# on receiving block 949747 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-17T03:11:34Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-17T03:11:21Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:11:34 up 58 days, 18:04, 0 users, load average: 2.67, 2.25, 2.31 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1528420 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.9G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.6G 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 949747 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949747); echo $BH 000000000000000000008d448bdca8dd2e652f70d45a8bee59cd2ad3846cbe36 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000008d448bdca8dd2e652f70d45a8bee59cd2ad3846cbe36 { "hash": "000000000000000000008d448bdca8dd2e652f70d45a8bee59cd2ad3846cbe36", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949747, "version": 590266368, "versionHex": "232ec000", "merkleroot": "003b694ae3da247d822258c58045a7dba6d54c4792a7529d153f18d13cbd2185", "time": 1778987481, "mediantime": 1778985863, "nonce": 1753620207, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012859222b4d4d8f974f88f2ec", "nTx": 4714, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001a7b92fda6ae5f4a7bddc01565c06213ce28b23864bc4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 8d44 8bdc a8dd 2e65 2f7. d45a 8bee 59cd 2ad3 846c be36 $ : 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 949747 sf: 2f7. be36 $ : 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 . 949747 sk: be36 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 . 949747 ak: b9a. a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 949747 jk: be36 b9a. a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 51693, "bytes": 30126738, "usage": 162729680, "total_fee": 0.04729871, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 857, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 156 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.96% ## 211 of 2016, i.e. 10%, 1805 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.865283755791767e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949747, "bestblock": "000000000000000000008d448bdca8dd2e652f70d45a8bee59cd2ad3846cbe36", "txouts": 165246049, "bogosize": 12947081772, "muhash": "9f71fa3c00d87110250128fed7437b4e750f5677d22c4c2128f37a61391a2490", "total_amount": 20030232.40294745, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09705255, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 462.19080262, "coinbase": 3.12920517, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 462.18659745, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949747 { "avgfee": 89, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 377, "blockhash": "000000000000000000008d448bdca8dd2e652f70d45a8bee59cd2ad3846cbe36", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "height": 949747, "ins": 9490, "maxfee": 31612, "maxfeerate": 10, "maxtxsize": 47953, "medianfee": 68, "mediantime": 1778985863, "mediantxsize": 370, "minfee": 33, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 151, "outs": 9645, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1775049, "swtotal_weight": 3983889, "swtxs": 4705, "time": 1778987481, "total_out": 46218659745, "total_size": 1777000, "total_weight": 3991693, "totalfee": 420517, "txs": 4714, "utxo_increase": 155, "utxo_size_inc": 7164, "utxo_increase_actual": -4305, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -309759 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5090197320, "totalbytessent": 11342720823, "timemillis": 1778987495457, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69042, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69042 } } $ halving.sh 949747 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949747 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778987481 This is average time to mine a block (1778987481-1231006505)/949747 bts=576.9751302450755358263455 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 14:49:28 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 11:33:49 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 04:28:41 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 0ca70ca0d783ff2e cba90ed54d0c90ede10ca62c04ff69a918e6b81473ecd4a14491cd2652fa0497 0dab6fd61afae4d4 460531898f51d73072ca55e51dc063a5a785234ed2468ecb65e8ce2c5df3fac7 ee1517e9bd1bc96d c994f1c26c5056aa43e723db886be7cc130e07b3939e79385b5f9e8debfb6861 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ___ ____ _ _ ____ / _ \ | |/ _ \__ | | |__ | \_, /_ _\_, / / /|_ _|/ / /_/ |_| /_/ /_/ |_|/_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 8d44 8bdc a8dd 1f | | 2. 2e65 2f7. d45a 8bee 2f | | 3. 59cd 2ad3 846c be36 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: be36 b9a. a5