# on receiving block 959412 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-24T10:35:17Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-24T10:35:03Z $ uptime # since last reboot 10:35:17 up 28 days, 3:06, 0 users, load average: 1.20, 2.01, 2.07 $ battery.sh 146%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1697596 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.7G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.8G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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 959412 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 959412); echo $BH 00000000000000000000fed29087084e4c87460d0e1d4ca7cb3efb262cc51e12 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000fed29087084e4c87460d0e1d4ca7cb3efb262cc51e12 { "hash": "00000000000000000000fed29087084e4c87460d0e1d4ca7cb3efb262cc51e12", "confirmations": 1, "height": 959412, "version": 536887296, "versionHex": "20004000", "merkleroot": "dd3d45be04f7ee0825d315f70b9b25bb86ca7d36ed953e86bd6fdeab2f9fae47", "time": 1784889303, "mediantime": 1784886805, "nonce": 997874132, "bits": "1702369d", "target": "00000000000000000002369d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127170500429035.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013a18b218e9ebb7ecd315c862", "nTx": 4868, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001c278b514f33e3700537da77d17f27a9d843bbfcbd617" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... fed2 9.87 .84e 4c87 46.d .e1d 4ca7 cb3e fb26 2cc5 1e12 $ : 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 959412 sf: 9.87 .84e 46.d .e1d M $ : 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 . 959412 sk: 1e12 75 $ : 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 . 959412 ak: 2ce4 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 959412 jk: 1e12 2ce4 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 81477, "bytes": 41917547, "usage": 233168568, "total_fee": 0.07375083, "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 175 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.77% ## 1812 of 2016, i.e. 89%, 204 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.032329072205682e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 959412, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000fed29087084e4c87460d0e1d4ca7cb3efb262cc51e12", "txouts": 166212533, "bogosize": 13015623468, "muhash": "34095fe680acaed41e7538de5d6a77abee775488af10edc0f284df4abe5fb1c2", "total_amount": 20060435.51063575, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11436425, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4626.68718185, "coinbase": 3.13991186, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4626.67226999, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 959412 { "avgfee": 306, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 325, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000fed29087084e4c87460d0e1d4ca7cb3efb262cc51e12", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 2 ], "height": 959412, "ins": 7665, "maxfee": 67182, "maxfeerate": 189, "maxtxsize": 59032, "medianfee": 62, "mediantime": 1784886805, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 13, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 135, "outs": 11368, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1495267, "swtotal_weight": 3631363, "swtxs": 4786, "time": 1784889303, "total_out": 462667226999, "total_size": 1585379, "total_weight": 3991811, "totalfee": 1491186, "txs": 4868, "utxo_increase": 3703, "utxo_size_inc": 269472, "utxo_increase_actual": 282, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 24252 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4658684065, "totalbytessent": 12682840928, "timemillis": 1784889318222, "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 v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 17 2 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 2 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69622, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69622 } } $ halving.sh 959412 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=959412 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1784889303 This is average time to mine a block (1784889303-1231006505)/959412 bts=577.3142515267147724702500 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 17:44:06 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 959959 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Jul 28 02:18:13 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 475. The next fortnight happens in block 959616 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 25 19:17:55 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 13 "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 f366e70d309a8c75 70bd5ea0f1cb036217c02b373c58726b7d8971e125296bc96c96f2bff3bb5aed 646ebacd2d74e318 157b237319d355910839fc2c6a1d2ef1bbd81662fdd616bae857ce6ca7ef72e6 b6f261ab9f7e6850 2faab3602c7a58d2759e76de32bc7e8a87ab17688f79cd0b48420c826c265467 cd31e93a3553f57d 9e0cb07dad6c957376a1d7348ab0560ad448d35ef47da5b87082b64497bf4bf6 7941657556135fba 8fb830742422d65e59c1c04a1eaf9ad1da30c65e8d2210ba3dfe45ec62a3ef20 69b69af6dbedee1a 3517f79d15092b4a3b7741f7f8d0e2e63575ce235a57264517cb825d1bf1e4ae 8273a752ca0cf867 1855a85a4cda16cb3e4a8941099aa0d3b0fca62ce3a4b202f22059cdbc4a69dc 6ad20f2f1551ec98 8fcd23c9f14b3d8c973521ca4fd4d123184b6eeec5c48a1c2ac30ba228bd34b9 0be942b1bc473ca1 895c86574b68b9cdf2baa997302da989590bec7291a4507e143d9a9441b22115 c4500d61c1cd3f77 4709bc3a5b43ebc995b8526928569b3d19b7888e0647e45e1e857b7c3975226e 3f5d21b063816822 0ccd4cf2de727cf3889b76b9ecc650eb928cb3db50edb09753f7a1a7e99fc728 abe39bf36ca7a46b 86adb8339766845223b6884204845db854f041b0026093f65594d49dc4172a4e b9bfa0c0c6fc12d6 7aedba9953e5513b51f474715c0f132c43c0ca25801414290c7a21e1648a9d81 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ ______ , __ / || / || |/|/ ) \_/||___\_/||__|_| / | \ | | | / |\___/ | | |/___ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... fed2 9.87 .84e 1f | | 2. 4c87 46.d .e1d 4ca7 2f | | 3. cb3e fb26 2cc5 1e12 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 1e12 2ce4 75