# on receiving block 958451 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-07-17T20:15:24Z
# as written in the block header
2026-07-17T20:14:55Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
20:15:24 up 21 days, 12:46, 0 users, load average: 1.28, 0.91, 0.95
$ battery.sh
139%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1821304 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/
12.4G .bitcoin/indexes
4.7G .bitcoin/signet
87.9M .bitcoin/wallets
97.7G .bitcoin/blocks
18.6M .bitcoin/regtest
10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate
126.0G .bitcoin/
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.4G 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
<https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software.
The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
This is experimental software.
Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
or <https://opensource.org/license/MIT>
$ BC=$(bitcoin-cli getblockcount); echo $BC
958451
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 958451); echo $BH
0000000000000000000002aae6cc53c98a70d47ca71ac95b8489889c9d031820
$ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000002aae6cc53c98a70d47ca71ac95b8489889c9d031820
{
"hash": "0000000000000000000002aae6cc53c98a70d47ca71ac95b8489889c9d031820",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 958451,
"version": 690700288,
"versionHex": "292b4000",
"merkleroot": "4545440199e47a4c9454935b651a0f69ad173634d11f616140dc855ff2a446f8",
"time": 1784319295,
"mediantime": 1784316662,
"nonce": 1462727803,
"bits": "1702369d",
"target": "00000000000000000002369d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 127170500429035.2,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000138668247a5c6fce984d9a188",
"nTx": 3033,
"previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000eddf2850a3a3289c54c5ba3224e975e6b1ae43aa2b5e"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... .... ....
.... .2aa e6cc 53c9
8a7. d47c a71a c95b
8489 889c 9d.3 182.
$ : 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
958451 sf: .2aa 8a7. 9d.3 182.
$ : 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 .
958451 sk: 182. 75
$ : 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 .
958451 ak: .ed4 75
$ : Following is the jointkode
958451 jk: 1820 .ed4 75
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 98710,
"bytes": 45987285,
"usage": 260016448,
"total_fee": 0.09854408,
"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
214
## Current epoch estimation is -1.91%
## 851 of 2016, i.e. 42%, 1165 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016
8.928397510339068e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599
9.102434559868438e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583
9.577176399839705e+20
$ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 958451,
"bestblock": "0000000000000000000002aae6cc53c98a70d47ca71ac95b8489889c9d031820",
"txouts": 166150693,
"bogosize": 13010808222,
"muhash": "d4b4e88dfd5be6a59692116b24122844d0176e128d189eccb2ae80a5b381103d",
"total_amount": 20057432.38583886,
"total_unspendable_amount": 230.11416114,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 1266.44584215,
"coinbase": 3.14612994,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1266.42471221,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 958451
{
"avgfee": 696,
"avgfeerate": 2,
"avgtxsize": 540,
"blockhash": "0000000000000000000002aae6cc53c98a70d47ca71ac95b8489889c9d031820",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
2,
2,
3
],
"height": 958451,
"ins": 9446,
"maxfee": 118488,
"maxfeerate": 74,
"maxtxsize": 114676,
"medianfee": 208,
"mediantime": 1784316662,
"mediantxsize": 222,
"minfee": 10,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 94,
"outs": 6447,
"subsidy": 312500000,
"swtotal_size": 1407720,
"swtotal_weight": 3074424,
"swtxs": 2548,
"time": 1784319295,
"total_out": 126642471221,
"total_size": 1637577,
"total_weight": 3993852,
"totalfee": 2112994,
"txs": 3033,
"utxo_increase": -2999,
"utxo_size_inc": -233572,
"utxo_increase_actual": -4457,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -337381
}
$ bitcoin-cli getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 1617862635,
"totalbytessent": 4354444361,
"timemillis": 1784319324772,
"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 20 2 22
out 10 0 10 2
total 30 2 32
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 70339,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 70339
}
}
$ halving.sh 958451
=====================================
Bitcoin Block Halving prediction
=====================================
bc=958451
gbt=1231006505
bbt=1784319295
This is average time to mine a block
(1784319295-1231006505)/958451
bts=577.2983832262857190553100
Now let's multiply that by 1050000
which is the block number of next
halving and get the prediction:
Mon Mar 20 13:06:24 UTC 2028
-------------------------------------
Next palindrome will be 958859
predicted to happen at this time:
Mon Jul 20 13:40:32 UTC 2026
-------------------------------------
Current mining epoch number is 475.
The next fortnight happens in block
959616 and probably around this time:
Sat Jul 25 15:04:07 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
ebd3d034bf50288a
399b997f12ff7db55821e7ccdb9ab2cc1fb73a4e3426689d767d767a541ad247
f0547df15071a665
2ab995ebbd8ab8c6bc57ce16a1e299907c35a27dc4f9aba387389d635b6d177b
c4f69c6b64988558
45a5870946e2b09eff26a39b57d7bd7087c6acea0f335b0f97dd1a006f2c2df9
1192b7edbdf7ac4f
6417b0df01e77e5caf52d43145f5e4abf2f33dbd222a1261931405e4f7ed3344
9820b1936de71bbb
6af4bbcdc9ddaa838d24b313bb52a345f81adbae407973894dc0b660e2813895
9264b654ad9a74a3
195ca89c2c4b56301b4833b55699d0f2ff31e52f48ef8d0d4ab3e3b65c864c4e
67358431c6d93566
27106861b2dc425903842c0e38f927c6541823e02a7fcb996921d6c1f6553ef8
ab32d37295d707c3
033cbcba7951f18d49a82ad784cbd21ab0cee0203c0dd15ac260528a36ff4dcc
10221f67b8521311
ec37446ea11a718a8a77c45d0bb6ea26fbfdda9fd923ed096f1e6ec0c4a23992
9e538a15818bf18e
605aa75529647b854acd91b519aeda486f662cd9cd9a54aef64e8676d88936c4
384483990e4f1dd8
68b81505ff8480c0cc5e8651295ea4e13e0f13b3fcdc6e6f4009bc7dce7e17f5
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
| | |
_ \ | _ \ _| | /
_.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\
_ \ __| _ ) | | __|_ |
\_ /__ \ _ \__ _|__ \ |
_/ ___/\___/ _| ___/ _|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... .... .... .f |
| 1. .... .2aa e6cc 53c9 1f |
| 2. 8a7. d47c a71a c95b 2f |
| 3. 8489 889c 9d.3 182. 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 182. .ed4 75