# on receiving block 950648 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-05-23T08:27:52Z
# as written in the block header
2026-05-23T08:27:46Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
08:27:52 up 64 days, 23:20, 0 users, load average: 3.08, 2.45, 2.14
$ battery.sh
160%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1560904 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/
12.3G .bitcoin/indexes
4.5G .bitcoin/signet
2.6M .bitcoin/wallets
97.7G .bitcoin/blocks
18.6M .bitcoin/regtest
10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate
125.2G .bitcoin/
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 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
950648
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950648); echo $BH
000000000000000000020e817800d117a29de040f70edb0f1d850e2e0bc30246
$ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000020e817800d117a29de040f70edb0f1d850e2e0bc30246
{
"hash": "000000000000000000020e817800d117a29de040f70edb0f1d850e2e0bc30246",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 950648,
"version": 536879104,
"versionHex": "20002000",
"merkleroot": "20d54dbd8a58e37ca6ea6f860b2d00f20ea7606b4f2f42ed1c4a3b4dc88ad9b6",
"time": 1779524866,
"mediantime": 1779522261,
"nonce": 709851088,
"bits": "17020f79",
"target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 136607070854775.1,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012a0e6b2fe925e47a9738d86f",
"nTx": 6403,
"previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000bb163e63c24003ff584e4153839fbe686b2d0e791eed"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... .... ....
...2 .e81 78.. d117
a29d e.4. f7.e db.f
1d85 .e2e .bc3 .246
$ : 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
950648 sf: ...2 .e81 78.. e.4. 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 .
950648 sk: .246 34
$ : 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 .
950648 ak: d366 34
$ : Following is the jointkode
950648 jk: 0246 d366 34
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 101042,
"bytes": 41194676,
"usage": 238469296,
"total_fee": 0.06962525,
"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
169
## Current epoch estimation is +0.95%
## 1112 of 2016, i.e. 55%, 904 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016
9.864078397264247e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535
9.770940180508523e+20
$ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519
9.480332550563884e+20
$ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 950648,
"bestblock": "000000000000000000020e817800d117a29de040f70edb0f1d850e2e0bc30246",
"txouts": 165325129,
"bogosize": 12952846509,
"muhash": "13636874d6bc0cac78fe8626eff54c74d289bcc1d94a353fe0ddd5d0d28ccc07",
"total_amount": 20033048.02761304,
"total_unspendable_amount": 230.09738696,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 2437.06136483,
"coinbase": 3.13529784,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2437.05106699,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950648
{
"avgfee": 160,
"avgfeerate": 1,
"avgtxsize": 247,
"blockhash": "000000000000000000020e817800d117a29de040f70edb0f1d850e2e0bc30246",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
0,
0,
2
],
"height": 950648,
"ins": 7308,
"maxfee": 80000,
"maxfeerate": 384,
"maxtxsize": 16328,
"medianfee": 63,
"mediantime": 1779522261,
"mediantxsize": 222,
"minfee": 23,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 151,
"outs": 13410,
"subsidy": 312500000,
"swtotal_size": 1560041,
"swtotal_weight": 3901532,
"swtxs": 6339,
"time": 1779524866,
"total_out": 243705106699,
"total_size": 1582561,
"total_weight": 3991612,
"totalfee": 1029784,
"txs": 6403,
"utxo_increase": 6102,
"utxo_size_inc": 437920,
"utxo_increase_actual": 479,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 37539
}
$ bitcoin-cli getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 7392685202,
"totalbytessent": 16507396984,
"timemillis": 1779524872525,
"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 11 0 11 3
total 28 1 29
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 69948,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 69948
}
}
$ halving.sh 950648
=====================================
Bitcoin Block Halving prediction
=====================================
bc=950648
gbt=1231006505
bbt=1779524866
This is average time to mine a block
(1779524866-1231006505)/950648
bts=576.9935707080110535013448
Now let's multiply that by 1050000
which is the block number of next
halving and get the prediction:
Thu Mar 16 20:12:11 UTC 2028
-------------------------------------
Next palindrome will be 951159
predicted to happen at this time:
Tue May 26 18:21:49 UTC 2026
-------------------------------------
Current mining epoch number is 471.
The next fortnight happens in block
951552 and probably around this time:
Fri May 29 09:21:08 UTC 2026
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt
$ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
10 "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
1b610f06c935029b
eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0
d582e95bdd3788ff
71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e
3b8136a5b4352438
5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f
0dd7498f9e57aafe
9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d
9b4c3531d93af896
4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76
d3b8cc8bc831e058
5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb
003428f23a2eace5
704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46
cdfb5803a9f3ed96
8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40
dc0af7c1feba1e24
8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
| | |
_ \ | _ \ _| | /
_.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\
_ \ __| \ / | | _ )
\_ /__ \ ( | _ \__ _| _ \
_/ ___/\__/\___/ _|\___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... .... .... .f |
| 1. ...2 .e81 78.. d117 1f |
| 2. a29d e.4. f7.e db.f 2f |
| 3. 1d85 .e2e .bc3 .246 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: .246 d366 34