# on receiving block 938657 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-02-28T03:36:49Z # as written in the block header 2026-02-28T03:36:24Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:36:49 up 11 days, 9:07, 0 users, load average: 0.30, 0.63, 1.27 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2184508 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.0G .bitcoin/indexes 4.2G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.1G 477.4G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 938657 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 938657); echo $BH 0000000000000000000152e88e690b5f199eb448e60459bda7c1b15a4f817af0 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000152e88e690b5f199eb448e60459bda7c1b15a4f817af0 { "hash": "0000000000000000000152e88e690b5f199eb448e60459bda7c1b15a4f817af0", "confirmations": 1, "height": 938657, "version": 805306368, "versionHex": "30000000", "merkleroot": "7e9cbb2eaee37419078f714eb25ea14a196c0d6615f6e27f896d657ed801cedc", "time": 1772249784, "mediantime": 1772247791, "nonce": 3227255255, "bits": "1701f303", "target": "00000000000000000001f3030000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 144398401518100.9, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000113286716520096c54ce1bd24", "nTx": 2641, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001c1040e211d2dbae5689bbf6de049f52aef673963262f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 52e8 8e69 .b5f 199e b448 e6.4 59bd a7c1 b15a 4f81 7af. $ : 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 938657 sf: ...1 .b5f e6.4 7af. $ : 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 . 938657 sk: 7af. 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 . 938657 ak: e65a 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 15877, "bytes": 10301663, "usage": 61558592, "total_fee": 0.01408590, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 136 ## Current epoch estimation is +2% ## 1217 of 2016, i.e. 60%, 799 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.053560300507974e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 935423 9.009048549126172e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 938657, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000152e88e690b5f199eb448e60459bda7c1b15a4f817af0", "txouts": 164773530, "bogosize": 12910318186, "muhash": "a76926e7ae0b174e9a1c028edcfa02802a1eafbaa23180c7a81af42835999b9f", "total_amount": 19995576.15646196, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09353804, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5685.25985373, "coinbase": 3.15338559, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5685.23146814, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 938657 { "avgfee": 1075, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 569, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000152e88e690b5f199eb448e60459bda7c1b15a4f817af0", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 4 ], "height": 938657, "ins": 7826, "maxfee": 109160, "maxfeerate": 170, "maxtxsize": 29746, "medianfee": 351, "mediantime": 1772247791, "mediantxsize": 226, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 8124, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1219081, "swtotal_weight": 2847151, "swtxs": 2307, "time": 1772249784, "total_out": 568523146814, "total_size": 1502498, "total_weight": 3980819, "totalfee": 2838559, "txs": 2641, "utxo_increase": 298, "utxo_size_inc": 21469, "utxo_increase_actual": 253, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 18333 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4694851598, "totalbytessent": 8156077372, "timemillis": 1772249810060, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 24 1 25 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 38 1 39 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 62990, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 62990 } } $ halving.sh 938657 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=938657 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1772249784 This is average time to mine a block (1772249784-1231006505)/938657 bts=576.6139307394173383703116 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 12 05:28:28 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 938839 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Mar 1 08:45:27 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 465. The next fortnight happens in block 939456 and probably around this time: Thu Mar 5 11:34:58 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 21 "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 2cc2e80f93695aca ba385c8844882d2702cdb00a26e72702146bee662683120fd43b334de6255303 dd5d423ffdfce6d9 92b1a5595109f486cb572f4abc1c928790458e82916de9a4234d515b949b712d 5047d5678d7df13f dac3ef2d593a5525694abff3e33c1cf62df1dc0d9d43c81ccf70558d3be1bba8 88985320f20ecc73 7f7529154a88587d520e6bc076980fe45b5d8b1213f2316a8919fa76648007c1 8f35bb2a8edb5934 3718e11d556f393dcf244960f529609dadb0e8301c7496ec448032958cfe05f4 b84b0a562bc7fbfd da523cb55b759e26efbb45799df9098777f6ce66864b671a45f9620ef0c4c56a 2f483f8248b737c5 ffeff18178e7df7064baca0b0dc29d804fa219311a1a9d28226fce94422a47de 7b9a1ca6d304d08a 00f8c7e839c1cb27e1caf2a083d700b988ccb18ff24c2763419e5426fca50b2b 712a3bb5e9d4d457 18294946425d3dac0a67a2b47351df7545d261e1c86f1cb805b1d64d3965ef32 18f94c53f008ad58 d2e25d13433b0a9553bc78c382e10f0fb49f34da8f4847cbff605e81b71c88a1 e299e8caf3954fd5 215f3831c1bf5f01bbd00b16ba33f428f1e0d6b0779612bc858e129afb40d35f 2a8329a002f89300 479fdf76c0628fe61733ead6d199fc4e4ed85ff844b5bd1cb506d4e142712952 c5fbd50a73ace697 9743a6876dda2ead66543b53d0f50e2d5670b67958b8ef221774933b961f8d69 d1ffa76eb12c7220 f00c691dcee0b5748988529a8446b4242141304d778a49b386d1691072032e6d f42ffa0829eae241 d20cfff444c15bdc003fffa0958a4b119e05ae23b3c27a4f75a339a783b5b29b a0cf7e0851acb888 d875fa883eb8ef38057a3cbef3106b5a9d50c39bf94fdadd2b439f6b0430db90 875abb3349877359 2b7c3ee121ae977869dc590f7c0ec787c78473f66ae761408182b9776287c035 4d868b2d6cb9b4dc 56975ae0077aeb9ad2d220778066c34ef189e5e6b89c04645cd86c701388364c 97e150e1becbb94d b23abe93b6a4760bce8c92adc751e23af12e1a62c8241245122a78c9c1bc2a48 735fecfcade08481 df410406937e1eef4b258db17960a66acb87f6190861c4a7a6e9097f99e2ac71 a468ea5c349f1851 cca72c5e46d1131b8a415293324e71b994f31f55c59c19b618d52225970e41df $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_|_|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 52e8 8e69 .b5f 1f | | 2. 199e b448 e6.4 59bd 2f | | 3. a7c1 b15a 4f81 7af. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: e65a 84