# on receiving block 947208 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-29T23:45:31Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-29T23:45:18Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:45:31 up 41 days, 14:38, 0 users, load average: 1.55, 2.00, 2.04 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1523396 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 947208 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947208); echo $BH 000000000000000000005c5f10f2900191c730878626b45f48b3ea818f6c8fee $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000005c5f10f2900191c730878626b45f48b3ea818f6c8fee { "hash": "000000000000000000005c5f10f2900191c730878626b45f48b3ea818f6c8fee", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947208, "version": 809041920, "versionHex": "30390000", "merkleroot": "0b1a03ae7dac5fceec8ff00f885c2b28e601f1b371f5de18f12bc979e18c6cdd", "time": 1777506318, "mediantime": 1777499063, "nonce": 3561865698, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000123a79b91e4ada8f52287c116", "nTx": 2776, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000024cc41a8c3f520415f1c84c4a33b9fe6c5f997d9dc9b" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 5c5f 1.f2 9..1 91c7 3.87 8626 b45f 48b3 ea81 8f6c 8fee $ : 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 947208 sf: 1.f2 9..1 3.87 8fee $ : 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 . 947208 sk: 8fee 85 $ : 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 . 947208 ak: ed25 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 947208 jk: 8fee ed25 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 91284, "bytes": 40794615, "usage": 226116816, "total_fee": 0.07598647, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 1, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 186 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.48% ## 1704 of 2016, i.e. 84%, 312 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.462985649387937e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947208, "bestblock": "000000000000000000005c5f10f2900191c730878626b45f48b3ea818f6c8fee", "txouts": 165484123, "bogosize": 12963915742, "muhash": "3a617fefc819b7dc8eeafcdffa8a82ad1dae1183223effe87102939a34a2d2e5", "total_amount": 20022298.02833074, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09666926, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5951.15395533, "coinbase": 3.14727893, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5951.13167640, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947208 { "avgfee": 802, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 652, "blockhash": "000000000000000000005c5f10f2900191c730878626b45f48b3ea818f6c8fee", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 947208, "ins": 8699, "maxfee": 135698, "maxfeerate": 301, "maxtxsize": 152776, "medianfee": 306, "mediantime": 1777499063, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 40, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 6679, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1650216, "swtotal_weight": 3351348, "swtxs": 2585, "time": 1777506318, "total_out": 595113167640, "total_size": 1810342, "total_weight": 3991852, "totalfee": 2227893, "txs": 2776, "utxo_increase": -2020, "utxo_size_inc": -144182, "utxo_increase_actual": -2149, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -155462 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6717154409, "totalbytessent": 15121733914, "timemillis": 1777506331632, "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 16 1 17 out 10 0 10 2 total 26 1 27 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 65870, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 65870 } } $ halving.sh 947208 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947208 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777506318 This is average time to mine a block (1777506318-1231006505)/947208 bts=576.9580029328268629204325 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 09:49:45 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 14:27:32 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Sat May 2 01:45:28 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 aa1cf97c10e00103 a75de911d439109862c1aa7c65b1f239a2aac3ceaeb81fb856cda5a120efc2d1 2eb127e7d3e614bf b26dacd0eb1c0e6067ec9ad64852351ca18f4c8ea883f138dfe4cb87e58fa19c $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ _____ __ __ __ / || | // )/ \ / \ \_/||__|_ / /| |\__/ | | / / | |/ \ | | / /___\__/ \__/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 5c5f 1.f2 9..1 1f | | 2. 91c7 3.87 8626 b45f 2f | | 3. 48b3 ea81 8f6c 8fee 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8fee ed25 85