# on receiving block 942242 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-26T03:24:05Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-26T03:23:39Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:24:05 up 6 days, 18:16, 0 users, load average: 1.31, 2.21, 1.80 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2295860 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.0G 477.4G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 942242 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 942242); echo $BH 00000000000000000001ebd3bf43a1792aee2eca194c52a418962bd9ca6cd0a2 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001ebd3bf43a1792aee2eca194c52a418962bd9ca6cd0a2 { "hash": "00000000000000000001ebd3bf43a1792aee2eca194c52a418962bd9ca6cd0a2", "confirmations": 1, "height": 942242, "version": 848478208, "versionHex": "3292c000", "merkleroot": "651c4248602d6ba1f26b10375fb2094c7c6e87bc637f1719cc529c227b0ddb3c", "time": 1774495419, "mediantime": 1774489918, "nonce": 3329718634, "bits": "17021a91", "target": "000000000000000000021a910000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133793147307542.8, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000011a3f1e78a1f7da25f13d4b04", "nTx": 3602, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000175665d266b121cd52cbfd3973497b8b3f5af1f479a2f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 ebd3 bf43 a179 2aee 2eca 194c 52a4 1896 2bd9 ca6c d.a2 $ : 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 942242 sf: ...1 d.a2 $ : 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 . 942242 sk: d.a2 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 . 942242 ak: 93a5 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 942242 jk: d0a2 93a5 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 13936, "bytes": 9710285, "usage": 56071312, "total_fee": 0.01060651, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 108 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.23% ## 770 of 2016, i.e. 38%, 1246 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.457116124870827e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 941471 9.575843405435805e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 942242, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001ebd3bf43a1792aee2eca194c52a418962bd9ca6cd0a2", "txouts": 165059261, "bogosize": 12934417500, "muhash": "8959042d3f89aa2034a6b9d08cc84c880c40618fe5d008462c2275fb6f77bd75", "total_amount": 20006779.28033841, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09466159, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1544.04910566, "coinbase": 3.13453288, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1544.03957277, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 942242 { "avgfee": 264, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 472, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001ebd3bf43a1792aee2eca194c52a418962bd9ca6cd0a2", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 942242, "ins": 8597, "maxfee": 36531, "maxfeerate": 77, "maxtxsize": 148541, "medianfee": 29, "mediantime": 1774489918, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 139, "outs": 8560, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1589640, "swtotal_weight": 3548334, "swtxs": 3500, "time": 1774495419, "total_out": 154403957278, "total_size": 1700455, "total_weight": 3991594, "totalfee": 953288, "txs": 3602, "utxo_increase": -37, "utxo_size_inc": -24193, "utxo_increase_actual": -2255, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -171753 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2466814151, "totalbytessent": 4656644776, "timemillis": 1774495446333, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 16 1 17 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 30 1 31 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63493, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63493 } } $ halving.sh 942242 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=942242 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1774495419 This is average time to mine a block (1774495419-1231006505)/942242 bts=576.8033447847317517880207 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 14 12:43:13 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 942249 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Mar 26 04:30:56 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 467. The next fortnight happens in block 943488 and probably around this time: Fri Apr 3 11:01:55 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 d610dd5e660d0487 407772be0ec35878d443f6c860310559d457701e58b31f0581ae3e19e70f6fd2 35f90c0fb4d27c37 75c44d4e6d531a257d477600a3f28011ed5ca4322dc65f764aefd019229f379f 952c29ffb60124fb c7c1eecb36b41a1d66dc3ebe54cb69cf51743670d021a0b8ec9b3c6049382728 493faac3367fbbe9 a286a1a0bc055de72e5644d874a912ebabce4c286221f07cb791f5009aeb3d08 f587b378a600a25a 24c54a8e1c4f8d86f89a8bb1d18f9d20147d5ac0904dbe2da3b3568a86fbd2e0 c94273602e086b90 767226442e8ec526ffeb36e70a4d69ab62d34b211a7d9b76ef05807896456f86 a2d885992e8f3b3a cfde7b440cf74cc68329ce8c11f758840471a81ce61eaf3e7965cbc634296762 f2151ea10467efcc fc3cd84ef43fb7d7e175f782660aa9a83bf306528033248e5c9c60eb2ec8d28b 2f483f8248b737c5 962e943a6db14bc263a74c1c0b3b791015aeb205e5d3f012fe244a9bbb62006e e7bb3d482e5189fd 6319dccf86f1cbcaa2c3a3e1f3f3e534a4210030764c80f5b1271259c47e19d9 ef9cebfd004b47ac e7933e656d0a771534252ce7bbc29d12c8b1f591f41275976618b52451bba216 b84b0a562bc7fbfd bcab3720fcf6e78de04a182576d9e0314eccecf4560495e29f5db617f00250ae 296989a7c686ebb5 2d14556df8a70f5f7131574a3d1b748e4d2e02bfbcb4f9629340a41d63dc1d38 46dcaffaaa5afbbb 39e84b4c73f9cd5561bf31ea66c1a860711608c70e063833e9eb1887f710a8ef $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \ | |_ )_ )| |_ ) \_ /__ _| / /__ _| / _/ _|___|___| _|___| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 ebd3 bf43 a179 1f | | 2. 2aee 2eca 194c 52a4 2f | | 3. 1896 2bd9 ca6c d.a2 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: d.a2 93a5 a4