# on receiving block 949867 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-17T23:18:53Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-17T23:18:54Z $ uptime # since last reboot 23:18:53 up 59 days, 14:11, 0 users, load average: 1.99, 2.18, 2.18 $ battery.sh 163%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1508916 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 949867 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 949867); echo $BH 00000000000000000000855fcdbb242a22f56f4dbde12a65bc0479c5e4a5c3fb $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000855fcdbb242a22f56f4dbde12a65bc0479c5e4a5c3fb { "hash": "00000000000000000000855fcdbb242a22f56f4dbde12a65bc0479c5e4a5c3fb", "confirmations": 1, "height": 949867, "version": 587587584, "versionHex": "2305e000", "merkleroot": "5bedf55302b1b8fb09322f3f707e12c69012922d22618b1cc950728f5ad8c7fe", "time": 1779059934, "mediantime": 1779057458, "nonce": 2257667793, "bits": "17020f79", "target": "000000000000000000020f790000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 136607070854775.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000128935f9b02978cb0c038ab34", "nTx": 5848, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000013ba2cd2bbf9d7bcfa1bf87154cb5d9a56c3ddc6e0593" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 855f cdbb 242a 22f5 6f4d bde1 2a65 bc.4 79c5 e4a5 c3fb $ : 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 949867 sf: bc.4 c3fb $ : 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 . 949867 sk: c3fb a5 $ : 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 . 949867 ak: 546d a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 949867 jk: c3fb 546d a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 68335, "bytes": 35419245, "usage": 195420832, "total_fee": 0.05426062, "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 153 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.5% ## 331 of 2016, i.e. 16%, 1685 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.820741033806471e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 949867, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000855fcdbb242a22f56f4dbde12a65bc0479c5e4a5c3fb", "txouts": 165193356, "bogosize": 12943197400, "muhash": "ff3f507e1dc0088a0b60bf5b4b549c6ffe437f46596ec0e6334aca75ada23edc", "total_amount": 20030607.40292107, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09707893, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5805.08866641, "coinbase": 3.13628059, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5805.07738582, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 949867 { "avgfee": 192, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 277, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000855fcdbb242a22f56f4dbde12a65bc0479c5e4a5c3fb", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 949867, "ins": 7529, "maxfee": 110200, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 29269, "medianfee": 51, "mediantime": 1779057458, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 15, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12409, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1573029, "swtotal_weight": 3801654, "swtxs": 5736, "time": 1779059934, "total_out": 580507738582, "total_size": 1621032, "total_weight": 3993666, "totalfee": 1128059, "txs": 5848, "utxo_increase": 4880, "utxo_size_inc": 349338, "utxo_increase_actual": 208, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 14468 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5370490455, "totalbytessent": 11822054701, "timemillis": 1779059933725, "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 17 1 18 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69448, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69448 } } $ halving.sh 949867 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=949867 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1779059934 This is average time to mine a block (1779059934-1231006505)/949867 bts=576.9785159622179081725039 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 15:48:43 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 949949 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 18 12:27:26 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 471. The next fortnight happens in block 951552 and probably around this time: Fri May 29 05:22:22 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 03e6e975acae6a2c 0fd63d9405ea7e789fd54a5e3cb1c9ad970ff213d90c955385524e5bcc90fcc7 34ddbc60bb1942e1 4d9cd7beec41bf7d38f143aa7df095fabd6829cca950e4c90704cc4d8923d959 1b610f06c935029b eea8c67c733b2e5ccc41d4a49d4ca69aea0ab16e402fc2f6afd40823b3dd73a0 d582e95bdd3788ff 71bdeb9a723606132237ba5669801e2a4aec77530e0cd441e9489175d4dd903e 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 d3b8cc8bc831e058 5a38b4be731e638f25339b8485b2edd481bbefacda9d20f29ab75d957fcfbbfb 003428f23a2eace5 704896119a6748977b61fb726c7a07ea6317364a4f05841b802bcd0f8d96fe46 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ___ ___ ________ / _ \/ / // _ \( _ )/ __/_ / \_, /_ _/\_, / _ / _ \ / / /___/ /_/ /___/\___/\___//_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 855f cdbb 242a 1f | | 2. 22f5 6f4d bde1 2a65 2f | | 3. bc.4 79c5 e4a5 c3fb 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: c3fb 546d a5