# on receiving block 951743 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-30T18:48:08Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-30T18:48:01Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:48:08 up 72 days, 9:41, 0 users, load average: 2.20, 2.09, 2.09 $ battery.sh 157%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1415116 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.2G .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 951743 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 951743); echo $BH 00000000000000000001db749d978b2d4cba40bf4bdbe4a7c28e381f6ef51edf $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001db749d978b2d4cba40bf4bdbe4a7c28e381f6ef51edf { "hash": "00000000000000000001db749d978b2d4cba40bf4bdbe4a7c28e381f6ef51edf", "confirmations": 1, "height": 951743, "version": 633405440, "versionHex": "25c10000", "merkleroot": "224f5b76eaeb643cd469c5975ac5ec0fce48057fe7405cd86c9d0911d94498b7", "time": 1780166881, "mediantime": 1780165817, "nonce": 1632096872, "bits": "1702068f", "target": "00000000000000000002068f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138955357012247.3, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012c2375dd6bd52e9c0766a240", "nTx": 5949, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000160ca8edf2b740db6e9a9bff752fd593bec3964abbc95" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 db74 9d97 8b2d 4cba 4.bf 4bdb e4a7 c28e 381f 6ef5 1edf $ : 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 951743 sf: ...1 4.bf 1edf $ : 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 . 951743 sk: 1edf a4 $ : 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 . 951743 ak: e4.d a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 951743 jk: 1edf e4.d a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 81326, "bytes": 35251530, "usage": 202484944, "total_fee": 0.06553693, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 438, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 185 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.08% ## 191 of 2016, i.e. 9%, 1825 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.936361720258037e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 951551 9.944499015556698e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 951743, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001db749d978b2d4cba40bf4bdbe4a7c28e381f6ef51edf", "txouts": 165511432, "bogosize": 12966883724, "muhash": "a5fe2b7c80ee2eaac7d63da8d37cbd4b18ca47c471bc8f903d9f95196ec8efa6", "total_amount": 20036469.90234781, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09765219, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 231.32562028, "coinbase": 3.13468328, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 231.31593700, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 951743 { "avgfee": 162, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 274, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001db749d978b2d4cba40bf4bdbe4a7c28e381f6ef51edf", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 951743, "ins": 7694, "maxfee": 35924, "maxfeerate": 73, "maxtxsize": 112812, "medianfee": 79, "mediantime": 1780165817, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12294, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1594548, "swtotal_weight": 3834387, "swtxs": 5926, "time": 1780166881, "total_out": 23131593700, "total_size": 1634849, "total_weight": 3995591, "totalfee": 968328, "txs": 5949, "utxo_increase": 4600, "utxo_size_inc": 329144, "utxo_increase_actual": -976, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -70261 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 10593050749, "totalbytessent": 25129918846, "timemillis": 1780166888812, "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": 70106, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70106 } } $ halving.sh 951743 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=951743 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1780166881 This is average time to mine a block (1780166881-1231006505)/951743 bts=577.0042952726783672920449 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 23:19:52 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 952259 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Jun 3 05:30:15 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 472. The next fortnight happens in block 953568 and probably around this time: Thu Jun 11 23:18:33 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 3b8136a5b4352438 5bb9913008ebd57d4ef635f33ea788262fb85ddd35d54acef8a36a30eb9b484f 0dd7498f9e57aafe 9d85358a70b2e0871b1b745f5de9af39209fbc6e17a2bc3f698019b4fa79996d 9b4c3531d93af896 4524967b749a8e92cf4a45b7f66cce73769df2fda641349a1874f8e58b42db76 8ef12dfb4d33395d e52831a0b4c7a79e3aef8e39245cf4125296a7869291793855af0751da772a03 0754cd08bee7f0cf 5de59d3802a0b018ab6d5a4a5ac3e70893d3f1f3438011f4e34e72a345e57da8 ae6ab050bec1b956 28d99510bd1b74155f3600c2927a15697878b6fbb61257fe5f1d9e8bebc27652 b51007de917319ab 8fe5a83ce4c5de1a770129ab662ed01879b5436b15d8a8ae7d253c34ffc4cc21 560d96908a217771 37112352018a623a5701dff60e42ad413ebd30a8ccddc3a1e4994d50ff2e10ce $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _|_|_|_|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 db74 9d97 8b2d 1f | | 2. 4cba 4.bf 4bdb e4a7 2f | | 3. c28e 381f 6ef5 1edf 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 1edf e4.d a4