# on receiving block 947310 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-30T16:47:25Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-30T16:51:40Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:47:25 up 42 days, 7:40, 0 users, load average: 1.57, 1.74, 1.84 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1532312 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 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 947310 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947310); echo $BH 000000000000000000012757280bc04b1754aa6ec43b65a4f10e5cba6d4e5b57 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000012757280bc04b1754aa6ec43b65a4f10e5cba6d4e5b57 { "hash": "000000000000000000012757280bc04b1754aa6ec43b65a4f10e5cba6d4e5b57", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947310, "version": 1073676288, "versionHex": "3fff0000", "merkleroot": "791b69c68835573da8816ae0d480c2f2d0b402b4c70eb9297e8c127587baf823", "time": 1777567900, "mediantime": 1777561496, "nonce": 629743718, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000123d8beb08d9f0e321c421fba", "nTx": 2549, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000031e07168e1b80b2b663ab97f9f16286b051e348f6f57" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 2757 28.b c.4b 1754 aa6e c43b 65a4 f1.e 5cba 6d4e 5b57 $ : 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 947310 sf: ...1 28.b c.4b f1.e 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 . 947310 sk: 5b57 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 . 947310 ak: 481e 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 947310 jk: 5b57 481e 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 96561, "bytes": 43945105, "usage": 241453080, "total_fee": 0.16166286, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 1, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 367 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.49% ## 1806 of 2016, i.e. 89%, 210 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.461958141119027e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947310, "bestblock": "000000000000000000012757280bc04b1754aa6ec43b65a4f10e5cba6d4e5b57", "txouts": 165494487, "bogosize": 12964841530, "muhash": "6201baa1247ce360339db4a8931c336d60c012584112f699f10c3ad7d08f3e15", "total_amount": 20022616.77832904, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09667096, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 7341.59079913, "coinbase": 3.17730721, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 7341.53849192, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947310 { "avgfee": 2052, "avgfeerate": 5, "avgtxsize": 878, "blockhash": "000000000000000000012757280bc04b1754aa6ec43b65a4f10e5cba6d4e5b57", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 ], "height": 947310, "ins": 6756, "maxfee": 250000, "maxfeerate": 929, "maxtxsize": 157975, "medianfee": 862, "mediantime": 1777561496, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 33, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 6948, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 2156189, "swtotal_weight": 3666695, "swtxs": 2289, "time": 1777567900, "total_out": 734153849192, "total_size": 2237498, "total_weight": 3991931, "totalfee": 5230721, "txs": 2549, "utxo_increase": 192, "utxo_size_inc": 17448, "utxo_increase_actual": 134, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 11580 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6997595771, "totalbytessent": 15655876971, "timemillis": 1777567645470, "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 16 1 17 out 11 0 11 3 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 65645, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 65645 } } $ halving.sh 947310 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947310 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777567900 This is average time to mine a block (1777567900-1231006505)/947310 bts=576.9608871848843727139239 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 10:40:13 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 15:13:05 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Sat May 2 02:31:01 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 7413be5d8d511493 efe1e2b2358002877a89d45550f7f1bf8e683e29b2545405eb1a9fba51f26297 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ____ __ _______ ____________ / __ \/ // /__ / |__ < / __ \ / /_/ / // /_ / / /_