# on receiving block 974930 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-11-07T11:42:03Z # as written in the block header 2026-11-07T11:41:44Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:42:03 up 80 days, 1:57, 0 users, load average: 0.60, 0.50, 0.63 $ battery.sh 75%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2084800 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.7G .bitcoin/indexes 5.2G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.5G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 453.9G 456.5G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.1.0 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 974930 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 974930); echo $BH 00000000000000000000642ee55c6672864ce72cb64e30c7e4361845c7d453e4 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000642ee55c6672864ce72cb64e30c7e4361845c7d453e4 { "hash": "00000000000000000000642ee55c6672864ce72cb64e30c7e4361845c7d453e4", "confirmations": 1, "height": 974930, "version": 537001984, "versionHex": "20020000", "merkleroot": "b833639c8d03afbfd6e6305c62bfbf396904ed9476a89b9eb2e8be276995ff57", "time": 1794051704, "mediantime": 1794048366, "nonce": 2372314805, "bits": "1701e5ac", "target": "00000000000000000001e5ac0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 148364561003867.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000015679ea7489c719fb53a57ed3", "nTx": 1964, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000005440bda20f7c1146a37b706061866349fdcba3a1c2a1" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 642e e55c 6672 864c e72c b64e 3.c7 e436 1845 c7d4 53e4 $ : 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 974930 sf: 3.c7 53e4 $ : 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 . 974930 sk: 53e4 a5 $ : 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 . 974930 ak: 68aa a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 974930 jk: 53e4 68aa a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 10784, "bytes": 1459213, "usage": 12641344, "total_fee": 0.00203343, "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 138 ## Retarget estimation is -2.25% ## 1202 of 2016, i.e. 59%, 814 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.037623033453113e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 973727 1.061590210849434e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 974930, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000642ee55c6672864ce72cb64e30c7e4361845c7d453e4", "txouts": 163679795, "bogosize": 12814834397, "muhash": "067262e4b865d13cedb12ae27669bf344d18e83d1d2d5c72a996d7b582449f31", "total_amount": 20108929.23935848, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.13564152, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 6193.87297258, "coinbase": 3.14269000, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6193.85528258, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 974930 { "avgfee": 901, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 656, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000642ee55c6672864ce72cb64e30c7e4361845c7d453e4", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 ], "height": 974930, "ins": 7144, "maxfee": 118488, "maxfeerate": 255, "maxtxsize": 77560, "medianfee": 322, "mediantime": 1794048366, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 2, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 5093, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1056197, "swtotal_weight": 2332715, "swtxs": 1815, "time": 1794051704, "total_out": 619385528258, "total_size": 1289250, "total_weight": 3264927, "totalfee": 1769000, "txs": 1964, "utxo_increase": -2051, "utxo_size_inc": -143553, "utxo_increase_actual": -2175, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -157660 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 42253674, "totalbytessent": 19772426, "timemillis": 1794051724174, "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 v32.1.0 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 0 1 1 out 10 0 10 2 total 10 1 11 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78976, "ipv6": 299, "onion": 1737, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81018 } } $ halving.sh 974930 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=974930 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1794051704 This is average time to mine a block (1794051704-1231006505)/974930 bts=577.5231262520116808266431 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 06:39:25 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 975579 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Nov 11 19:48:36 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 483. The next fortnight happens in block 975744 and probably around this time: Thu Nov 12 22:16:47 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 b78f69076d0f6022 3a4268ab42400bbbea07abb746918721070d4a3ba6309b7bf1a55ea742a53533 ef3a6d90dc8a7969 00802f69c10f8d420ac477fe4e32e71ef8925edcb65c96192640ea96838fe344 d53f87fbfc96e5f4 92fbd81449d8ea750d23b87c6a1f96607cf5a379ad0b6816736c81232a6075ad 0f9b1d24edbff091 cd66df5a09a48648634fd1d0ade0217676df435c07af57780a8c50638f9bef21 61f86a40de6c9faf 114baee382141d9494ef858b2e793bee1a4b61b3aa1b5fa87145da100d44de80 cf8f36fc9867409b b27f8af3160d734c365bdc6c47b6e9b7a99227ba9b23c14c7f94dfb81cb70a27 ae199cac3615d517 b45b229569df4869a5b8f9141e2e24c2e3eb00784d1e8051ce2318ce27ddd2fe ff72c29c632fc0f8 69c8f5576ac07bad9755413b04c17183ed873d41b2b89274cec84edef90a0cb6 c8f4acbcfc0cb753 161cf38cac6c38c6c89fc549bb8c2a1edb00f2c1220b6cec4b21c2c4c3e36f68 98039c3980e5c61e cc6c2164546a02b380bcbfa2597dad2c9498f160ca9463bf8634b5f4600b9c3f $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \__ /| | _ \__ / \ \_ / /__ _|\_ / _ \ ( | _/ _/ _| _/ ___/\__/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 642e e55c 6672 1f | | 2. 864c e72c b64e 3.c7 2f | | 3. e436 1845 c7d4 53e4 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 53e4 68aa a5