# on receiving block 971827 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-17T07:14:45Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-17T07:14:34Z $ uptime # since last reboot 07:14:45 up 58 days, 21:30, 0 users, load average: 0.97, 0.79, 1.75 $ battery.sh 102%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1686128 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.2G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 452.1G 458.3G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc4 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 971827 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 971827); echo $BH 00000000000000000000ad95ce914465c22e242cfcbf2de0e003445fcfdc6a2d $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000ad95ce914465c22e242cfcbf2de0e003445fcfdc6a2d { "hash": "00000000000000000000ad95ce914465c22e242cfcbf2de0e003445fcfdc6a2d", "confirmations": 1, "height": 971827, "version": 785211392, "versionHex": "2ecd6000", "merkleroot": "b28b23d27cb385e272f879e016897b76ae2a2997cbaf6fdf98f6a0bf161f8095", "time": 1792221274, "mediantime": 1792219605, "nonce": 3327263077, "bits": "17020093", "target": "0000000000000000000200930000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 140577680051919.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001504adf7a4775ae3ab4413fa8", "nTx": 6484, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000016c8a974f591319db94b46fac521f2a3fba436d0cbd0" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... ad95 ce91 4465 c22e 242c fcbf 2de. e..3 445f cfdc 6a2d $ : 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 971827 sf: e..3 6a2d $ : 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 . 971827 sk: 6a2d 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 . 971827 ak: 1191 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 971827 jk: 6a2d 1191 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 69261, "bytes": 37836116, "usage": 208115776, "total_fee": 0.05285987, "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 139 ## Current epoch estimation is +2.2% ## 115 of 2016, i.e. 5%, 1901 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.028415901600818e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 969695 9.499394793503835e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 971827, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000ad95ce914465c22e242cfcbf2de0e003445fcfdc6a2d", "txouts": 164997847, "bogosize": 12922278013, "muhash": "8feb7dac5e839565842898ebec1866052916ee5e5c235d052d704add7edc5056", "total_amount": 20099232.37224466, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12775534, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3302.98626373, "coinbase": 3.13277706, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3302.97848274, "unspendable": 0.00000393, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000393, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 971827 { "avgfee": 119, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 236, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000ad95ce914465c22e242cfcbf2de0e003445fcfdc6a2d", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 971827, "ins": 7632, "maxfee": 41524, "maxfeerate": 218, "maxtxsize": 26417, "medianfee": 31, "mediantime": 1792219605, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 13487, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1445657, "swtotal_weight": 3632483, "swtxs": 5713, "time": 1792221274, "total_out": 330297848667, "total_size": 1535487, "total_weight": 3991803, "totalfee": 777706, "txs": 6484, "utxo_increase": 5855, "utxo_size_inc": 413594, "utxo_increase_actual": 217, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 14783 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1501325524, "totalbytessent": 1830619598, "timemillis": 1792221285877, "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 v32.0.0rc4 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ 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": 79169, "ipv6": 301, "onion": 1764, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81240 } } $ halving.sh 971827 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=971827 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1792221274 This is average time to mine a block (1792221274-1231006505)/971827 bts=577.4836380511777804302819 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 19:08:22 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 972279 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Oct 20 07:44:56 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 482. The next fortnight happens in block 973728 and probably around this time: Fri Oct 30 00:11:10 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 9d5aea813edab410 91f7e3459399a2328f6288529c2546309d853ab5734281b506f405660cd6d19b 529f5da3370d0854 fe4c91c430f3921dc17de221d28508ba63b955c2eabdc1eb4a99eeba483c85c9 cd89474ec9938594 08815a047e013dd91ea6ee1b528f6a6789baabf99ba209e89cbf387e05eb22bd f4c462d82e36dfad 32e2e1e88fb1e173a20b6811e2889917b8c7f8c7c89e6af276cf85498f997021 ae199cac3615d517 a8ad224ab31909ec23247faf2c04f26afc83edc6890021707c374264a076b38c 1c6d80afee1e3506 603f3be93f1af6cddfd3041b2a2d82996fefb4c60171243d472fdd978a814264 c34f18c7b8784e0f 51b729249b1db10a620de8430acc4873f34df75906bd0433cac3880fe610f758 dfaf5d234bce8486 70eb107b0a66c83f09938be721f732a6688330f3fe3c2e665e3e01b4752877fd f88f50d9c7f0f1e3 90d63f6f9ef7e228334119f8affe9d473a0eed2638f4c329cba39c5210c8c4fe bb6cedb510ebc5ac 60fbda5fc9b8ee2fabf47cf5b3e27e1706c3d583846e805ced67411a2ee47e04 819520bee9c78f27 747f0dd1744e46fc4ba6329dac314760a0c0e3e5d1e6184a04b0c83cc71a8473 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ __________ ___ ____ / _ \/_ < ( _ )|_ /_ / \_, / / // / _ / __/ / / /___/ /_//_/\___/____//_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... ad95 ce91 4465 1f | | 2. c22e 242c fcbf 2de. 2f | | 3. e..3 445f cfdc 6a2d 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 6a2d 1191 95