# on receiving block 956793 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-05T13:25:30Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-05T13:24:42Z $ uptime # since last reboot 13:25:30 up 9 days, 5:56, 0 users, load average: 0.79, 1.01, 0.98 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1869036 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.7G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.3G 475.2G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0rc1 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 956793 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 956793); echo $BH 00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6 { "hash": "00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6", "confirmations": 1, "height": 956793, "version": 537280512, "versionHex": "20064000", "merkleroot": "fc90c902da855e6cbe824a94fd4b2238687a162ce13b09a85fd478b829110b11", "time": 1783257882, "mediantime": 1783253902, "nonce": 2348092214, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000135663a88951e2044d0c83926", "nTx": 3544, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000015e4a4413747bf3c067a975130281fda267bca006d92a" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 de1. a635 3733 72a3 73.3 4.69 1b5c 8cdb 7d36 f2e6 cdf6 $ : 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 956793 sf: ...1 de1. 73.3 4.69 M $ : 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 . 956793 sk: cdf6 84 $ : 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 . 956793 ak: db7f 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 956793 jk: cdf6 db7f 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 87722, "bytes": 46464494, "usage": 244930856, "total_fee": 0.09423287, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 202 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.22% ## 1209 of 2016, i.e. 59%, 807 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.694636965807139e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 956793, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6", "txouts": 166164253, "bogosize": 13013631367, "muhash": "de01661668252bd982beea0d97bc98d895b1e8a83e97850787bc7a4e8fcb5793", "total_amount": 20052251.13934565, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11065435, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4946.07883664, "coinbase": 3.14902571, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4946.05481093, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 956793 { "avgfee": 678, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 488, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001de10a635373372a3730340691b5c8cdb7d36f2e6cdf6", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 4 ], "height": 956793, "ins": 8492, "maxfee": 104100, "maxfeerate": 370, "maxtxsize": 131915, "medianfee": 269, "mediantime": 1783253902, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 21, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 9887, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1673735, "swtotal_weight": 3758945, "swtxs": 3379, "time": 1783257882, "total_out": 494605481093, "total_size": 1731994, "total_weight": 3991981, "totalfee": 2402571, "txs": 3544, "utxo_increase": 1395, "utxo_size_inc": 102739, "utxo_increase_actual": 53, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 5393 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2901491967, "totalbytessent": 8742024360, "timemillis": 1783257930330, "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 v31.1.0rc1 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 19 1 20 out 10 0 10 2 total 29 1 30 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70536, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70536 } } $ halving.sh 956793 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=956793 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1783257882 This is average time to mine a block (1783257882-1231006505)/956793 bts=577.1894232196272133813548 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 19 05:19:36 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 957759 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Jul 12 00:17:26 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Fri Jul 10 22:47:53 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 c91f3c5076828ddf 2ff662ca5bfdd813c25ccb44aa737f4472120ea78fe0fdc29d5439554aad2dae 7d2c132f3ba5de1f 63c6fd3164391408e507e7ac979aa09b9a070d8d474af6734d13a50ccac0302f c3e6cfc4aa609162 88a5530a137d974df5cad82a20e9e3586f8282ca447e6161ec9c6843412ef50e 33883cdf6a827b1b 8651aed10d88ed6f25815c45a6cf01665a66738dc61c3f47f5f97c2284aa415d ed702cd69dbfd3df 6872e6c6114a608dfa6a4c1e584743b7af7eecc93d7b9f2ab77e759f04656624 051ddd7a2a9d08d2 f02817b398a886d8c4009c7064123e8a0e1c37e4b2fb26926a61a9a6ffb36873 a8a0fd81615fc8e3 3c33e5a29c68f07d7ba25f3f312a522ceff525dd81175049fff5e60282b5167e 5c97616b27894d40 a91de440a2db64239e33cb58c14161ee011df1b6f3b2b184f7bdba2a54baf57a 2911e879515eaa6b a25258327dde52e1f7f8428272fb1c666a320e9cc9be259a730b983f7490be91 a63afcde8473cd7e f6e1cb9b6c3d40049f7182b3b545794355d17ed2f156ad2d1b35af071c06c78b 9081269907adf61f c9e5bbbaf77f0fdd04bc41bf24f3f8238923e60a5ce9a2320a103e9137659c40 2a6944d314aee8a2 b9770535efd81e84efb16cbb1513641733a89252ff433010bcdba2027ee665a7 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ ____ _______ __ ___ / || / // |/ \ \_/||___ | __ / \_/| __/ | \|/ \ / | \ |\___/ \__// |\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 de1. a635 3733 1f | | 2. 72a3 73.3 4.69 1b5c 2f | | 3. 8cdb 7d36 f2e6 cdf6 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: cdf6 db7f 84