# on receiving block 949282 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-13T23:49:57Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-13T23:49:26Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:49:57 up 55 days, 14:42, 0 users, load average: 2.57, 1.96, 1.88 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1660232 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 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 949282 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949282); echo $BH 00000000000000000000814a6c838d853f1b487ac8dde4b73104bc33d83b2650 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000814a6c838d853f1b487ac8dde4b73104bc33d83b2650 { "hash": "00000000000000000000814a6c838d853f1b487ac8dde4b73104bc33d83b2650", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949282, "version": 537567232, "versionHex": "200aa000", "merkleroot": "784a2300b37adbd71baafcd9ccb7808c13df9f2293333ad332da212ae88908a5", "time": 1778716166, "mediantime": 1778713384, "nonce": 1726579846, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001277b2b9a9ce166720a702fd9", "nTx": 6225, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001e4cfe4e83cec64539495dbc4c8363d6e43951e6947e9" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 814a 6c83 8d85 3f1b 487a c8dd e4b7 31.4 bc33 d83b 265. $ : 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 949282 sf: 31.4 265. $ : 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 . 949282 sk: 265. 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 . 949282 ak: 481b 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 949282 jk: 2650 481b 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 83478, "bytes": 38152340, "usage": 215673480, "total_fee": 0.05885526, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 2, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 154 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.15% ## 1762 of 2016, i.e. 87%, 254 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.779204286875372e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949282, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000814a6c838d853f1b487ac8dde4b73104bc33d83b2650", "txouts": 165196913, "bogosize": 12943143036, "muhash": "9821cfd16e322c39cc49b7a747fd040fbf5f8bc84428c0777e0ed5fdbf0f1e05", "total_amount": 20028779.27799499, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09700501, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1806.93650208, "coinbase": 3.13550795, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1806.92599413, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949282 { "avgfee": 168, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 256, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000814a6c838d853f1b487ac8dde4b73104bc33d83b2650", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 949282, "ins": 7425, "maxfee": 90000, "maxfeerate": 477, "maxtxsize": 25577, "medianfee": 54, "mediantime": 1778713384, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 13206, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1569774, "swtotal_weight": 3879756, "swtxs": 6133, "time": 1778716166, "total_out": 180692599413, "total_size": 1597707, "total_weight": 3991488, "totalfee": 1050795, "txs": 6225, "utxo_increase": 5781, "utxo_size_inc": 416083, "utxo_increase_actual": 587, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 45873 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4006087516, "totalbytessent": 8852159555, "timemillis": 1778716197780, "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 14 1 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 24 1 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 68289, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 68289 } } $ halving.sh 949282 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949282 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778716166 This is average time to mine a block (1778716166-1231006505)/949282 bts=576.9719472486076333401103 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:53:46 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 10:43:26 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 16:31:56 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 9 "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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 e8bb29e27632bdd7 bd4ad3144c309746e2f9437453ad43af6201afd501ad0a184d6077a55cac482c 435b5a508342952a 63244f2e139188f1bd2d8c83ddf1fa460f402e0d2e8d566ef64d365197831d07 d3b8cc8bc831e058 8b854da52402f2d49f415d475c3afdb17b7202f0ab893f1067019635444c44f4 783f4529892fc45f 12fa7d7c6e66cad060f7af4328a9f941e16f4b1523317bc183a9bc53519c4cfc 36d8f65b283aaede 44fbc3f5261005d3f4bcc44d9419d99583f477ec6d203173fd23e828006caa59 cb16378c56ed11ad 818370af339733257bade9c54550ca89b82abdebd34e07ee33d8d8787a0a05e3 43bc3a74c60b8cb8 11fa900f5e97c034a2da338e8d41790660577e04492b91a16c81c9a3486800f4 6f16b29a36b007a2 e6c3cbfe07b4823537bf80330fa4a57611aa0c08a748cf3533a1912fe43a4b44 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ / _ \/ / // _ \|_ |( _ )|_ | \_, /_ _/\_, / __// _ / __/ /___/ /_/ /___/____/\___/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 814a 6c83 8d85 1f | | 2. 3f1b 487a c8dd e4b7 2f | | 3. 31.4 bc33 d83b 265. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 265. 481b 95