# on receiving block 963258 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-20T05:07:23Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-20T05:07:13Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
05:07:23 up 19:23, 0 users, load average: 1.73, 1.59, 1.62
$ battery.sh
99%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2122964 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/
12.5G .bitcoin/indexes
5.0G .bitcoin/signet
87.9M .bitcoin/wallets
97.7G .bitcoin/blocks
18.6M .bitcoin/regtest
10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate
126.3G .bitcoin/
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 911.4G 435.4G 475.1G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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
963258
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 963258); echo $BH
00000000000000000001628315cce93c9f4f5b474200051e0449d821957b0803
$ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001628315cce93c9f4f5b474200051e0449d821957b0803
{
"hash": "00000000000000000001628315cce93c9f4f5b474200051e0449d821957b0803",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 963258,
"version": 704643072,
"versionHex": "2a000000",
"merkleroot": "b3f844e320db829380af5411acb8c19fc0e5785dd2f027dee3eb418fe193e38e",
"time": 1787202433,
"mediantime": 1787199014,
"nonce": 960607125,
"bits": "1702353d",
"target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 127479855693691.4,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000140dd68c206653828082efdbf",
"nTx": 3958,
"previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000c69002d15244e674f1acac0a887661982f90c53eb6fd"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... .... ....
...1 6283 15cc e93c
9f4f 5b47 42.. .51e
.449 d821 957b .8.3
$ : 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
963258 sf: ...1 42.. .51e .449 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 .
963258 sk: .8.3 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 .
963258 ak: 5c74 74
$ : Following is the jointkode
963258 jk: 0803 5c74 74
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 83235,
"bytes": 43182568,
"usage": 235244128,
"total_fee": 0.07790632,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 0,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 64,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
180
## Current epoch estimation is -0.58%
## 1626 of 2016, i.e. 80%, 390 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016
9.066830986316283e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631
9.120027891947245e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615
9.024150401602381e+20
$ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 963258,
"bestblock": "00000000000000000001628315cce93c9f4f5b474200051e0449d821957b0803",
"txouts": 165832002,
"bogosize": 12988558386,
"muhash": "303fb175c4c6e9ad631b4d37ce894519911fa1ecf75dd484a4d38689e28acf02",
"total_amount": 20072454.25979491,
"total_unspendable_amount": 230.11520509,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 6502.20591879,
"coinbase": 3.15817089,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6502.17274790,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 963258
{
"avgfee": 838,
"avgfeerate": 3,
"avgtxsize": 431,
"blockhash": "00000000000000000001628315cce93c9f4f5b474200051e0449d821957b0803",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
2,
4,
5
],
"height": 963258,
"ins": 8842,
"maxfee": 363655,
"maxfeerate": 3899,
"maxtxsize": 72817,
"medianfee": 339,
"mediantime": 1787199014,
"mediantxsize": 222,
"minfee": 10,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 66,
"outs": 9152,
"subsidy": 312500000,
"swtotal_size": 1629470,
"swtotal_weight": 3673997,
"swtxs": 3682,
"time": 1787202433,
"total_out": 650217274790,
"total_size": 1708942,
"total_weight": 3991885,
"totalfee": 3317089,
"txs": 3958,
"utxo_increase": 310,
"utxo_size_inc": 20695,
"utxo_increase_actual": -1204,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -90302
}
$ bitcoin-cli getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 376442663,
"totalbytessent": 825443459,
"timemillis": 1787202443867,
"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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/
ipv4 npr total block
in 21 2 23
out 10 0 10 2
total 31 2 33
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 76051,
"ipv6": 319,
"onion": 1896,
"i2p": 6,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 78272
}
}
$ halving.sh 963258
=====================================
Bitcoin Block Halving prediction
=====================================
bc=963258
gbt=1231006505
bbt=1787202433
This is average time to mine a block
(1787202433-1231006505)/963258
bts=577.4105697429248000797293
Now let's multiply that by 1050000
which is the block number of next
halving and get the prediction:
Tue Mar 21 21:49:40 UTC 2028
-------------------------------------
Next palindrome will be 963369
predicted to happen at this time:
Thu Aug 20 22:55:25 UTC 2026
-------------------------------------
Current mining epoch number is 477.
The next fortnight happens in block
963648 and probably around this time:
Sat Aug 22 19:40:23 UTC 2026
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt
$ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
13 "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
1e20c486d87d8e26
75b93712d23e77452e111e93cee07f85a327813edabe69d74126d13a464adebc
0e7c9f59356b46d0
8209e1dfa66f19080f885b13d843c6081a2c99f87cce865571a5f9d204b5ddbc
6f31b68b09595ca5
34d8ffedba87a8aa0dbfeae1355d7e1be7391902ec618a0807dc31199763f9c5
ac6041e79c618f0a
0dd0d3410b6fc8b15f0540bd1a28f029c2fd1ed09b7ebf2b85e960faafe6b32a
b5ac3e90e1ca0273
748369de815a894b1b086e1bb9619321fa09324ef3ba8e1fd4db13a0b32334a1
e5f64230f7288b66
1943ab0513411cd6eeea3252b7f1f751fc88a04686be9ea6b46d73a795fcb118
32d2c077f3a00e72
f71c1be6095d5cbad15b544e53372e004638443f98d9eeaf373838e9b527f021
24824019152dcb00
90deb1176773a8b4405c842e2833691c1391a3b0cc773595cdcf22199a3fd96d
31745a28958fc343
a62b26c8eb08f67c04f53a33c0b912fb2e5e6ea602a88b6653d9420518f431f7
9259ca9bdf631449
a60535d73743efa2e326e7400b22c76a6604c29e68ae53f8e2bac55235aa9073
6504969dc3442dbc
71d906db206b58a1376717124a1e8471e75061ac8f777e854ef677b1129d8244
1fb088f884ac63d6
0c32cc8f1f7de1b56372624c24a6e57f3b606c5b079c14d13b7288444ceb9fcf
dad45e72cd626cf0
e20ef66cc4644c0da318d6f99a1fdf9a6774bb5e5583025eeac9af68423c4ea9
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
____ __________
/ __ \/ ___/__ /
/ /_/ / __ \ /_ <
\__, / /_/ /__/ /
/____/\____/____/
___ __________
|__ \ / ____( __ )
__/ //___ \/ __ |
/ __/____/ / /_/ /
/____/_____/\____/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... .... .... .f |
| 1. ...1 6283 15cc e93c 1f |
| 2. 9f4f 5b47 42.. .51e 2f |
| 3. .449 d821 957b .8.3 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: .8.3 5c74 74