# on receiving block 946876 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-27T12:43:57Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-27T12:47:26Z $ uptime # since last reboot 12:43:57 up 39 days, 3:36, 0 users, load average: 1.63, 1.64, 1.76 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1643972 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 946876 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946876); echo $BH 0000000000000000000202a3af5ae9b04ba6ea5d0b93c6d01a69a681b4607d3b $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000202a3af5ae9b04ba6ea5d0b93c6d01a69a681b4607d3b { "hash": "0000000000000000000202a3af5ae9b04ba6ea5d0b93c6d01a69a681b4607d3b", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946876, "version": 536928256, "versionHex": "2000e000", "merkleroot": "f7bd8ed755467ee8b279ec604af8b6e8db0016139626becb2a92d76ae317d9bc", "time": 1777294046, "mediantime": 1777291075, "nonce": 2926323408, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012307abc4afba0f1f9b5650ce", "nTx": 2906, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001eff0b4e17a6a5f170fc062e56fd0446f0b7bc3b9a854" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...2 .2a3 af5a e9b. 4ba6 ea5d .b93 c6d. 1a69 a681 b46. 7d3b $ : 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 946876 sf: ...2 .2a3 e9b. .b93 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 . 946876 sk: 7d3b 64 $ : 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 . 946876 ak: 5d4. 64 $ : Following is the jointkode 946876 jk: 7d3b 5d4. 64 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 52991, "bytes": 32458149, "usage": 171566168, "total_fee": 0.04940686, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 7, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 152 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.89% ## 1372 of 2016, i.e. 68%, 644 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.617310721496188e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946876, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000202a3af5ae9b04ba6ea5d0b93c6d01a69a681b4607d3b", "txouts": 165414605, "bogosize": 12958592051, "muhash": "6ebc922fbef583f1e03f95205cdc9ca7f35e1dcd22405b8f9e3e0b483de5a642", "total_amount": 20021260.52841941, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09658059, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 9505.61697166, "coinbase": 3.15016985, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 9505.59180180, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946876 { "avgfee": 866, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 534, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000202a3af5ae9b04ba6ea5d0b93c6d01a69a681b4607d3b", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 4 ], "height": 946876, "ins": 7718, "maxfee": 57890, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 67614, "medianfee": 362, "mediantime": 1777291075, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 9495, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1345869, "swtotal_weight": 3165198, "swtxs": 2673, "time": 1777294046, "total_out": 950559180181, "total_size": 1552519, "total_weight": 3991798, "totalfee": 2516985, "txs": 2906, "utxo_increase": 1777, "utxo_size_inc": 135701, "utxo_increase_actual": 1646, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 123876 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5856308388, "totalbytessent": 13459783559, "timemillis": 1777293838187, "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 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": 66851, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66851 } } $ halving.sh 946876 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946876 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777294046 This is average time to mine a block (1777294046-1231006505)/946876 bts=576.9361184187597755569097 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 03:26:46 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 08:41:51 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 19:59:52 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 696e648199e8708a 90614791a9d0044285c81f2471cd6321c42db6f9b1d79b21790393c226a6a892 3fe956c76c07f6d7 ebafc850d5580aee06ab9bd6fb0703c9000cff7825ccdfde9e39e5d96ddf7fcb 12767e02f1f87c22 1f205225725ec12e94956bc0583a15f97f3c2b2b51f0c20efb5522c9a9100b63 1aa6113a5e84f800 feb205aa925df10a06f95c40c5993d5bfd77944729558835a8f9e58a1c348e22 dfedb6e389535cfe a320d20f467a1fc432eb18f62d5b2f00c1d5a687f208dfcdd8555b84af6778e4 084064c7606aac23 a3d17535cc3d5e2a4bb26f8ff618e8287b94c47692f46a6494aa008380cd759f 6724225dfb6a4623 64db04f7cd0a30b626f24aa093e053ef17efdd4fff643a9aa4f5b152b4653ab0 09dc1b52b04fe2f0 ea07d21e299c1ac8d950d4aec33fc290c05c29337251ebec640f6dc6f76e5356 8ecc4629519ccc27 5a26fa62a2233a730a2baa1d5da200af13b6b55a8c9dfb7691bc882e3330c6ac f15b40a3a259df41 ef7c35f98d208099b57b77314644b67ec16e26ee4d12d9fffbd4ead438af3335 4d2edf8256912faf c922320960845b7385c157db3181c29b7b20a47eb2cbd206461f40ba7be4c83b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ __ ___ ____ __ / _ \ | | / / ( _ )__ / / \_, /_ _/ _ \/ _ \ / / _ \ /_/ |_|\___/\___//_/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...2 .2a3 af5a e9b. 1f | | 2. 4ba6 ea5d .b93 c6d. 2f | | 3. 1a69 a681 b46. 7d3b 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 7d3b 5d4. 64