# on receiving block 962840 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-17T05:18:13Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-17T05:17:57Z $ uptime # since last reboot 05:18:13 up 51 days, 21:49, 0 users, load average: 1.12, 1.89, 2.92 $ battery.sh 167%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1478352 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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 962840 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 962840); echo $BH 0000000000000000000075fefb764b3300781b19077e76bef34d42b75f2c4cd2 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000075fefb764b3300781b19077e76bef34d42b75f2c4cd2 { "hash": "0000000000000000000075fefb764b3300781b19077e76bef34d42b75f2c4cd2", "confirmations": 1, "height": 962840, "version": 549044224, "versionHex": "20b9c000", "merkleroot": "edc9ef53f636c5a0bb3b22aeced9d1ffbfd26c7db5fa380bc672c23a9038b766", "time": 1786943877, "mediantime": 1786941397, "nonce": 1363634224, "bits": "1702353d", "target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127479855693691.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014020182810ac9aed57040d05", "nTx": 7052, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000013ff880470554ae3eb48a72f1fb003258d06d6f176ad4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 75fe fb76 4b33 ..78 1b19 .77e 76be f34d 42b7 5f2c 4cd2 $ : 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 962840 sf: ..78 .77e 4cd2 $ : 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 . 962840 sk: 4cd2 95 $ : 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 . 962840 ak: .d1e 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 962840 jk: 4cd2 .d1e 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 63556, "bytes": 41113265, "usage": 213058256, "total_fee": 0.06711988, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 163 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.39% ## 1208 of 2016, i.e. 59%, 808 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.084091505554146e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 962840, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000075fefb764b3300781b19077e76bef34d42b75f2c4cd2", "txouts": 165890515, "bogosize": 12993131559, "muhash": "a00627d4e20b9e95debbd720ebb5ef26938c40da74ded622a162a64a858df6d4", "total_amount": 20071148.00979502, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11520498, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 86.50825703, "coinbase": 3.12973108, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 86.50352595, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 962840 { "avgfee": 67, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 224, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000075fefb764b3300781b19077e76bef34d42b75f2c4cd2", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "height": 962840, "ins": 7219, "maxfee": 2571, "maxfeerate": 13, "maxtxsize": 10502, "medianfee": 53, "mediantime": 1786941397, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 14134, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1570662, "swtotal_weight": 3956901, "swtxs": 7012, "time": 1786943877, "total_out": 8650352595, "total_size": 1579427, "total_weight": 3991961, "totalfee": 473108, "txs": 7052, "utxo_increase": 6915, "utxo_size_inc": 482986, "utxo_increase_actual": 91, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 6614 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5435633490, "totalbytessent": 13639055988, "timemillis": 1786943893532, "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 v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 20 2 22 out 10 0 10 2 total 30 2 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 75829, "ipv6": 320, "onion": 1899, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 78054 } } $ halving.sh 962840 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=962840 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1786943877 This is average time to mine a block (1786943877-1231006505)/962840 bts=577.3927076225461940237276 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 16:37:05 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 963369 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 20 18:08:37 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 477. The next fortnight happens in block 963648 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 22 14:53:30 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 02282c19b8e323e3 51a518e33c06650bd435943d18613ef40a31a386fe6d99f5547d27823027cf50 2c2430c834bda48e 37694b0d681bba8ba7319a4cda6dad0c83288dc87e2d02e81d8dbd8d90dc79fd 85aa55dbebf351e6 d8fe5aaa0406fa8f4f4f11da9e508ba8477018ad888b01ac07cc07c60794b3f6 49cd744278fe5cd6 c612b3631dc3ca594245620c159ca7a58e41942245212a6f6bb1a468c12bb70f 876043720ec589f5 91a48a794aab0d11342fa96d2360fe826bda4f445cad54230d0f6e58adb58707 be8f647a059c7285 e70f0a9f98d160da8fee52817922096c6d9465269c8fc2c736a4ad8c515977a1 c608714e89823a39 5b0cd83d9d21935644882e89792f17b5bb8e5d5e22685566397802f9ecead0e4 21a88e37957717c7 5354852caa70f85b3922faf186d9a7265fac4a376ff828335bc2ef2e7814d974 ef3a6d90dc8a7969 99ccff5e37ef132b4203c4685232ae876cb7ce40e4d4389f3fdaf4ddedaf9de7 6b87dc66c19856ea e49541ccc92e25e9d7ec4a9bea03c93812896c4f4f26bc5f524cc75926cce447 ca00dfa0d63e49a9 0dc9795fb378346e99a5b36bc067d6c79d87bf7165e60215a3d39f0bb8726f16 4563aeb5cdf375e7 36630df0731df232f5e33cf78cc354fd3c0b99e8f05774bd5902861dc94195af f0c7911a3c6d1707 758d28d7be126a490509d36423c759c53619049d67a60452ea371489715b1ff8 ca0546a15992681a f91c1800734fc0f2f65d46a1b575df1b302872051d3cc0c74a4bf7c85de5c464 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 75fe fb76 4b33 1f | | 2. ..78 1b19 .77e 76be 2f | | 3. f34d 42b7 5f2c 4cd2 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 4cd2 .d1e 95