# on receiving block 948337 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-07T16:41:58Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-07T16:41:48Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:41:58 up 49 days, 7:34, 0 users, load average: 1.45, 1.86, 1.86 $ battery.sh 149%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1972412 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .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 476.1G 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 948337 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 948337); echo $BH 00000000000000000001819a07d67d7710f15db9f34efad85362bf7168065b14 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001819a07d67d7710f15db9f34efad85362bf7168065b14 { "hash": "00000000000000000001819a07d67d7710f15db9f34efad85362bf7168065b14", "confirmations": 1, "height": 948337, "version": 1073676288, "versionHex": "3fff0000", "merkleroot": "43342b1635d3d0471fb9d5d736b2abcfb6172cf71b2d6f827cd1d1471572b452", "time": 1778172108, "mediantime": 1778169695, "nonce": 2344581409, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000125be69d126038d18d31bbeb6", "nTx": 2922, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000a8bca7796ca91be2cb912c8e00d1c565c137fa05c6a6" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 819a .7d6 7d77 1.f1 5db9 f34e fad8 5362 bf71 68.6 5b14 $ : 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 948337 sf: ...1 .7d6 1.f1 68.6 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 . 948337 sk: 5b14 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 . 948337 ak: 6.e5 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 948337 jk: 5b14 6.e5 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 52491, "bytes": 33714817, "usage": 175738280, "total_fee": 0.05189805, "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 153 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.36% ## 817 of 2016, i.e. 40%, 1199 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.609902805435438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 948337, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001819a07d67d7710f15db9f34efad85362bf7168065b14", "txouts": 164927577, "bogosize": 12923425257, "muhash": "f2c76599d48a38df7bab58a17e6c1e4326c66ca8b1f826d87cf5a40219651ef0", "total_amount": 20025826.15321578, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09678422, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8226.29634088, "coinbase": 3.14846338, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8226.27287750, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 948337 { "avgfee": 803, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 543, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001819a07d67d7710f15db9f34efad85362bf7168065b14", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 ], "height": 948337, "ins": 8614, "maxfee": 141695, "maxfeerate": 92, "maxtxsize": 146330, "medianfee": 330, "mediantime": 1778169695, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 6947, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1330724, "swtotal_weight": 2967437, "swtxs": 2717, "time": 1778172108, "total_out": 822627287750, "total_size": 1586844, "total_weight": 3991917, "totalfee": 2346338, "txs": 2922, "utxo_increase": -1667, "utxo_size_inc": -120409, "utxo_increase_actual": -2114, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -154785 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1740255537, "totalbytessent": 3918800008, "timemillis": 1778172118737, "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": 66205, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66205 } } $ halving.sh 948337 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=948337 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778172108 This is average time to mine a block (1778172108-1231006505)/948337 bts=576.9731920475611016325402 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 14:15:33 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 02:45:18 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 16:51:38 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 304f3f4f2dc36be5 83c5f1d773fbcd2cb554d2066dc0d4932ea28e2377128a876c65eee214616368 80498a2486d1edfc dcbddfc89ec8ebc4621ee1cf001fd89cb1263c99b5ccfb9a3605f0af86baabf4 84df2eb6646ffcb6 e1563625553e21951790d3f45aa4f71278f7a5b55885ee20035831ffccb919ac 3b88200106a3f2ec 035ce4c854454959e994b247779eddbb6978345073b7ab4cdda2c340358f4c62 785ecefa522498c6 85d8ec6361474b454e8c1d2f657db7248f34290bce777d36c9acc43c97996714 6fd8cf508542a08c 0b44b930ddaee964a39ed1e061250bfc716131c9da4b425029036628e98a6408 b904c55d58f527b2 53cd9d85cf6dd1012a5e152647e61463c35eba07965434002f56cf53efd5e524 b620dc1a3c540f43 9a68485391d619e1ed9ea8b17f2a7feda4d97e77497596de004d873ac2f9d812 b6329c3e237de403 5ee88a81d03712752a13ebfedf5a8e9de0df61818649ab5450d95e5f41d5460a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ ____ ________ / _ \/ / /( _ )|_ /|_ /_ / \_, /_ _/ _ |/_ <_/_ < / / /___/ /_/ \___/____/____//_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 819a .7d6 7d77 1f | | 2. 1.f1 5db9 f34e fad8 2f | | 3. 5362 bf71 68.6 5b14 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 5b14 6.e5 84