df5 3711 dca4 7d1c 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 7d1c .dd5 a4