# on receiving block 946267 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-23T04:22:31Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-23T04:22:08Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:22:31 up 34 days, 19:15, 0 users, load average: 1.47, 1.81, 2.00 $ battery.sh 150%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1772188 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.3G 476.1G 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 946267 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946267); echo $BH 0000000000000000000100fd77f8fdfad91be4deabbd4c76306b202102bbf020 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000100fd77f8fdfad91be4deabbd4c76306b202102bbf020 { "hash": "0000000000000000000100fd77f8fdfad91be4deabbd4c76306b202102bbf020", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946267, "version": 815816704, "versionHex": "30a06000", "merkleroot": "2f376964f4ad20cd685335d5463c7ddcdf5d7cbde5328d7b689eebdd8b99416b", "time": 1776918128, "mediantime": 1776914806, "nonce": 679172364, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000121e24b061964148de66e8528", "nTx": 2108, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000d21855bfe6293cd8eae7fbb3fd0f9dc1961aac943826" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 ..fd 77f8 fdfa d91b e4de abbd 4c76 3.6b 2.21 .2bb f.2. $ : 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 946267 sf: ...1 ..fd 3.6b 2.21 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 . 946267 sk: f.2. 64 $ : 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 . 946267 ak: b221 64 $ : Following is the jointkode 946267 jk: f020 b221 64 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 63288, "bytes": 37448999, "usage": 203714664, "total_fee": 0.05380998, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 6, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 143 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.03% ## 763 of 2016, i.e. 37%, 1253 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.700847037563251e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946267, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000100fd77f8fdfad91be4deabbd4c76306b202102bbf020", "txouts": 165420147, "bogosize": 12959014963, "muhash": "a67e233e5ae7748bac1d617a8c5c1e797e5f50ee1e8b1f674562b4a3fa7f6468", "total_amount": 20019357.40351054, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09648946, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 23948.38983321, "coinbase": 3.14680483, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 23948.36802838, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946267 { "avgfee": 1034, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 666, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000100fd77f8fdfad91be4deabbd4c76306b202102bbf020", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 946267, "ins": 7531, "maxfee": 117114, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 170265, "medianfee": 445, "mediantime": 1776914806, "mediantxsize": 234, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 6228, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1251017, "swtotal_weight": 2760683, "swtxs": 1931, "time": 1776918128, "total_out": 2394836802838, "total_size": 1403430, "total_weight": 3370335, "totalfee": 2180483, "txs": 2108, "utxo_increase": -1303, "utxo_size_inc": -92875, "utxo_increase_actual": -1420, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -103207 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4416927118, "totalbytessent": 10170749098, "timemillis": 1776918151415, "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 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": 66768, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66768 } } $ halving.sh 946267 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946267 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776918128 This is average time to mine a block (1776918128-1231006505)/946267 bts=576.9101597010572057810260 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 19:52:29 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 17:35:07 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 13:09:56 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 bb56e04d8e607aea 24b18d7fb15b198ecd6ba30fd897bf0f8deaf5aee462543841d757ae9ffb6564 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 94235b606af7734a 8489ed9dc5cf14580dd49617628611c1f262dfdce8e3ff49f73f10ff539a0832 8528b4626b18f932 0d6cbb4ec298e7b4d2ff83d2eb5fa822d6cc0004045ecdaeccdca3179e0dd97c $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ ___ ________ / _ \/ / // __/|_ |/ __/_ / \_, /_ _/ _ \/ __// _ \ / / /___/ /_/ \___/____/\___//_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 ..fd 77f8 fdfa 1f | | 2. d91b e4de abbd 4c76 2f | | 3. 3.6b 2.21 .2bb f.2. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: f.2. b221 64