# on receiving block 959839 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-27T12:07:34Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-27T12:07:07Z $ uptime # since last reboot 12:07:34 up 31 days, 4:39, 0 users, load average: 3.65, 2.13, 1.53 $ battery.sh 146%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1678472 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 11.1G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.0G 475.4G 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 959839 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 959839); echo $BH 000000000000000000007d4f5bed762e9e8b68f56133ec07fdbf1f75466e937b $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000007d4f5bed762e9e8b68f56133ec07fdbf1f75466e937b { "hash": "000000000000000000007d4f5bed762e9e8b68f56133ec07fdbf1f75466e937b", "confirmations": 1, "height": 959839, "version": 536928256, "versionHex": "2000e000", "merkleroot": "f16406ac496e493d4c0314d669c4f2165da7acdbaec4dd7af01446d5b60e03ad", "time": 1785154027, "mediantime": 1785153520, "nonce": 2327818674, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013ad8dec0ac9253bacf2deae0", "nTx": 7031, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000204b7748cef8d3138398ee8ffc84310b9a63745b3573d" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 7d4f 5bed 762e 9e8b 68f5 6133 ec.7 fdbf 1f75 466e 937b $ : 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 959839 sf: ec.7 937b $ : 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 . 959839 sk: 937b 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 . 959839 ak: 1c19 a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 959839 jk: 937b 1c19 a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 73524, "bytes": 40514897, "usage": 222560896, "total_fee": 0.06631904, "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 163 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.34% ## 223 of 2016, i.e. 11%, 1793 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.992699345083968e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 959839, "bestblock": "000000000000000000007d4f5bed762e9e8b68f56133ec07fdbf1f75466e937b", "txouts": 166290457, "bogosize": 13021558797, "muhash": "61fd1292030abbbf0846fe734ff795abe2c74c07f3634585afc6f0d31a61c222", "total_amount": 20061769.88557609, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11442391, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 781.77193768, "coinbase": 3.13102876, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 781.76590892, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 959839 { "avgfee": 85, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 217, "blockhash": "000000000000000000007d4f5bed762e9e8b68f56133ec07fdbf1f75466e937b", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 959839, "ins": 7338, "maxfee": 16500, "maxfeerate": 40, "maxtxsize": 11067, "medianfee": 61, "mediantime": 1785153520, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 14197, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1520739, "swtotal_weight": 3949134, "swtxs": 6960, "time": 1785154027, "total_out": 78176590892, "total_size": 1531444, "total_weight": 3991954, "totalfee": 602876, "txs": 7031, "utxo_increase": 6859, "utxo_size_inc": 487783, "utxo_increase_actual": 95, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 7007 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6117279621, "totalbytessent": 17175979993, "timemillis": 1785154054958, "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 22 2 24 out 10 0 10 2 total 32 2 34 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 69115, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 69115 } } $ halving.sh 959839 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=959839 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785154027 This is average time to mine a block (1785154027-1231006505)/959839 bts=577.3332242873812302050341 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 23:16:07 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 959959 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Jul 28 07:21:46 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 11:39:45 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 4e12a23a2ed6ecac 201aed4a5f2d97922353fcbb536ae611c09d8445c349c8e1321897f2123799f3 f9a06261edce8dc9 2610ff524e0abdf6c27737891cdcaf06c9ea4df1ac1815b862c8d11add8db95c 297f463b31c725d2 5608643d0d465713517b6394e35bd7ba67054cc696994f158939088d73a639b7 62821a37e902a2be bccf49b029c3832121f5f8fa85473d398d29c19824573cbed8c03296ffcc1c26 c0ac423b2068ba09 1a2539bd381e8cf666a18455f349eb035fa1e79e05ab179576c8205d62428727 975cf581f811427c f406bfbcecf80bc26827289ba4d1aeb41844117a9d6b1dd4e22daaab81656cb1 8b7d27d2adf0b93c bdb1f3524d85e552e5d1e6d3ee389125368db5b2a294e26e9cb3a874100f956f 62d32ad16bbf4add 48d970bfdeafeabfe02245a30ec9096bc619c31222b6b8419001bbe502963f01 f245dc47aca2bdd4 56055a8f44164d2f33ed2dde8f270db6ed5748feefdee04c6aa785a5012db764 daa75bc6421194d9 fd6bfdeb4605cd483520f9af4f78af1cba1894b91444b945e9943665ceaa480d 3d382aecf50cbcdc 636c787f35b92d3d5cd2f3987f97bcbb0da56d42cdeaac16e407ddd51422f0e3 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ _______ ___ _______ / _ \/ __/ _ \( _ )|_ / _ \ \_, /__ \\_, / _ |/_ <\_, / /___/____/___/\___/____/___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 7d4f 5bed 762e 1f | | 2. 9e8b 68f5 6133 ec.7 2f | | 3. fdbf 1f75 466e 937b 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 937b 1c19 a5