# on receiving block 940954 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-17T01:13:57Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-17T01:13:53Z $ uptime # since last reboot 01:13:57 up 28 days, 6:44, 0 users, load average: 0.62, 0.91, 1.14 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1915964 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.2G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.7G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 432.9G 477.5G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 940954 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 940954); echo $BH 0000000000000000000007780ba20fcee643327a4babb75123477d43370e00dd $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000007780ba20fcee643327a4babb75123477d43370e00dd { "hash": "0000000000000000000007780ba20fcee643327a4babb75123477d43370e00dd", "confirmations": 1, "height": 940954, "version": 639754240, "versionHex": "2621e000", "merkleroot": "90a63f5e79bad7983b5a3a5633121f680bd56b3bc024a49ba6ce74bd631dcc88", "time": 1773710033, "mediantime": 1773703555, "nonce": 1156086419, "bits": "1701f0cc", "target": "00000000000000000001f0cc0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 145042165424853.3, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000117c6396a73067bf6b04ebc6f", "nTx": 3016, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000b84dd91f00d705ccdb1b2d0bad08818b983aea0c8f62" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... .778 .ba2 .fce e643 327a 4bab b751 2347 7d43 37.e ..dd $ : 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 940954 sf: .778 .ba2 .fce 37.e 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 . 940954 sk: ..dd 65 $ : 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 . 940954 ak: 42.. 65 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 42538, "bytes": 35168030, "usage": 201541056, "total_fee": 0.05553067, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 157 ## Current epoch estimation is -6.62% ## 1498 of 2016, i.e. 74%, 518 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.692110860628128e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 940954, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000007780ba20fcee643327a4babb75123477d43370e00dd", "txouts": 165076004, "bogosize": 12932447230, "muhash": "f96a649c257d897c2bbbb6fc498d0e37c00ce81357fc3a798faf419c270f2500", "total_amount": 20002754.28066784, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09433216, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4137.17790476, "coinbase": 3.15996737, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4137.14293739, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 940954 { "avgfee": 1159, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 501, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000007780ba20fcee643327a4babb75123477d43370e00dd", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 940954, "ins": 7731, "maxfee": 91355, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 63319, "medianfee": 482, "mediantime": 1773703555, "mediantxsize": 224, "minfee": 141, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8387, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1259893, "swtotal_weight": 2986621, "swtxs": 2712, "time": 1773710033, "total_out": 413714293739, "total_size": 1511224, "total_weight": 3991945, "totalfee": 3496737, "txs": 3016, "utxo_increase": 656, "utxo_size_inc": 50005, "utxo_increase_actual": 537, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 38112 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 14737326846, "totalbytessent": 21452133359, "timemillis": 1773710037970, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 28 1 29 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 42 1 43 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63437, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63437 } } $ halving.sh 940954 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=940954 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1773710033 This is average time to mine a block (1773710033-1231006505)/940954 bts=576.7582169179184976964892 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 13 23:33:29 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 941149 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Mar 18 08:28:20 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 466. The next fortnight happens in block 941472 and probably around this time: Fri Mar 20 12:13:13 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 16 "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 3901238e046485fc 7646ffcaf96b8fa7fe21890446d5b6092c4dfb42010e939f37270c93d5a6431f 39b5cdf9c632ca0a 718262f1dbe5c3f8635552f87b0685bc564a05b18f693895f12e15d97ea96df3 e763831ccaf47cc2 a0aa6aba29b0322ce3619b952ac372f295850e428c7126070af98506c7882c2e 251bbc4150d03b1e 44a8607e017806299d8a25dcd99dcc617794f107fce1948617701b8522b2aabd e7bb3d482e5189fd a96a3ea8347b349066ce576b6ee1fda8ee0de3a29c8aa3736886eaaf3e06d01f 952c29ffb60124fb f5b02d86037b628790438a9eab62c6304ff8e6088d0d8d63208acdd65376dddd 2f483f8248b737c5 4d53a1f152bc9b594e9d21e999f7f6713d03074c66ff40eb16fe414d92202cfa b974d81f52d9c3f9 98d8f1be1611b67351a2ab8b81884865df102f99e9e942a4c1e86a5a71ea532e 701f1f99b6e6f5cb 936628165d0fd256b8af57a68ebe6175b9d75be4ec843e08245b3196435cbb5b f822f8fbdddc3496 8cbe03719a2a87aa62198f44f16f3bae031c00c41d6810837dcbd6c3e5724797 b84b0a562bc7fbfd 277cd0121de0089c17b08d579b385f7227692d1f1cfe1b2b686af8a7dc4dfda8 62434b8c380f236b a8549a9461c73ed13f9b143aa3e39db240099fb313d770aa08892ace9d916c92 ee1517e9bd1bc96d 2ac87193698dc410d1c7ff88f13360688e94e22f57d8d2498e41a94411b7dba3 e689bd71a8fd82ee ec88bb0d93fec57f96bf99c6d02a7f0720c38905a192f0d651fca2272eb5433b ce49af3bd99e1943 16125b4ea22c3f2977f7c9d2d90ee9ab9b393f6124f609c1ab4e5f88053f6c73 52df60fc6ff36f8f 9521a3d1ed6f2c8b806b064f36599e5a4f8e6490d84e052ee0db73b88e9c770b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ __ ___ ___ _ _ / _ \ | | / \/ _ \ __| | | \_, /_ _| () \_, /__ \_ _| /_/ |_| \__/ /_/|___/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... .778 .ba2 .fce 1f | | 2. e643 327a 4bab b751 2f | | 3. 2347 7d43 37.e ..dd 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 42.. 65