# on receiving block 950744 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-23T23:11:57Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-23T23:12:52Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:11:57 up 65 days, 14:04, 0 users, load average: 1.91, 1.99, 2.00 $ battery.sh 157%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1472344 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.9G 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 950744 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950744); echo $BH 0000000000000000000040afa9124455f3ebba55ba1b0d81f5b4fe4f68d083dc $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000040afa9124455f3ebba55ba1b0d81f5b4fe4f68d083dc { "hash": "0000000000000000000040afa9124455f3ebba55ba1b0d81f5b4fe4f68d083dc", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950744, "version": 570785792, "versionHex": "22058000", "merkleroot": "aae739db1a05df26a61876cf9a9d9d0b116dceea9180a4e8ba30cd07262cc5ea", "time": 1779577972, "mediantime": 1779576752, "nonce": 2292597525, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012a3d02bc7a2de2288af89f0f", "nTx": 6914, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001879aca2794da57142a804f94c6ddc25dec5b1d14c214" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 4.af a912 4455 f3eb ba55 ba1b .d81 f5b4 fe4f 68d. 83dc $ : 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 950744 sf: 4.af .d81 68d. 83dc $ : 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 . 950744 sk: 83dc 85 $ : 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 . 950744 ak: b33b 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 950744 jk: 83dc b33b 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 85491, "bytes": 39040895, "usage": 221708888, "total_fee": 0.06195393, "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 158 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.9% ## 1208 of 2016, i.e. 59%, 808 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.859604569432777e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950744, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000040afa9124455f3ebba55ba1b0d81f5b4fe4f68d083dc", "txouts": 165347109, "bogosize": 12954542272, "muhash": "d6148a3fef5cfa12080b0b34c91beff034045e6f16fea434d3307b541521b63b", "total_amount": 20033348.02761292, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09738708, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 731.74994752, "coinbase": 3.13089097, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 731.74405655, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950744 { "avgfee": 85, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 229, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000040afa9124455f3ebba55ba1b0d81f5b4fe4f68d083dc", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 950744, "ins": 7192, "maxfee": 7053, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 9653, "medianfee": 61, "mediantime": 1779576752, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 43, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 162, "outs": 14080, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1585715, "swtotal_weight": 3976946, "swtxs": 6904, "time": 1779577972, "total_out": 73174405655, "total_size": 1589475, "total_weight": 3991986, "totalfee": 589097, "txs": 6914, "utxo_increase": 6888, "utxo_size_inc": 491756, "utxo_increase_actual": 159, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 13513 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 7631006889, "totalbytessent": 17097744914, "timemillis": 1779577917431, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69955, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69955 } } $ halving.sh 950744 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950744 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779577972 This is average time to mine a block (1779577972-1231006505)/950744 bts=576.9911669269888350714439 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 19:30:07 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 951159 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 26 17:43:43 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 08:43:00 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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 cdfb5803a9f3ed96 8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40 dc0af7c1feba1e24 8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad 59c67b38b88ec73b 06eac4b9ddcc7e62f9f3fcd3dbfd90aea3266691a605863682933f74824abc3b 8ef12dfb4d33395d e52831a0b4c7a79e3aef8e39245cf4125296a7869291793855af0751da772a03 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _|_|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 4.af a912 4455 1f | | 2. f3eb ba55 ba1b .d81 2f | | 3. f5b4 fe4f 68d. 83dc 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 83dc b33b 85