# on receiving block 952661 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-06-06T23:37:21Z # as written in the block header 2026-06-06T23:36:28Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:37:21 up 79 days, 14:30, 0 users, load average: 1.71, 2.09, 2.34 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1332128 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.6G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.7G 475.7G 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 952661 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 952661); echo $BH 000000000000000000004dfe203a86f6b0ab8bb945f673b58e0f6b06f79c7954 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000004dfe203a86f6b0ab8bb945f673b58e0f6b06f79c7954 { "hash": "000000000000000000004dfe203a86f6b0ab8bb945f673b58e0f6b06f79c7954", "confirmations": 1, "height": 952661, "version": 908009472, "versionHex": "361f2000", "merkleroot": "72db05176a6fe67b99c6de0a438771a7a9fe684004113e6de250ea0bb6c9a134", "time": 1780788988, "mediantime": 1780784941, "nonce": 1871143462, "bits": "1702068f", "target": "00000000000000000002068f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138955357012247.3, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012de8a7b47b16a7686538f38c", "nTx": 5380, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000001ba5a7ce31ce53ab91e4c6f530993f0acff2b370fe65" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 4dfe 2.3a 86f6 b.ab 8bb9 45f6 73b5 8e.f 6b.6 f79c 7954 $ : 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 952661 sf: 2.3a b.ab 8e.f 6b.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 . 952661 sk: 7954 75 $ : 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 . 952661 ak: 8da2 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 952661 jk: 7954 8da2 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 102105, "bytes": 42824875, "usage": 247840216, "total_fee": 0.08055762, "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 188 ## Current epoch estimation is -5.05% ## 1109 of 2016, i.e. 55%, 907 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.442218036925669e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 951551 9.944499015556698e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 952661, "bestblock": "000000000000000000004dfe203a86f6b0ab8bb945f673b58e0f6b06f79c7954", "txouts": 165596237, "bogosize": 12971896709, "muhash": "9a3f00e804d851f0274c6ebfdeae8f9c4761f09084d82dcc0c2fa94a4b56be95", "total_amount": 20039338.65171468, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09828532, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1962.19990710, "coinbase": 3.13485276, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1962.19004558, "unspendable": 0.00000876, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000876, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 952661 { "avgfee": 183, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 310, "blockhash": "000000000000000000004dfe203a86f6b0ab8bb945f673b58e0f6b06f79c7954", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 1 ], "height": 952661, "ins": 7919, "maxfee": 25522, "maxfeerate": 26, "maxtxsize": 37919, "medianfee": 84, "mediantime": 1780784941, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 41, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 11919, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1660474, "swtotal_weight": 3947155, "swtxs": 5342, "time": 1780788988, "total_out": 196219005434, "total_size": 1671645, "total_weight": 3991839, "totalfee": 985276, "txs": 5380, "utxo_increase": 4000, "utxo_size_inc": 288835, "utxo_increase_actual": -63, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -1729 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 13114609741, "totalbytessent": 31125701378, "timemillis": 1780789041504, "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 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70470, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70470 } } $ halving.sh 952661 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=952661 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1780788988 This is average time to mine a block (1780788988-1231006505)/952661 bts=577.1013045550258118829133 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sat Mar 18 03:37:31 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 953359 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Jun 11 15:30:04 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 472. The next fortnight happens in block 953568 and probably around this time: Sat Jun 13 01:00:18 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 8 "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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 a36e34210a5cc0a3 81dc8ee6128d747f86eb0d78229414e273d4144cfbdd4b11bcf01333d2748ba5 1aec1bac4b0eebf2 c7769ee2db44df50a290278b4db982ffa53feefdb2526c7cc24861d052967304 73de5eebc05742a6 c937a9b2936eef93005a904c4b3967eaf4927361fd9dde6276dbfcd363eff34d 86f6fa06256969ae d675402e1cd8f01ed7f6e6607a23eb91e817de9701bbde48bd69fb924677ce06 9b16af95296382dc 5f5a5519c59dbabd4444631d052eaa1903dcf89f3c3c0f4529ce343601dc2c7b fa2af8ad07202d1d 2de8a64aeca5e9c88580518f33b303e320ed9b71a98a8bb0c5d3bf5883535cfa 64f653e31ff905c2 e09a7d2d067c6c4eaeda427ca641ae2822ec693b98007674f2780a19396e05be $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 4dfe 2.3a 86f6 1f | | 2. b.ab 8bb9 45f6 73b5 2f | | 3. 8e.f 6b.6 f79c 7954 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 7954 8da2 75