# on receiving block 946172 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-22T08:09:46Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-22T08:13:59Z $ uptime # since last reboot 08:09:46 up 33 days, 23:02, 0 users, load average: 1.46, 1.53, 1.63 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1824424 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.9G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.8G 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 946172 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946172); echo $BH 00000000000000000001205ba148d58a34afea58b24921f85294ef863e6db337 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001205ba148d58a34afea58b24921f85294ef863e6db337 { "hash": "00000000000000000001205ba148d58a34afea58b24921f85294ef863e6db337", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946172, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "4fe2824d9f606313175b1030fe94403a46fd618df3b7195bd8ac8d4fc45f70d5", "time": 1776845639, "mediantime": 1776843386, "nonce": 3081851186, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000121b4872d4edd9aa7eec8784e", "nTx": 3181, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001f98d534995399318decadb87262ff321d8f1a2db195c" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 2.5b a148 d58a 34af ea58 b249 21f8 5294 ef86 3e6d b337 $ : 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 946172 sf: ...1 2.5b b337 $ : 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 . 946172 sk: b337 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 . 946172 ak: 2996 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 946172 jk: b337 2996 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 57820, "bytes": 31831626, "usage": 169740536, "total_fee": 0.04358690, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 3, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 136 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.69% ## 668 of 2016, i.e. 33%, 1348 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.868918975849624e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946172, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001205ba148d58a34afea58b24921f85294ef863e6db337", "txouts": 165418308, "bogosize": 12958959391, "muhash": "b84e3171725cba60b2d5ffefc0bd8cc6757039730ad4a6a57f7a9dedd38be86a", "total_amount": 20019060.52852511, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09647489, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8413.10823510, "coinbase": 3.15560641, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8413.07762869, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946172 { "avgfee": 962, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 529, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001205ba148d58a34afea58b24921f85294ef863e6db337", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 946172, "ins": 8885, "maxfee": 106080, "maxfeerate": 200, "maxtxsize": 52995, "medianfee": 388, "mediantime": 1776843386, "mediantxsize": 224, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8181, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1559721, "swtotal_weight": 3492546, "swtxs": 2935, "time": 1776845639, "total_out": 841307762869, "total_size": 1684546, "total_weight": 3991846, "totalfee": 3060641, "txs": 3181, "utxo_increase": -704, "utxo_size_inc": -53196, "utxo_increase_actual": -892, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -70954 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4177070266, "totalbytessent": 9649147475, "timemillis": 1776845387234, "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": 66703, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66703 } } $ halving.sh 946172 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946172 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1776845639 This is average time to mine a block (1776845639-1231006505)/946172 bts=576.8914712214362489734963 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 14:25:26 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 12:40:16 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 08:14:48 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 bb56e04d8e607aea 24b18d7fb15b198ecd6ba30fd897bf0f8deaf5aee462543841d757ae9ffb6564 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 85aa55dbebf351e6 597fe44c50e8cfa42c88b04d97263ff5832ce7a2a14e0bbe20a0f0b924492a95 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 76b663653bdb3510 49dbca638ca9b3fc63f8df5bacdd09a3822c7a0baa3944ea170b9750832e0c1a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_| _| _|_|_|_|_| _|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 2.5b a148 d58a 1f | | 2. 34af ea58 b249 21f8 2f | | 3. 5294 ef86 3e6d b337 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: b337 2996 a4