# on receiving block 950887 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-25T01:04:35Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-25T01:04:04Z $ uptime # since last reboot 01:04:35 up 66 days, 15:57, 0 users, load average: 2.49, 2.54, 2.28 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1507596 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 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.7G 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 950887 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950887); echo $BH 00000000000000000002005952750579f660453d1e2f755b4f8c2f835c46b39a $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000002005952750579f660453d1e2f755b4f8c2f835c46b39a { "hash": "00000000000000000002005952750579f660453d1e2f755b4f8c2f835c46b39a", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950887, "version": 671088640, "versionHex": "28000000", "merkleroot": "583baceccba63d6714f1034387c2a6c87964ef19879fb9b87092149eaf6ae151", "time": 1779671044, "mediantime": 1779667642, "nonce": 1036471079, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012a8269d0878c7408fe0e4998", "nTx": 3987, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000256146822a6dc29dfe9566c09c7707591e48ae9b29b3" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...2 ..59 5275 .579 f66. 453d 1e2f 755b 4f8c 2f83 5c46 b39a $ : 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 950887 sf: ...2 ..59 .579 f66. 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 . 950887 sk: b39a 84 $ : 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 . 950887 ak: ..ad 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 950887 jk: b39a ..ad 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 76789, "bytes": 38509942, "usage": 213349584, "total_fee": 0.07189206, "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 186 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.49% ## 1351 of 2016, i.e. 67%, 665 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.722863562366386e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950887, "bestblock": "00000000000000000002005952750579f660453d1e2f755b4f8c2f835c46b39a", "txouts": 165393865, "bogosize": 12958153511, "muhash": "f22daebf4b01d96b3825f1a0392ecba7f9208294cf10da6df7a27c329e87f6ef", "total_amount": 20033794.90261272, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09738728, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4922.96303491, "coinbase": 3.14463897, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4922.94339594, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950887 { "avgfee": 492, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 413, "blockhash": "00000000000000000002005952750579f660453d1e2f755b4f8c2f835c46b39a", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 950887, "ins": 7966, "maxfee": 76400, "maxfeerate": 406, "maxtxsize": 38584, "medianfee": 170, "mediantime": 1779667642, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10470, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1588834, "swtotal_weight": 3746674, "swtxs": 3844, "time": 1779671044, "total_out": 492294339594, "total_size": 1650158, "total_weight": 3991970, "totalfee": 1963897, "txs": 3987, "utxo_increase": 2504, "utxo_size_inc": 183244, "utxo_increase_actual": 807, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 60720 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 8028157708, "totalbytessent": 18116159848, "timemillis": 1779671075754, "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 21 1 22 out 10 0 10 2 total 31 1 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70101, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70101 } } $ halving.sh 950887 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950887 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779671044 This is average time to mine a block (1779671044-1231006505)/950887 bts=577.0022747158445579290095 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 22:44:30 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 951159 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 26 20:39:48 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 11:39:10 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 59c67b38b88ec73b 06eac4b9ddcc7e62f9f3fcd3dbfd90aea3266691a605863682933f74824abc3b 8ef12dfb4d33395d e52831a0b4c7a79e3aef8e39245cf4125296a7869291793855af0751da772a03 0754cd08bee7f0cf 5de59d3802a0b018ab6d5a4a5ac3e70893d3f1f3438011f4e34e72a345e57da8 ae6ab050bec1b956 28d99510bd1b74155f3600c2927a15697878b6fbb61257fe5f1d9e8bebc27652 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _____ ___ / _ \| ____|/ _ \ | (_) | |__ | | | | \__, |___ \| | | | / / ___) | |_| | /_/ |____/ \___/ ___ ___ ______ / _ \ / _ \____ | | (_) | (_) | / / > _ < > _ < / / | (_) | (_) |/ / \___/ \___//_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...2 ..59 5275 .579 1f | | 2. f66. 453d 1e2f 755b 2f | | 3. 4f8c 2f83 5c46 b39a 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: b39a ..ad 84