# on receiving block 949696 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-16T19:47:30Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-16T19:47:22Z $ uptime # since last reboot 19:47:30 up 58 days, 10:40, 0 users, load average: 2.47, 2.13, 2.19 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1514524 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 949696 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949696); echo $BH 00000000000000000000d4f5d85cb0ece1f1123161c57d2f289c35c52bbad442 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000d4f5d85cb0ece1f1123161c57d2f289c35c52bbad442 { "hash": "00000000000000000000d4f5d85cb0ece1f1123161c57d2f289c35c52bbad442", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949696, "version": 630800384, "versionHex": "25994000", "merkleroot": "cb04417cea029f848b5df4b04b7b5ad1865860a2b12cf346a032fef032c2156b", "time": 1778960842, "mediantime": 1778959848, "nonce": 2057700786, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001284061a8a04150d2e60b1167", "nTx": 5389, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000005d6a1b5496ff8a4a8d834f797d353601945906b072cb" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... d4f5 d85c b.ec e1f1 1231 61c5 7d2f 289c 35c5 2bba d442 $ : 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 949696 sf: b.ec d442 $ : 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 . 949696 sk: d442 a5 $ : 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 . 949696 ak: b1ce a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 949696 jk: d442 b1ce a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 76978, "bytes": 27253183, "usage": 170379800, "total_fee": 0.05786252, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 533, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 212 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.47% ## 160 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1856 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.817039974717652e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949696, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000d4f5d85cb0ece1f1123161c57d2f289c35c52bbad442", "txouts": 165263391, "bogosize": 12948257943, "muhash": "20166393d0e063c04cb942d8269623b09b9248c8814165e5d102ae6fbc85049b", "total_amount": 20030073.02796768, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09703232, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5373.34833932, "coinbase": 3.13418828, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5373.33915104, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949696 { "avgfee": 170, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 312, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000d4f5d85cb0ece1f1123161c57d2f289c35c52bbad442", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 949696, "ins": 8203, "maxfee": 12520, "maxfeerate": 77, "maxtxsize": 16428, "medianfee": 75, "mediantime": 1778959848, "mediantxsize": 224, "minfee": 23, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 11475, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1652003, "swtotal_weight": 3866954, "swtxs": 5294, "time": 1778960842, "total_out": 537333915104, "total_size": 1683170, "total_weight": 3991622, "totalfee": 918828, "txs": 5389, "utxo_increase": 3272, "utxo_size_inc": 236633, "utxo_increase_actual": -1113, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -77203 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4983531009, "totalbytessent": 11085153699, "timemillis": 1778960850347, "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 14 1 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 24 1 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68953, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68953 } } $ halving.sh 949696 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949696 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778960842 This is average time to mine a block (1778960842-1231006505)/949696 bts=576.9780645827037465633775 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 15:40:49 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 12:20:17 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 05:15:13 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 9 "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 435b5a508342952a 63244f2e139188f1bd2d8c83ddf1fa460f402e0d2e8d566ef64d365197831d07 d3b8cc8bc831e058 8b854da52402f2d49f415d475c3afdb17b7202f0ab893f1067019635444c44f4 cb16378c56ed11ad 818370af339733257bade9c54550ca89b82abdebd34e07ee33d8d8787a0a05e3 43bc3a74c60b8cb8 11fa900f5e97c034a2da338e8d41790660577e04492b91a16c81c9a3486800f4 fcac17caac832b0e 40a6e70da671bbb17bb71c7b4f6cd323e19573b4c97410d58c181a69cb9a0506 a1f1a574eb6169e3 7e588377ba65eb3534187e5e35b7146933c1d7d636ba655df8ba97abad0aca29 0ca70ca0d783ff2e cba90ed54d0c90ede10ca62c04ff69a918e6b81473ecd4a14491cd2652fa0497 0dab6fd61afae4d4 460531898f51d73072ca55e51dc063a5a785234ed2468ecb65e8ce2c5df3fac7 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ _______ ____ / _ \/ / // _ \/ __/ _ \/ __/ \_, /_ _/\_, / _ \\_, / _ \ /___/ /_/ /___/\___/___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... d4f5 d85c b.ec 1f | | 2. e1f1 1231 61c5 7d2f 2f | | 3. 289c 35c5 2bba d442 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: d442 b1ce a5