# on receiving block 944296 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-09T05:51:11Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-09T05:55:23Z $ uptime # since last reboot 05:51:11 up 20 days, 20:44, 0 users, load average: 1.02, 1.02, 1.31 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1814000 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.1G 477.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0rc2 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 944296 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 944296); echo $BH 00000000000000000000e240048c374c3eb5f66ad81126337f38315065029ca9 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000e240048c374c3eb5f66ad81126337f38315065029ca9 { "hash": "00000000000000000000e240048c374c3eb5f66ad81126337f38315065029ca9", "confirmations": 1, "height": 944296, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "a84a7d35861c277f602d9b2c752e6ea8b8409dfba08bbfbbb14c7f1e66290d6c", "time": 1775714123, "mediantime": 1775710423, "nonce": 3706128347, "bits": "17020684", "target": "0000000000000000000206840000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138966872071213.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000011e1e54559bbcbb64af1d5fa8", "nTx": 4329, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000006c424a52282c23db8a3da714ece672e99e7e1ec77a49" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... e24. .48c 374c 3eb5 f66a d811 2633 7f38 315. 65.2 9ca9 $ : 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 944296 sf: e24. .48c 315. 65.2 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 . 944296 sk: 9ca9 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 . 944296 ak: 5.be 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 944296 jk: 9ca9 5.be 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 26261, "bytes": 16257547, "usage": 87854688, "total_fee": 0.01912082, "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 117 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.79% ## 808 of 2016, i.e. 40%, 1208 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.764266752016606e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 941471 9.575843405435805e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 944296, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000e240048c374c3eb5f66ad81126337f38315065029ca9", "txouts": 165136135, "bogosize": 12938830643, "muhash": "c2fdaa9ddefa736483a67d6a854e216c4b5b4bba9451321b509fd2d639478abf", "total_amount": 20013198.03014196, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09485804, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8229.30296984, "coinbase": 3.14134999, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8229.28661985, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 944296 { "avgfee": 377, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 382, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000e240048c374c3eb5f66ad81126337f38315065029ca9", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 2 ], "height": 944296, "ins": 8267, "maxfee": 90000, "maxfeerate": 469, "maxtxsize": 141968, "medianfee": 136, "mediantime": 1775710423, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 15, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10048, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1565640, "swtotal_weight": 3633609, "swtxs": 4162, "time": 1775714123, "total_out": 822928661985, "total_size": 1655229, "total_weight": 3991965, "totalfee": 1634999, "txs": 4329, "utxo_increase": 1781, "utxo_size_inc": 130840, "utxo_increase_actual": -355, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -22647 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4980455691, "totalbytessent": 11025787750, "timemillis": 1775713871722, "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 v31.0rc2 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 17 1 18 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 62519, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 62519 } } $ halving.sh 944296 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=944296 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1775714123 This is average time to mine a block (1775714123-1231006505)/944296 bts=576.8392973820736484389974 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 14 23:12:24 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 944449 predicted to happen at this time: Fri Apr 10 06:26:19 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 468. The next fortnight happens in block 945504 and probably around this time: Fri Apr 17 07:29:04 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 aa553ee8cea85fe0 dc95a76ee26addfed640e64fc8fd12c9d792238dd7a6d94bedf4cfd7796354bb 28fedca04b7887ac b0cfc453555c6174441b04b48773edd9e454227cd9ce8e3e2f4a4513fbaebd75 1957d89a90d1886f e60144424987c961b9e8d1e05ec7026400946a8bee433ea851811401ce2f8eab cfe855ce8ca537e1 46dc23905ab0e89d5ea5fe14f882eb96cb68c1f0e28f96d6f267be68729cb9a0 793aa6b16f184fe2 288f399824371fc9616fd44a0026b47aa68c3b423c5d1569d4d8c16b69bec790 4a89496d1d8583ca 9ddf15d0c90ea68d0d93aa174d7f0ee52d3887e8d01b31af43ba9b12e000d125 6dd1586401433524 4247dc12074acbdd4ed644683d8c5ca04478fd833797cb578dd2bde9883e5c15 70e8634654f4590b bec5cac797dae6987d69a0f1e8f7427981324333d79c9ee70ec66aeada3333e7 8e20d00239ea5c02 c49d97bc5301ae4eca750c767f8c3d640c7a38e4bdbba8a1c34423e78ee3c3c2 488b39130806983a 7fcbcda894da4886a3ae9ec6615faed3ebbbf2d1fa906922ee0957787ac9d309 70ce71488ba96560 b6698bae621e574fba269a5cc8ac81c3ae42e8f88a38038c1484ab61147d6c15 feee9bfbca80cd95 c56ac6b074f49587407d4e65af41600278102684c432d1110bc62d4b474a2208 33ba3338bb4dce26 6d30f3700c5b8be40f5c7840f59b21247a25f85b39bc1bc2b8f4497114b5bf5b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ / _ \/ / // / /|_ / _ \/ __/ \_, /_ _/_ _/ __/\_, / _ \ /___/ /_/ /_//____/___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... e24. .48c 374c 1f | | 2. 3eb5 f66a d811 2633 2f | | 3. 7f38 315. 65.2 9ca9 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 9ca9 5.be 75