# on receiving block 943996 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-07T03:22:00Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-07T03:21:51Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:22:00 up 18 days, 18:14, 0 users, load average: 1.79, 1.51, 1.75 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2032864 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.2G 477.2G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0rc2 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 943996 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 943996); echo $BH 000000000000000000019d435d559f25f281bc6c2839bd1e6ed45b56ba1be236 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000019d435d559f25f281bc6c2839bd1e6ed45b56ba1be236 { "hash": "000000000000000000019d435d559f25f281bc6c2839bd1e6ed45b56ba1be236", "confirmations": 1, "height": 943996, "version": 537640960, "versionHex": "200bc000", "merkleroot": "08b53c51fc07b09af4b7e1271a77c8d38227f9ad631fa9dc764df9f8aa66a0ed", "time": 1775532111, "mediantime": 1775531480, "nonce": 2569280723, "bits": "17020684", "target": "0000000000000000000206840000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138966872071213.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000011d8a36dd9ca9b757e0d566c8", "nTx": 3754, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000004c8170a0b8eeb69e717501f0e8d4b30f53df8f7b290a" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 9d43 5d55 9f25 f281 bc6c 2839 bd1e 6ed4 5b56 ba1b e236 $ : 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 943996 sf: ...1 e236 $ : 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 . 943996 sk: e236 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 . 943996 ak: e957 b4 $ : Following is the jointkode 943996 jk: e236 e957 b4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 12075, "bytes": 7120551, "usage": 41020408, "total_fee": 0.00782549, "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 109 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.02% ## 508 of 2016, i.e. 25%, 1508 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.840943642192363e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 941471 9.575843405435805e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 943996, "bestblock": "000000000000000000019d435d559f25f281bc6c2839bd1e6ed45b56ba1be236", "txouts": 165080565, "bogosize": 12934618711, "muhash": "050df9c189b6e0d960559fff25ab8e7d7c5a856e78a297728894fe3f22581d8e", "total_amount": 20012260.53020885, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09479115, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 112.59070575, "coinbase": 3.12679717, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 112.58890858, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 943996 { "avgfee": 47, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 718, "blockhash": "000000000000000000019d435d559f25f281bc6c2839bd1e6ed45b56ba1be236", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "height": 943996, "ins": 3856, "maxfee": 7940, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 263916, "medianfee": 18, "mediantime": 1775531480, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 7562, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 2694814, "swtotal_weight": 3978862, "swtxs": 3742, "time": 1775532111, "total_out": 11258890858, "total_size": 2698054, "total_weight": 3991822, "totalfee": 179717, "txs": 3754, "utxo_increase": 3706, "utxo_size_inc": 264800, "utxo_increase_actual": 87, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 6933 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4123648002, "totalbytessent": 8951233105, "timemillis": 1775532120684, "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 v31.0rc2 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 19 1 20 out 10 0 10 2 total 29 1 30 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 61975, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 61975 } } $ halving.sh 943996 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=943996 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1775532111 This is average time to mine a block (1775532111-1231006505)/943996 bts=576.8298056031957728679222 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 14 20:26:17 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 944449 predicted to happen at this time: Fri Apr 10 03:56:54 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 468. The next fortnight happens in block 945504 and probably around this time: Fri Apr 17 04:59:30 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 16 "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 aa553ee8cea85fe0 dc95a76ee26addfed640e64fc8fd12c9d792238dd7a6d94bedf4cfd7796354bb 28fedca04b7887ac b0cfc453555c6174441b04b48773edd9e454227cd9ce8e3e2f4a4513fbaebd75 1957d89a90d1886f e60144424987c961b9e8d1e05ec7026400946a8bee433ea851811401ce2f8eab cfe855ce8ca537e1 46dc23905ab0e89d5ea5fe14f882eb96cb68c1f0e28f96d6f267be68729cb9a0 793aa6b16f184fe2 288f399824371fc9616fd44a0026b47aa68c3b423c5d1569d4d8c16b69bec790 4a89496d1d8583ca 9ddf15d0c90ea68d0d93aa174d7f0ee52d3887e8d01b31af43ba9b12e000d125 05fd879efdf20907 820a7cbb146d008a921c4b4a4a1e59ff2626c4180aec04597917b3d41d2dfb3c 6dd1586401433524 4247dc12074acbdd4ed644683d8c5ca04478fd833797cb578dd2bde9883e5c15 70e8634654f4590b bec5cac797dae6987d69a0f1e8f7427981324333d79c9ee70ec66aeada3333e7 200a1ee50612a94b 0b720956bcfe72dbdd16bd59c935a104c09e4cfd837c0e5f1377939048f067e9 0854b6cc77e685fb 3eaef9e024dd539da5d3d2cd04b7216c036780b9514a4f95d0e61877fd974d6f 8e20d00239ea5c02 c49d97bc5301ae4eca750c767f8c3d640c7a38e4bdbba8a1c34423e78ee3c3c2 87c9d75a40cbeab0 720867a6c14c4d60cab7d7c5f323590a4c03a1311f4976680386a48dfa089123 d9c374770f75b307 99ebea71da54f434656615ef8595847decfa0acddaf96eb767355cd83aa28d22 488b39130806983a 7fcbcda894da4886a3ae9ec6615faed3ebbbf2d1fa906922ee0957787ac9d309 3f1c4f9145d5366d d673c7e421c4c4ce8b157c0d27c573b52e7dd4488a95b5c8de3e3fdcd26cf01c $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ _______ ___ __ / _ \ | |__ / _ \/ _ \/ / \_, /_ _|_ \_, /\_, / _ \ /_/ |_|___//_/ /_/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 9d43 5d55 9f25 1f | | 2. f281 bc6c 2839 bd1e 2f | | 3. 6ed4 5b56 ba1b e236 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: e236 e957 b4