# on receiving block 955600 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-06-27T03:53:34Z # as written in the block header 2026-06-27T03:54:16Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:53:34 up 20:24, 0 users, load average: 1.34, 1.39, 1.36 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2384980 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.6G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.7G 48% / $ bitcoind -version $ BC=$(bitcoin-cli getblockcount); echo $BC 955600 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 955600); echo $BH 0000000000000000000096a4825988f376713b46283185a71b79f0f6db2fff45 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000096a4825988f376713b46283185a71b79f0f6db2fff45 { "hash": "0000000000000000000096a4825988f376713b46283185a71b79f0f6db2fff45", "confirmations": 1, "height": 955600, "version": 565911552, "versionHex": "21bb2000", "merkleroot": "b67686c49e1e03d7af73b0cbb4a7f84ceb421646740e91843cb768046645f77e", "time": 1782532456, "mediantime": 1782530670, "nonce": 4134148415, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001332ed3e336409a9c966e53cf", "nTx": 6084, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000138d4e0fa971d6de1651d7abed1ca9628047ca63a52fd" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 96a4 8259 88f3 7671 3b46 2831 85a7 1b79 f.f6 db2f ff45 $ : 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 955600 sf: f.f6 ff45 $ : 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 . 955600 sk: ff45 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 . 955600 ak: b34a a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 955600 jk: ff45 b34a a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 42773, "bytes": 23910255, "usage": 133625784, "total_fee": 0.04507215, "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 188 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.74% ## 16 of 2016, i.e. 0%, 2000 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.648531256466685e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 955600, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000096a4825988f376713b46283185a71b79f0f6db2fff45", "txouts": 166051053, "bogosize": 13005316295, "muhash": "db924fdb175c24ce139b3ca6893ff253bf96c2b037e933d88a1ebe003c7d277e", "total_amount": 20048523.01463909, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11036091, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 761.18337943, "coinbase": 3.13905700, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 761.16932243, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 955600 { "avgfee": 231, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 271, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000096a4825988f376713b46283185a71b79f0f6db2fff45", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 955600, "ins": 7677, "maxfee": 441289, "maxfeerate": 4039, "maxtxsize": 74043, "medianfee": 74, "mediantime": 1782530670, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 21, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12682, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1645373, "swtotal_weight": 3955535, "swtxs": 6058, "time": 1782532456, "total_out": 76116932243, "total_size": 1654377, "total_weight": 3991551, "totalfee": 1405700, "txs": 6084, "utxo_increase": 5005, "utxo_size_inc": 355441, "utxo_increase_actual": -674, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -48612 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 502469786, "totalbytessent": 906984852, "timemillis": 1782532414334, "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": 70709, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70709 } } $ halving.sh 955600 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=955600 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1782532456 This is average time to mine a block (1782532456-1231006505)/955600 bts=577.1508725922220675784140 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sat Mar 18 18:04:58 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 956659 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Jul 4 05:40:58 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Fri Jul 10 12:32:37 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 2601ddc55b6e4c78 58cb16155e8120ee38c3566ee5a44be2ba8a82c5dc5db6cebc08e9c1b2ca8ae7 b00b70d17d25a871 6da262fcc6598068276872f5c607a2234f289459eb57e1095b87baaa0303f57a fcbd6c2fd6a60ce5 50eed6f1991bbdd07e637e2fd2f8ecdd03688bbcf72887924c47d7b1b4003a69 ea14198bb74eceb2 384a663e2f522cd4fae2b92bd2e98078280a448dcb952f8a0aa56c11064a8c1f e646814dfc137ecb c564c9bd8b58cdaac34254004c5e8caa762070c582a12c093cc49159023a892d 920d3dff74792dc2 209fb45a1ba6add02df0ae9ff0b612d099da582be768b27d3cf8addb64cfb8ab 493faac3367fbbe9 8b9fbc1e90b4dd9667a13a6637357b5513e7f9510799e96780d12d193fe503f6 10bebfd206e9d67d 7ee2242f23e0b48d82871cd55106c5f467645d6e2262f8f390163cfaf7bccaa9 8c4a623011b31bfc 02bb57960311b7697a31735862c727720078e43dec444e807b43bf044e9b29a0 b80136b27c7e03c9 41ec65d22835ae9ec5bf9ec41485056e3538fcb64938004fda00976536f2f47b b73442fb61ed0981 9d4213d6555230ce16bf3d535979f9b2b00f517d1500d395e7ace97cc61b2e3d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ / _ \/ __// __// __// _ \/ _ \ \_, /__ \/__ \/ _ \/ // / // / /___/____/____/\___/\___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 96a4 8259 88f3 1f | | 2. 7671 3b46 2831 85a7 2f | | 3. 1b79 f.f6 db2f ff45 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: ff45 b34a a5