# on receiving block 963759 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-23T18:31:26Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-23T18:31:16Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:31:26 up 4 days, 8:47, 0 users, load average: 1.29, 1.39, 1.51 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1943344 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 5.0G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.2G 475.2G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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 963759 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 963759); echo $BH 00000000000000000000b7060d74b6540e3b2accc9cb50f2a0d428b55911a455 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000b7060d74b6540e3b2accc9cb50f2a0d428b55911a455 { "hash": "00000000000000000000b7060d74b6540e3b2accc9cb50f2a0d428b55911a455", "confirmations": 1, "height": 963759, "version": 600236032, "versionHex": "23c6e000", "merkleroot": "abcdd93123ea226e4f5c45bd001b2061ebdeaaa9040cff182a7f48865f30296a", "time": 1787509876, "mediantime": 1787507701, "nonce": 341477590, "bits": "17023cc1", "target": "000000000000000000023cc10000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 125807076547197.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000141bfa650cb398a713d2bd950", "nTx": 2106, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001ed0dd60f851c94458bfa5b6dea18271ca3c7c0700a64" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... b7.6 .d74 b654 .e3b 2acc c9cb 5.f2 a.d4 28b5 5911 a455 $ : 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 963759 sf: b7.6 .d74 .e3b 5.f2 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 . 963759 sk: a455 65 $ : 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 . 963759 ak: c4cd 65 $ : Following is the jointkode 963759 jk: a455 c4cd 65 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 77265, "bytes": 41901219, "usage": 228626528, "total_fee": 0.07211914, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 172 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.24% ## 111 of 2016, i.e. 5%, 1905 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.026924346159822e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 963759, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000b7060d74b6540e3b2accc9cb50f2a0d428b55911a455", "txouts": 165725155, "bogosize": 12980474906, "muhash": "988e8f63554b00c739f3c003844ca08431081700fdc7b290cc6c064126d570c0", "total_amount": 20074019.88472660, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11527340, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3083.23507702, "coinbase": 3.14313884, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3083.21693818, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 963759 { "avgfee": 861, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 710, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000b7060d74b6540e3b2accc9cb50f2a0d428b55911a455", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 963759, "ins": 7606, "maxfee": 438479, "maxfeerate": 40, "maxtxsize": 589851, "medianfee": 322, "mediantime": 1787507701, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 16, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 12129, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1440117, "swtotal_weight": 3772575, "swtxs": 1953, "time": 1787509876, "total_out": 308321693818, "total_size": 1495437, "total_weight": 3993855, "totalfee": 1813884, "txs": 2106, "utxo_increase": 4523, "utxo_size_inc": 358597, "utxo_increase_actual": 4377, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 345955 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 649215018, "totalbytessent": 1411042107, "timemillis": 1787509887177, "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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 21 2 23 out 11 0 11 3 total 32 2 34 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 76766, "ipv6": 319, "onion": 1880, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 78971 } } $ halving.sh 963759 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=963759 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1787509876 This is average time to mine a block (1787509876-1231006505)/963759 bts=577.4294129243795135718436 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 03:19:26 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 964469 predicted to happen at this time: Fri Aug 28 12:24:10 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 478. The next fortnight happens in block 965664 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 5 12:04:39 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 414787c4e387548d 9f9b4564eb3fb35959dcc6ee5604a493997c821a12ffacaa739928834a61395f 7fafe089fdee1ec7 4c2c7be096b67db09d033461d81009b0b408000260122b1fee4d3d64872c4c78 d794b809c0290b7b 5bde7c71d663f011da173f15380b32b16ee11d61f32030ac154b0b096528833a 856ecac120da5045 387f333e519af90145a9b402e390209924356c499f219ad44838139e5cb6040b ba6d92d150836c0c 70989c2dffc89b643435aa3765e03d63658f4d5e0fd918de5136862048f54852 1c496eb0560fd00f f6422bab4279a5afc65711069c0ab8dcbec0cf81135e1b13aa0d9ad42fa925e3 130b5bcaaabb7ac3 da75f724c7d78fdc231bb77cd751f99d7cf488b96b24899573e148e201ba5e49 8bc5899fc265c69e f1e56d2b1fa548dcda05e5b8cfd84535152f2dc71980bebd8721351474d6c1fe 73f090725e004df4 33d8fd43eb3e611636defa879c17c7cd4a8831b38cc859342f99a1768f9f7b87 8c3d576bd3990c91 fe463cc7959f98cd1d6078334b9badfd6a518a5944d9469dea2c79ea011e0be7 862b099df538064f 86115983fd08cd834a4573952615e9430e025fd407ff3b91dc93ee8482bafc0c 87151b0cdc646741 cc5fe36b685f82a6d59dbeb88f14dc1e78ade1787658bd31b4842854cd70587a c4ab1b5f119ef42d a931596e95d7e232f20e9b5c7939101be0f40dc31eb875f5564ca4dda8a2c424 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ __ ________ ______ / | / / \ /| / | \_/|| __ __/ / |___\_/| ||/ \ \ / \ | | \__/\___// \___/ | ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... b7.6 .d74 b654 1f | | 2. .e3b 2acc c9cb 5.f2 2f | | 3. a.d4 28b5 5911 a455 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: a455 c4cd 65