# on receiving block 958912 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-20T16:51:35Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-20T16:51:06Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:51:35 up 24 days, 9:23, 0 users, load average: 0.95, 0.94, 0.87 $ battery.sh 142%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1795404 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.8G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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 958912 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 958912); echo $BH 00000000000000000000d200dd43f80cfee1d1a96dfdcf037fbe135f6eccd978 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000d200dd43f80cfee1d1a96dfdcf037fbe135f6eccd978 { "hash": "00000000000000000000d200dd43f80cfee1d1a96dfdcf037fbe135f6eccd978", "confirmations": 1, "height": 958912, "version": 846200832, "versionHex": "32700000", "merkleroot": "31e97af4c3468d19c8f692516dcd18eea4fc5dc0ad31d5e9a28a0e94e865d786", "time": 1784566266, "mediantime": 1784564278, "nonce": 312308578, "bits": "1702369d", "target": "00000000000000000002369d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127170500429035.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013936cac44699794125fc149a", "nTx": 5561, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000008b7c272434188b145c6cd1c5a696e0c2035282a381ab" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... d2.. dd43 f8.c fee1 d1a9 6dfd cf.3 7fbe 135f 6ecc d978 $ : 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 958912 sf: d2.. f8.c cf.3 d978 $ : 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 . 958912 sk: d978 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 . 958912 ak: a1ac 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 958912 jk: d978 a1ac 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 83569, "bytes": 42313949, "usage": 235778720, "total_fee": 0.07489197, "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 176 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.72% ## 1312 of 2016, i.e. 65%, 704 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.036501973391493e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 958912, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000d200dd43f80cfee1d1a96dfdcf037fbe135f6eccd978", "txouts": 166170802, "bogosize": 13012281854, "muhash": "e6a17adcde01736366ad5dca2e8b88bf1ff4e88f135b3b82c4c21f44718dce8f", "total_amount": 20058873.01071376, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11428624, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5189.34524607, "coinbase": 3.14097802, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5189.32926805, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 958912 { "avgfee": 287, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 280, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000d200dd43f80cfee1d1a96dfdcf037fbe135f6eccd978", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 3 ], "height": 958912, "ins": 8335, "maxfee": 42300, "maxfeerate": 302, "maxtxsize": 35563, "medianfee": 61, "mediantime": 1784564278, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 12195, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1427358, "swtotal_weight": 3456696, "swtxs": 4566, "time": 1784566266, "total_out": 518932926805, "total_size": 1561094, "total_weight": 3991640, "totalfee": 1597802, "txs": 5561, "utxo_increase": 3860, "utxo_size_inc": 276594, "utxo_increase_actual": 85, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 5608 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 3032748614, "totalbytessent": 8145488962, "timemillis": 1784566295883, "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 v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 17 2 19 out 11 0 11 2 total 28 2 30 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69803, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69803 } } $ halving.sh 958912 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=958912 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1784566266 This is average time to mine a block (1784566266-1231006505)/958912 bts=577.2783985617047636229772 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 07:16:40 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 959959 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Jul 27 16:44:36 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 475. The next fortnight happens in block 959616 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 25 09:44:29 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 ebd3d034bf50288a 399b997f12ff7db55821e7ccdb9ab2cc1fb73a4e3426689d767d767a541ad247 10221f67b8521311 ec37446ea11a718a8a77c45d0bb6ea26fbfdda9fd923ed096f1e6ec0c4a23992 a483ad636ef029ea 842ff54b0569385ab52ff04dfc9a7376821062576132e60eaa3a132a9b38b87c 37fa54ad8dafa535 89b030693db1d306a8cd3230fdf8798e1079e6315cd78446206e896c9cb48ac8 1f0a30671e3240f4 66711b5d9126bc6738da458c8d0a1fff16842558f8c84d2d6312bbe76b127e52 d7f3e35ea9a1f4ca dac505aa60cbdf51d710312c842f17f9d2c34336fb2849854048c3905a09e76a 4658f430066ad292 798a1e71abc31b81fc50a54ca9f418ec3f354f75fcb359162abc7dd85262dfe9 8314ff327a161a95 2b5f43e26bbfd40f3587fb31eed17a34ca5da87caaec062732836fb16911d30d 6acde030992d86ab 42b2db8888e83e16afcf9660b88720f23788444ef2da7fc2f3c1a81410fb8e83 e80bc98e01a13c7c b5f61b0ffd9fe68e5aa52ba7e49d45773f6f6e2581fb491f02638868dd4acdaa d5dcb887342fac09 43a33732ef39997a353c6013602f3590478103b9a23edcebfe9936b9c4565edc 908b307472aca7ff 698c6a709dd830671e8c1c67582ac16964afe7ef423395c83e101a9d6d3b9c5d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ ___ ______ / _ \/ __/( _ ) _ < /_ | \_, /__ \/ _ \_, / / __/ /___/____/\___/___/_/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... d2.. dd43 f8.c 1f | | 2. fee1 d1a9 6dfd cf.3 2f | | 3. 7fbe 135f 6ecc d978 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: d978 a1ac 85