# on receiving block 968584 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-09-25T20:27:54Z # as written in the block header 2026-09-25T20:27:44Z $ uptime # since last reboot 20:27:54 up 37 days, 10:43, 0 users, load average: 1.31, 1.16, 1.47 $ battery.sh 98%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1901016 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.1G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 437.9G 472.6G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc2 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 968584 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 968584); echo $BH 00000000000000000001bf11d663311894bde794d7afdb1e98648d8aa22dc617 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001bf11d663311894bde794d7afdb1e98648d8aa22dc617 { "hash": "00000000000000000001bf11d663311894bde794d7afdb1e98648d8aa22dc617", "confirmations": 1, "height": 968584, "version": 642236416, "versionHex": "2647c000", "merkleroot": "983054b1af1ca465c40486cbedf67a915cf95c6f7a7d9cae09e9334ba04b7490", "time": 1790368064, "mediantime": 1790364507, "nonce": 3903102982, "bits": "17021ec5", "target": "000000000000000000021ec50000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132757073449487.5, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014a4e5de062846919c1cb4356", "nTx": 3479, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000044cab3cf92869e0d3f48bd8ea0913b587a88668b04dd" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 bf11 d663 3118 94bd e794 d7af db1e 9864 8d8a a22d c617 $ : 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 968584 sf: ...1 c617 $ : 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 . 968584 sk: c617 b4 $ : 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 . 968584 ak: 5627 b4 $ : Following is the jointkode 968584 jk: c617 5627 b4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 83068, "bytes": 42841965, "usage": 239952192, "total_fee": 0.09386111, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 3, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 219 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.72% ## 904 of 2016, i.e. 44%, 1112 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.336482781583872e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 967679 9.500046813447429e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 968584, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001bf11d663311894bde794d7afdb1e98648d8aa22dc617", "txouts": 165276281, "bogosize": 12946536113, "muhash": "4d82e94c4301be7ba61eb086537a8e25a2798cf0194ee41a2e4e96f4152d5c97", "total_amount": 20089098.00229716, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12270284, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 7239.49528734, "coinbase": 3.16420872, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 7239.45607862, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 968584 { "avgfee": 1127, "avgfeerate": 3, "avgtxsize": 449, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001bf11d663311894bde794d7afdb1e98648d8aa22dc617", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 3, 4, 6 ], "height": 968584, "ins": 8067, "maxfee": 142320, "maxfeerate": 201, "maxtxsize": 59043, "medianfee": 530, "mediantime": 1790364507, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 8963, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1357854, "swtotal_weight": 3167913, "swtxs": 3194, "time": 1790368064, "total_out": 723945607862, "total_size": 1563805, "total_weight": 3991717, "totalfee": 3920872, "txs": 3479, "utxo_increase": 896, "utxo_size_inc": 69858, "utxo_increase_actual": 140, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 10728 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 712425309, "totalbytessent": 1363066760, "timemillis": 1790368074775, "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 v32.0.0rc2 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 25 2 27 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 2 37 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78797, "ipv6": 306, "onion": 1800, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80909 } } $ halving.sh 968584 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=968584 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1790368064 This is average time to mine a block (1790368064-1231006505)/968584 bts=577.5038422028009932014226 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 01:01:56 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 968869 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Sep 27 18:10:52 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 480. The next fortnight happens in block 969696 and probably around this time: Sat Oct 3 06:50:48 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 13 "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 3d964aaa55998bf5 c6c660ec1cdbdfb2218f2c73ff21ee78695fa4998963fcfe760d82c585c77790 a506c099c12109f7 0c99f5af1ca3b8a7ab843e5e0b5d88f80f2c8418ae8d693df802a213dfc64aaf 078860f0f2beb264 e60c9348fd9e203952e7412fdbf9211c35683dfbb4ff3665b6d612593f017380 cdff5a742eef141a 851a202a100aad2bedd9444fe51a2d3fdfdcb19d2a65b3e8b01208c5fa8cf460 a50a6cf73de0dfcc 6f79d1013bd048b51b69ace182cfbb0863eacd31b5ce11f2073cea6c9fba3f31 bfddd97110fcb7ec 1f224baa1e93e4800397dfaa3df7d90b6a2c902fd9328d9608531396bf869267 cbc44cc193e36d0d ff0c8d55dfa5e98d38e1bb7e4ae28793314898c69aaa172ea56d0d86011cfc41 119bfd3564f69e3b 7f3efef6ba4bad55cfac2101b9cc3990050f360d2f2a9b7ecbaaef7069ca73d8 a3739369d1372b70 0893acf4de231864b228d933e8e5a1fe4e3cd8d8bd5aa9cd5829121c3d577540 8ab3a84730a3c53f 6a38e29263e282968b71bf0c14b103d2d569b6e5b9d341c29155da2a66fcef87 7a6b0d06bd8c61c2 c408ab01ee1e2a0b36726fab355e7cbc96bc76a2632792166f27ae30342ee981 0774b93b869cf439 08aa67ec3ad4b3043db31f7ef172ece69bbf013dee25f6adb5c77d527a720cc2 bc7e228a9f4d695f 09ecffc5e91d7d778458643e05cb74688abfeddc152a10931e0bbbaf7289aa86 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ _ _ / _ \/ / ( _ ) __|( _ ) | | \_, / _ \/ _ \__ \/ _ \_ _| /_/\___/\___/___/\___/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 bf11 d663 3118 1f | | 2. 94bd e794 d7af db1e 2f | | 3. 9864 8d8a a22d c617 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: c617 5627 b4