# on receiving block 966368 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-09-10T13:45:50Z # as written in the block header 2026-09-10T13:44:41Z $ uptime # since last reboot 13:45:50 up 22 days, 4:01, 0 users, load average: 2.20, 2.72, 2.25 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1588224 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.0G 475.4G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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 966368 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 966368); echo $BH 00000000000000000000996ab4da0c128dfe755fec4d65f7c862c0326d9f865c $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000996ab4da0c128dfe755fec4d65f7c862c0326d9f865c { "hash": "00000000000000000000996ab4da0c128dfe755fec4d65f7c862c0326d9f865c", "confirmations": 1, "height": 966368, "version": 1042251776, "versionHex": "3e1f8000", "merkleroot": "8d3e39751d60ce83947aa3540a46881960ad5266b4d9a71c6ee91874a3ebcdbd", "time": 1789047881, "mediantime": 1789046961, "nonce": 3535845599, "bits": "1702355e", "target": "00000000000000000002355e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127450789715843.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014651e4dfcb78589f1cc43d7e", "nTx": 6814, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000122723b48aaab35053730dba6ff79cac326520ccd431f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 996a b4da .c12 8dfe 755f ec4d 65f7 c862 c.32 6d9f 865c $ : 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 966368 sf: .c12 c.32 865c $ : 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 . 966368 sk: 865c 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 . 966368 ak: b32a 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 966368 jk: 865c b32a 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 71201, "bytes": 39592854, "usage": 218044096, "total_fee": 0.06134261, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 16, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 154 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.56% ## 704 of 2016, i.e. 34%, 1312 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.245700694221628e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 966368, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000996ab4da0c128dfe755fec4d65f7c862c0326d9f865c", "txouts": 165191819, "bogosize": 12941173714, "muhash": "a4a69419e8572f9842e11996ec9392fd5dd8ff74f8126bd69e5c3ba6a68d28ab", "total_amount": 20082173.00713220, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11786780, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3440.28981028, "coinbase": 3.13232113, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3440.28248914, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 966368 { "avgfee": 107, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 228, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000996ab4da0c128dfe755fec4d65f7c862c0326d9f865c", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ], "height": 966368, "ins": 7627, "maxfee": 20118, "maxfeerate": 79, "maxtxsize": 14594, "medianfee": 43, "mediantime": 1789046961, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 14073, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1463760, "swtotal_weight": 3624342, "swtxs": 5928, "time": 1789047881, "total_out": 344028248915, "total_size": 1555624, "total_weight": 3991798, "totalfee": 732113, "txs": 6814, "utxo_increase": 6446, "utxo_size_inc": 452370, "utxo_increase_actual": 209, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 14251 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 11344318168, "totalbytessent": 27780271155, "timemillis": 1789047950831, "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-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 27 1 28 out 10 0 10 2 total 37 1 38 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78565, "ipv6": 309, "onion": 1835, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80715 } } $ halving.sh 966368 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=966368 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1789047881 This is average time to mine a block (1789047881-1231006505)/966368 bts=577.4620005401663339780146 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 12:49:43 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 966669 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 12 14:01:37 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 479. The next fortnight happens in block 967680 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 19 08:11:51 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 15 "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 2fe657504291436b 9c501a1ae0a3cd9eb2cdb4b50afc06741bee4bb36447dd6f9b1169da4688abd4 4429b73fffa10bc5 364061ab2428d09fce1bd54e59e729f8c3ad5a0476383798c0a2e9fc57d70024 830b7a307069d260 e258607a3910f9ca28bcda184f800408c6d96955335b6491167bb6eab455324b 55d45610947dac3f afb506f14fd6388afafba91f74a9368184b17f7e2f7436bbed315e4e21d2828a a8155758465dfb26 750aeb296d5f038ce225e25e8fa3fc4d91a0010193bb3a0f3e6bbe3ad9aa9f1f 5b67796efcc30c3a e6b95ac267eab33d7a0fd7febb91b7a01458c13f7cf638b6b9954defce847057 74fedb6e41df9591 20f6614c2e2737c5f078748201c17b46918355c8220174eec1d223f498d91c26 1aa6113a5e84f800 4d9c1b5a679dda0abd567bd737b9121198b483c4d6c10283854846ac386bb6dc 1ffafc66ecb3c5d4 1c41dbd7aa2543aa848006b12d3211278910821d15ac187e9f0884f3286b38bc a5c98dec4f8b686c 1f63bd140820684dd00f090c187f708725989bd809c40570a3af0d8f1d20c200 7daaee24c6571433 7b59df9926b06d53843a56e7351977e60ed3318e2f8f20ba11f1f61a272ce52b a7bbcd64b6e103f2 b43c398f2dc1717f73210bda6aef79890d037517057bfd8a3dd307e06ada4b0e 959e9f48da10fd18 1c95ed7754a9147d604ff710440c609e42333d33a01a95e7f2d8cb4cdb86c729 eb19da94a24c672f 04d663a504f5be1eabf3251193a49ed165fb42f50c0316eecbb95062c5ae5afc 72458f1b4d668216 5bf5a1d54fb93b705fc9c3c533592749598f227ecfed69087232f8afc3ec28cc $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 996a b4da .c12 1f | | 2. 8dfe 755f ec4d 65f7 2f | | 3. c862 c.32 6d9f 865c 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 865c b32a 95