# on receiving block 950486 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-22T09:07:19Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-22T09:07:11Z $ uptime # since last reboot 09:07:19 up 64 days, 0 min, 0 users, load average: 1.59, 1.64, 1.67 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1519712 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 950486 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 950486); echo $BH 00000000000000000000a1a6aa783a69d876d1a356209f78c9adff06af958123 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000a1a6aa783a69d876d1a356209f78c9adff06af958123 { "hash": "00000000000000000000a1a6aa783a69d876d1a356209f78c9adff06af958123", "confirmations": 1, "height": 950486, "version": 976052224, "versionHex": "3a2d6000", "merkleroot": "d22e343399f6e8ecb4625c1ca7a9052c707d8846a187dad366d644f4aaf893cc", "time": 1779440831, "mediantime": 1779438413, "nonce": 3552100779, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000129bfcb72b46868650be53941", "nTx": 6262, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001e643398b0a973d0af59eec2666183458ab5db4752f99" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... a1a6 aa78 3a69 d876 d1a3 562. 9f78 c9ad ff.6 af95 8123 $ : 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 950486 sf: 562. ff.6 8123 $ : 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 . 950486 sk: 8123 95 $ : 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 . 950486 ak: e927 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 950486 jk: 8123 e927 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 96633, "bytes": 40497089, "usage": 232777312, "total_fee": 0.06679220, "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 164 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.19% ## 950 of 2016, i.e. 47%, 1066 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.789858090774283e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 950486, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000a1a6aa783a69d876d1a356209f78c9adff06af958123", "txouts": 165248081, "bogosize": 12947177807, "muhash": "8ee90e6cd09cc81dc98fdfd6b407b863ab5786f45b776f67f2623d330d481c9a", "total_amount": 20032541.77763979, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09736021, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 865.27150317, "coinbase": 3.13370855, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 865.26279461, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 950486 { "avgfee": 139, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 257, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000a1a6aa783a69d876d1a356209f78c9adff06af958123", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ], "height": 950486, "ins": 7581, "maxfee": 41776, "maxfeerate": 73, "maxtxsize": 38085, "medianfee": 59, "mediantime": 1779438413, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 33, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 117, "outs": 12853, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1598820, "swtotal_weight": 3933162, "swtxs": 6227, "time": 1779440831, "total_out": 86526279462, "total_size": 1614375, "total_weight": 3995382, "totalfee": 870855, "txs": 6262, "utxo_increase": 5272, "utxo_size_inc": 376145, "utxo_increase_actual": -476, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -34236 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6959386410, "totalbytessent": 15577759657, "timemillis": 1779440839742, "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 10 0 10 2 total 26 1 27 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69926, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69926 } } $ halving.sh 950486 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=950486 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779440831 This is average time to mine a block (1779440831-1231006505)/950486 bts=577.0035003108932578772776 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 23:05:57 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 951159 predicted to happen at this time: Tue May 26 20:59:14 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 11:58:36 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 10 "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 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 cdfb5803a9f3ed96 8f723a3ff97b8989969fe46cbb4b40c6337d5c55e2fc55d52866e93b25743d40 dc0af7c1feba1e24 8522f0dda790f03a50d3f812345e0ebdbf38143bd78a1b2051829fe8f599eaad $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ __| \ | | _ ) / \_ /__ \ ( |__ _| _ \ _ \ _/ ___/\__/ _|\___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... a1a6 aa78 3a69 1f | | 2. d876 d1a3 562. 9f78 2f | | 3. c9ad ff.6 af95 8123 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8123 e927 95