# on receiving block 960646 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-02T00:11:47Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-02T00:11:27Z $ uptime # since last reboot 00:11:47 up 36 days, 16:43, 0 users, load average: 1.34, 1.45, 1.79 $ battery.sh 142%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1536708 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.6G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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 960646 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 960646); echo $BH 00000000000000000001adf394fbac1a6c5b22c5226b4870b52bccf35b46ccf2 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001adf394fbac1a6c5b22c5226b4870b52bccf35b46ccf2 { "hash": "00000000000000000001adf394fbac1a6c5b22c5226b4870b52bccf35b46ccf2", "confirmations": 1, "height": 960646, "version": 671088640, "versionHex": "28000000", "merkleroot": "b2d3b8e2a301a634d3b0c81af78e7e0c0dfd92ca7dfe2567f137d097cc615186", "time": 1785629487, "mediantime": 1785627583, "nonce": 2393971425, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013c42c952f94d5e1b8d8e2c61", "nTx": 4274, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001090fc5d03a3bf1ab87190805e5ffd4b501feee1a82a4" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 adf3 94fb ac1a 6c5b 22c5 226b 487. b52b ccf3 5b46 ccf2 $ : 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 960646 sf: ...1 487. ccf2 $ : 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 . 960646 sk: ccf2 a4 $ : 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 . 960646 ak: 5ffa a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 960646 jk: ccf2 5ffa a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 85070, "bytes": 42306614, "usage": 236990128, "total_fee": 0.07644685, "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 180 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.58% ## 1030 of 2016, i.e. 51%, 986 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.076696653201827e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 960646, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001adf394fbac1a6c5b22c5226b4870b52bccf35b46ccf2", "txouts": 166042782, "bogosize": 13003880212, "muhash": "d566a111f63c6a5474d4ba73ff987645b5b23141384fb5332aebb190f7e0e201", "total_amount": 20064291.76057341, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11442659, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4692.97025768, "coinbase": 3.15680844, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4692.93844924, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 960646 { "avgfee": 744, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 385, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001adf394fbac1a6c5b22c5226b4870b52bccf35b46ccf2", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 960646, "ins": 8810, "maxfee": 194822, "maxfeerate": 512, "maxtxsize": 107192, "medianfee": 274, "mediantime": 1785627583, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 10975, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1512724, "swtotal_weight": 3449554, "swtxs": 3265, "time": 1785629487, "total_out": 469293844924, "total_size": 1648248, "total_weight": 3991650, "totalfee": 3180844, "txs": 4274, "utxo_increase": 2165, "utxo_size_inc": 160086, "utxo_increase_actual": 345, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 26950 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 8732241321, "totalbytessent": 24802939596, "timemillis": 1785629507655, "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 v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 18 2 20 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 2 30 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 67635, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 67635 } } $ halving.sh 960646 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=960646 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785629487 This is average time to mine a block (1785629487-1231006505)/960646 bts=577.3431676776172725257040 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 02:10:08 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 961169 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Aug 5 12:03:57 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 14:19:07 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 f9a06261edce8dc9 2610ff524e0abdf6c27737891cdcaf06c9ea4df1ac1815b862c8d11add8db95c 297f463b31c725d2 5608643d0d465713517b6394e35bd7ba67054cc696994f158939088d73a639b7 c0ac423b2068ba09 1a2539bd381e8cf666a18455f349eb035fa1e79e05ab179576c8205d62428727 975cf581f811427c f406bfbcecf80bc26827289ba4d1aeb41844117a9d6b1dd4e22daaab81656cb1 8b7d27d2adf0b93c bdb1f3524d85e552e5d1e6d3ee389125368db5b2a294e26e9cb3a874100f956f 62d32ad16bbf4add 48d970bfdeafeabfe02245a30ec9096bc619c31222b6b8419001bbe502963f01 cb47ff9afc92a152 743aa78c406c6edcb42be3dd898591db436c9b6a56bc3767a8ab7ace8279cb48 890f83f97aa59b6b 15df5642bbd3240551e6932d90350a124a2e9c7768a3435210fe785f4749f8bb 93387a15f090348f adc54b3dbf3de3cdb2b1e90838bd0c66988303cb30d7720132660bdda1b9a5b1 12a6e8d83c7a28a9 d1bc09e119284cecce0c4271014c32662522bf14d4dee86efe157e59274ec8a6 2cb8daafba55905c 0e4222a1a16d5de5c0cde47e77520956ae0a418ee80c7e7f3246df88f94d2d5d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ __ __ __ _ _ __ / _ \/ / / \ / /| | | / / \_, / _ \ () / _ \_ _/ _ \ /_/\___/\__/\___/ |_|\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 adf3 94fb ac1a 1f | | 2. 6c5b 22c5 226b 487. 2f | | 3. b52b ccf3 5b46 ccf2 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: ccf2 5ffa a4