# on receiving block 938424 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-02-26T11:26:01Z # as written in the block header 2026-02-26T11:25:47Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:26:01 up 9 days, 16:56, 0 users, load average: 0.46, 1.39, 1.29 $ battery.sh 95%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2252152 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.0G .bitcoin/indexes 4.1G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.5G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.1G 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 938424 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 938424); echo $BH 000000000000000000011f1b6ed09eee96ce80815cc8c9db0665e79c548589a4 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000011f1b6ed09eee96ce80815cc8c9db0665e79c548589a4 { "hash": "000000000000000000011f1b6ed09eee96ce80815cc8c9db0665e79c548589a4", "confirmations": 1, "height": 938424, "version": 537468928, "versionHex": "20092000", "merkleroot": "c48359358afa3b4aff41f9743c9b3cd096f7879ef8c4bf669839d07345e87616", "time": 1772105147, "mediantime": 1772099002, "nonce": 3260240710, "bits": "1701f303", "target": "00000000000000000001f3030000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 144398401518100.9, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000112b0ded3eedfd695348bb312", "nTx": 3214, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000aafa8ba369674c2cc69d8daceeac38f6c68c62c7818f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 1f1b 6ed. 9eee 96ce 8.81 5cc8 c9db .665 e79c 5485 89a4 $ : 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 938424 sf: ...1 6ed. 8.81 .665 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 . 938424 sk: 89a4 84 $ : 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 . 938424 ak: 5.a. 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 25037, "bytes": 10673031, "usage": 60654176, "total_fee": 0.07034302, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 9, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 658 ## Current epoch estimation is +2.94% ## 984 of 2016, i.e. 48%, 1032 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.063261651073889e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 935423 9.009048549126172e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 938424, "bestblock": "000000000000000000011f1b6ed09eee96ce80815cc8c9db0665e79c548589a4", "txouts": 164646482, "bogosize": 12901192835, "muhash": "17bfef92586fba4baba0ac76a9f0de00c8d5cd7d16546f007f70009fa3f5d73b", "total_amount": 19994848.03153072, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09346928, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3997.60778942, "coinbase": 3.17185594, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3997.56093345, "unspendable": 0.00000003, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000003, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 938424 { "avgfee": 1458, "avgfeerate": 4, "avgtxsize": 522, "blockhash": "000000000000000000011f1b6ed09eee96ce80815cc8c9db0665e79c548589a4", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 3, 3, 4, 6 ], "height": 938424, "ins": 8801, "maxfee": 244932, "maxfeerate": 1166, "maxtxsize": 178242, "medianfee": 576, "mediantime": 1772099002, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 110, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 139, "outs": 7772, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1537686, "swtotal_weight": 3421389, "swtxs": 2992, "time": 1772105147, "total_out": 399756093348, "total_size": 1680262, "total_weight": 3991693, "totalfee": 4685594, "txs": 3214, "utxo_increase": -1029, "utxo_size_inc": -69837, "utxo_increase_actual": -1195, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -87025 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4036323368, "totalbytessent": 7111733700, "timemillis": 1772105162443, "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 17 1 18 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 31 1 32 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63117, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63117 } } $ halving.sh 938424 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=938424 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1772105147 This is average time to mine a block (1772105147-1231006505)/938424 bts=576.6029698697285345126142 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 12 02:16:39 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 938839 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Mar 1 05:53:57 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 465. The next fortnight happens in block 939456 and probably around this time: Thu Mar 5 08:43:21 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 15 "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 2cc2e80f93695aca ba385c8844882d2702cdb00a26e72702146bee662683120fd43b334de6255303 dd5d423ffdfce6d9 92b1a5595109f486cb572f4abc1c928790458e82916de9a4234d515b949b712d 5047d5678d7df13f dac3ef2d593a5525694abff3e33c1cf62df1dc0d9d43c81ccf70558d3be1bba8 88985320f20ecc73 7f7529154a88587d520e6bc076980fe45b5d8b1213f2316a8919fa76648007c1 e7bb3d482e5189fd 2153b16db6db1a7e4779009a2d739cf559fe98fd4ede61981dcae13281f3a3a8 8f35bb2a8edb5934 3718e11d556f393dcf244960f529609dadb0e8301c7496ec448032958cfe05f4 b84b0a562bc7fbfd da523cb55b759e26efbb45799df9098777f6ce66864b671a45f9620ef0c4c56a 2f483f8248b737c5 ffeff18178e7df7064baca0b0dc29d804fa219311a1a9d28226fce94422a47de 7b9a1ca6d304d08a 00f8c7e839c1cb27e1caf2a083d700b988ccb18ff24c2763419e5426fca50b2b 712a3bb5e9d4d457 18294946425d3dac0a67a2b47351df7545d261e1c86f1cb805b1d64d3965ef32 18f94c53f008ad58 d2e25d13433b0a9553bc78c382e10f0fb49f34da8f4847cbff605e81b71c88a1 e299e8caf3954fd5 215f3831c1bf5f01bbd00b16ba33f428f1e0d6b0779612bc858e129afb40d35f 2a8329a002f89300 479fdf76c0628fe61733ead6d199fc4e4ed85ff844b5bd1cb506d4e142712952 4f66566466552b0c 4cf035727595b2d6842edec4a764ec32bbf1291cea793e6eccbaabe58cf40bae 5d69dbe460b10e23 3b58e3ef896f56324888ee5533cb22225d8f817b8a06385e8f754b887cbd056e $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ ___ __ __ / |/ \/ \| |/ )| | \_/| __/\__/|__|_ / |__|_ | \/ \ | / | |\___/\__/ |/___ | ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 1f1b 6ed. 9eee 1f | | 2. 96ce 8.81 5cc8 c9db 2f | | 3. .665 e79c 5485 89a4 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 5.a. 84