# on receiving block 946126 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-22T01:55:23Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-22T01:54:48Z $ uptime # since last reboot 01:55:23 up 33 days, 16:48, 0 users, load average: 1.69, 1.90, 1.82 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1785136 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 434.4G 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 946126 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946126); echo $BH 00000000000000000001dc27b61550392619e06652ee90e7daa8a1e6dbaffafc $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001dc27b61550392619e06652ee90e7daa8a1e6dbaffafc { "hash": "00000000000000000001dc27b61550392619e06652ee90e7daa8a1e6dbaffafc", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946126, "version": 973078528, "versionHex": "3a000000", "merkleroot": "a777b4854f4dccfeaff8164d94db2359310151c1b6b9abef6f2ff4b49c281282", "time": 1776822888, "mediantime": 1776820878, "nonce": 3768521040, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001219e5e3d9943902305b0a7fa", "nTx": 4734, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000f355524617511ae0172041f9c561f6879a078a5ba4f7" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 dc27 b615 5.39 2619 e.66 52ee 9.e7 daa8 a1e6 dbaf fafc $ : 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 946126 sf: ...1 5.39 e.66 9.e7 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 . 946126 sk: fafc 84 $ : 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 . 946126 ak: 6461 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 946126 jk: fafc 6461 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 57228, "bytes": 31621662, "usage": 168538008, "total_fee": 0.04228219, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 171, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 133 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.07% ## 622 of 2016, i.e. 30%, 1394 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.808558424051327e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946126, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001dc27b61550392619e06652ee90e7daa8a1e6dbaffafc", "txouts": 165418216, "bogosize": 12958951459, "muhash": "1ee73ab52ae03ab4f21e872700408c04d4f54ac19de96fac886ddc6687b109dd", "total_amount": 20018916.77852535, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09647465, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4883.19519960, "coinbase": 3.14108057, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4883.17911903, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946126 { "avgfee": 339, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 337, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001dc27b61550392619e06652ee90e7daa8a1e6dbaffafc", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 3 ], "height": 946126, "ins": 7513, "maxfee": 90000, "maxfeerate": 477, "maxtxsize": 52446, "medianfee": 23, "mediantime": 1776820878, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 19, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 11786, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1518874, "swtotal_weight": 3672784, "swtxs": 4583, "time": 1776822888, "total_out": 488317911903, "total_size": 1599586, "total_weight": 3995632, "totalfee": 1608057, "txs": 4734, "utxo_increase": 4273, "utxo_size_inc": 308477, "utxo_increase_actual": 1386, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 100293 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4079728712, "totalbytessent": 9421352092, "timemillis": 1776822924029, "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 total block in 15 15 out 10 10 2 total 25 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66788, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66788 } } $ halving.sh 946126 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946126 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776822888 This is average time to mine a block (1776822888-1231006505)/946126 bts=576.8954728065048349745858 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 15:35:28 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 13:43:24 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 09:18:00 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 bb56e04d8e607aea 24b18d7fb15b198ecd6ba30fd897bf0f8deaf5aee462543841d757ae9ffb6564 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 85aa55dbebf351e6 597fe44c50e8cfa42c88b04d97263ff5832ce7a2a14e0bbe20a0f0b924492a95 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _ _ __ __ ___ __ / _ \| || | / / /_ |__ \ / / | (_) | || |_ / /_ | | ) / /_ \__, |__ _| '_ \ | | / / '_ \ / / | | | (_) | | |/ /| (_) | /_/ |_| \___/ |_|____\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 dc27 b615 5.39 1f | | 2. 2619 e.66 52ee 9.e7 2f | | 3. daa8 a1e6 dbaf fafc 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: fafc 6461 84