# on receiving block 947047 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-28T16:11:22Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-28T16:11:02Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:11:22 up 40 days, 7:04, 0 users, load average: 2.40, 2.18, 2.29 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1646428 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 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 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 947047 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947047); echo $BH 00000000000000000001b42e79af158a722b32b7134fe3cf4e667bde904d49be $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001b42e79af158a722b32b7134fe3cf4e667bde904d49be { "hash": "00000000000000000001b42e79af158a722b32b7134fe3cf4e667bde904d49be", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947047, "version": 632610816, "versionHex": "25b4e000", "merkleroot": "bf506d1d4c531484c6e7d72b9aeef77e38ec67033b45b6ece0922f12b5491126", "time": 1777392662, "mediantime": 1777388872, "nonce": 2034234532, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001235a0c4ae9128423f2b467f0", "nTx": 3083, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000e0cc95ffb4c9f936465ba6c16c6a29d04e22cfb22859" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 b42e 79af 158a 722b 32b7 134f e3cf 4e66 7bde 9.4d 49be $ : 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 947047 sf: ...1 9.4d 49be $ : 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 . 947047 sk: 49be a4 $ : 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 . 947047 ak: 845d a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 947047 jk: 49be 845d a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 51666, "bytes": 34061515, "usage": 176979256, "total_fee": 0.05916507, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 18, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 173 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.52% ## 1543 of 2016, i.e. 76%, 473 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.65281867656231e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947047, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001b42e79af158a722b32b7134fe3cf4e667bde904d49be", "txouts": 165435608, "bogosize": 12960167546, "muhash": "dd2607e31a84f5158bbcbbdb9b107926331c31fbebc9454b8ca00d43507f99ca", "total_amount": 20021794.90338542, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09661458, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 29531.00770500, "coinbase": 3.16524178, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 29530.96746322, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947047 { "avgfee": 1305, "avgfeerate": 4, "avgtxsize": 558, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001b42e79af158a722b32b7134fe3cf4e667bde904d49be", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 ], "height": 947047, "ins": 8802, "maxfee": 140000, "maxfeerate": 666, "maxtxsize": 58311, "medianfee": 547, "mediantime": 1777388872, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 9167, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1626787, "swtotal_weight": 3617611, "swtxs": 2767, "time": 1777392662, "total_out": 2953096746322, "total_size": 1720293, "total_weight": 3991635, "totalfee": 4024178, "txs": 3083, "utxo_increase": 365, "utxo_size_inc": 30577, "utxo_increase_actual": 233, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 17572 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6293703490, "totalbytessent": 14341349554, "timemillis": 1777392682388, "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 9 1 10 out 10 0 10 2 total 19 1 20 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 67623, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 67623 } } $ halving.sh 947047 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947047 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777392662 This is average time to mine a block (1777392662-1231006505)/947047 bts=576.9360761017392993808127 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 03:26:01 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 08:41:11 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 19:59:12 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 e9e7e494596358a1 7474156dbf4de78a6d1b37ef73fdf707fb3e02513739d408e5352083b545d8b8 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e a483ad636ef029ea 88fb439cbbca0eef1cdacf934b2a2926a1287f1b9a389c0c5b5339966ea241a3 6b50fff0d8c99fdb 46cb2f7474c062ec0f3a3582f26bd9cb93c1822679dbe64609f8cbc0d77f0e0c 0e8c48c68641371b 67edf0668c982ba378870ae952e567da65175013a243f3381bef22df269dc534 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ____ __ _ _ ____ / _ \ | |__ / \| | |__ | \_, /_ _|/ / () |_ _|/ / /_/ |_|/_/ \__/ |_|/_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 b42e 79af 158a 1f | | 2. 722b 32b7 134f e3cf 2f | | 3. 4e66 7bde 9.4d 49be 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 49be 845d a4