# on receiving block 947140 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-29T11:40:18Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-29T11:39:54Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:40:18 up 41 days, 2:33, 0 users, load average: 2.04, 1.95, 1.93 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1604468 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 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 947140 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947140); echo $BH 000000000000000000019d45efeb80193ba2eee37aebe014bfd9cf01766313bf $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000019d45efeb80193ba2eee37aebe014bfd9cf01766313bf { "hash": "000000000000000000019d45efeb80193ba2eee37aebe014bfd9cf01766313bf", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947140, "version": 622600192, "versionHex": "251c2000", "merkleroot": "eb4b4ad61476e188d199120f2ea014d3c319f158c1ca6d1e392b5ca39293d783", "time": 1777462794, "mediantime": 1777459946, "nonce": 3547315986, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012386d97d740cbacc7c0b81fe", "nTx": 2886, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000113f0bee1b5cc37e4a60cfb2c7b958340faed7c37381a" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 9d45 efeb 8.19 3ba2 eee3 7aeb e.14 bfd9 cf.1 7663 13bf $ : 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 947140 sf: ...1 8.19 e.14 cf.1 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 . 947140 sk: 13bf 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 . 947140 ak: a8.c 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 947140 jk: 13bf a8.c 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 66108, "bytes": 36089322, "usage": 195055464, "total_fee": 0.05758483, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 36, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 159 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.72% ## 1636 of 2016, i.e. 81%, 380 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.439273952658961e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947140, "bestblock": "000000000000000000019d45efeb80193ba2eee37aebe014bfd9cf01766313bf", "txouts": 165458456, "bogosize": 12961951751, "muhash": "a6508a9c518e9756522cb6b1ea03f4f3095f9f677374c4be01c67b68dfbf3a39", "total_amount": 20022085.52838449, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09661551, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 12770.65483097, "coinbase": 3.17780982, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 12770.60202115, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947140 { "avgfee": 1830, "avgfeerate": 5, "avgtxsize": 627, "blockhash": "000000000000000000019d45efeb80193ba2eee37aebe014bfd9cf01766313bf", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 4 ], "height": 947140, "ins": 8118, "maxfee": 2920500, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 98925, "medianfee": 339, "mediantime": 1777459946, "mediantxsize": 224, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 7382, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1670501, "swtotal_weight": 3430724, "swtxs": 2705, "time": 1777462794, "total_out": 1277060202115, "total_size": 1810762, "total_weight": 3991768, "totalfee": 5280982, "txs": 2886, "utxo_increase": -736, "utxo_size_inc": -52932, "utxo_increase_actual": -857, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -64366 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6523282657, "totalbytessent": 14757850641, "timemillis": 1777462818769, "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 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66451, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66451 } } $ halving.sh 947140 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947140 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777462794 This is average time to mine a block (1777462794-1231006505)/947140 bts=576.9534726086189912589572 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 08:30:28 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 13:15:58 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Sat May 2 00:33:56 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 e9e7e494596358a1 7474156dbf4de78a6d1b37ef73fdf707fb3e02513739d408e5352083b545d8b8 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e a483ad636ef029ea 88fb439cbbca0eef1cdacf934b2a2926a1287f1b9a389c0c5b5339966ea241a3 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 bdfed54165286089 19cbbcd7385ab71c5415777c454fe20b095034164e4c16202adda142fa3dc16c $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ _______________ ___ / _ \/ / /_ < / / // _ \ \_, /_ _// // /_ _/ // / /___/ /_/ /_//_/ /_/ \___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 9d45 efeb 8.19 1f | | 2. 3ba2 eee3 7aeb e.14 2f | | 3. bfd9 cf.1 7663 13bf 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 13bf a8.c 84