# on receiving block 950453 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-22T03:36:22Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-22T03:36:07Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:36:22 up 63 days, 18:29, 0 users, load average: 1.42, 1.80, 1.68 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1556900 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 950453 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950453); echo $BH 000000000000000000017dc7cae9b6eaded5e17b992debc7a6976007d44e25fe $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000017dc7cae9b6eaded5e17b992debc7a6976007d44e25fe { "hash": "000000000000000000017dc7cae9b6eaded5e17b992debc7a6976007d44e25fe", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950453, "version": 537182208, "versionHex": "2004c000", "merkleroot": "1bf07fe1bfe3655599101280279d8a55d285704f5e590b876aece8cd379c6cde", "time": 1779420967, "mediantime": 1779418096, "nonce": 322083538, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000129afc75a628da931401b4cfa", "nTx": 4605, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000000f54c0bf1455d68a58144e5851d0e9690906fd91d441" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 7dc7 cae9 b6ea ded5 e17b 992d ebc7 a697 6..7 d44e 25fe $ : 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 950453 sf: ...1 6..7 25fe $ : 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 . 950453 sk: 25fe 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 . 950453 ak: 7ba1 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 950453 jk: 25fe 7ba1 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 102080, "bytes": 41278833, "usage": 238691888, "total_fee": 0.06906560, "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 167 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.01% ## 917 of 2016, i.e. 45%, 1099 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.769381925932435e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950453, "bestblock": "000000000000000000017dc7cae9b6eaded5e17b992debc7a6976007d44e25fe", "txouts": 165241157, "bogosize": 12946633005, "muhash": "3917ca1ee30106d5b8468f744287448280a044365971f5f0c4c9de9400154b6a", "total_amount": 20032438.65264306, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09735694, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1310.31786626, "coinbase": 3.13704996, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1310.30581630, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950453 { "avgfee": 261, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 394, "blockhash": "000000000000000000017dc7cae9b6eaded5e17b992debc7a6976007d44e25fe", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 3 ], "height": 950453, "ins": 7053, "maxfee": 45928, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 364000, "medianfee": 61, "mediantime": 1779418096, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 37, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10122, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1735489, "swtotal_weight": 3660898, "swtxs": 4494, "time": 1779420967, "total_out": 131030581630, "total_size": 1818179, "total_weight": 3991658, "totalfee": 1204996, "txs": 4605, "utxo_increase": 3069, "utxo_size_inc": 217905, "utxo_increase_actual": -626, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -45878 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6861897879, "totalbytessent": 15386317980, "timemillis": 1779420984115, "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": 69939, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69939 } } $ halving.sh 950453 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950453 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779420967 This is average time to mine a block (1779420967-1231006505)/950453 bts=577.0026345304454502795506 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 22:50:48 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 951159 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 26 20:45:30 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 11:44:52 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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 cdfb5803a9f3ed96 8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40 dc0af7c1feba1e24 8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ ____ ___ / _ \| ___| / _ \ | (_) |___ \| | | | \__, |___) | |_| | /_/|____/ \___/ _ _ ____ _____ | || || ___|___ / | || ||___ \ |_ \ |__ _|__) |__) | |_||____/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 7dc7 cae9 b6ea 1f | | 2. ded5 e17b 992d ebc7 2f | | 3. a697 6..7 d44e 25fe 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 25fe 7ba1 a4