# on receiving block 953278 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-06-11T18:57:41Z # as written in the block header 2026-06-11T18:57:31Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:57:41 up 84 days, 9:50, 0 users, load average: 2.80, 2.89, 2.65 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1412380 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.5G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .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 434.7G 475.7G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0rc4 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 953278 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 953278); echo $BH 0000000000000000000038a31f188f7feeb94183d98e94291f288523d1acdfce $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000038a31f188f7feeb94183d98e94291f288523d1acdfce { "hash": "0000000000000000000038a31f188f7feeb94183d98e94291f288523d1acdfce", "confirmations": 1, "height": 953278, "version": 537673728, "versionHex": "200c4000", "merkleroot": "acdb5d45f449eed2de160f2eb48d3729c0b46b0920c7a3977386b4e273c331d5", "time": 1781204251, "mediantime": 1781200539, "nonce": 864941719, "bits": "1702068f", "target": "00000000000000000002068f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 138955357012247.3, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012f1940d650a2de1b0671410e", "nTx": 4612, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001e4833fe73470ba3bf5f419751cee14791274e80d777f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 38a3 1f18 8f7f eeb9 4183 d98e 9429 1f28 8523 d1ac dfce $ : 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 953278 sf: dfce $ : 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 . 953278 sk: dfce b5 $ : 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 . 953278 ak: de3. b5 $ : Following is the jointkode 953278 jk: dfce de3. b5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 113279, "bytes": 45818829, "usage": 263501640, "total_fee": 0.11085555, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 1, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 241 ## Current epoch estimation is -8.39% ## 1726 of 2016, i.e. 85%, 290 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.109792968001765e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 951551 9.944499015556698e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 949535 9.770940180508523e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 953278, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000038a31f188f7feeb94183d98e94291f288523d1acdfce", "txouts": 165740268, "bogosize": 12982719385, "muhash": "de294ce64f9bcff30a8075c6262a71a55ad09fb0f0584f98ecb5b86d4b1bd484", "total_amount": 20041266.76674345, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.10825655, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5691.04366460, "coinbase": 3.15416448, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5691.01450012, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 953278 { "avgfee": 632, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 363, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000038a31f188f7feeb94183d98e94291f288523d1acdfce", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 ], "height": 953278, "ins": 8355, "maxfee": 69819, "maxfeerate": 106, "maxtxsize": 49654, "medianfee": 368, "mediantime": 1781200539, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 43, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10411, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1616109, "swtotal_weight": 3752922, "swtxs": 4436, "time": 1781204251, "total_out": 569101450012, "total_size": 1675870, "total_weight": 3991966, "totalfee": 2916448, "txs": 4612, "utxo_increase": 2056, "utxo_size_inc": 152221, "utxo_increase_actual": 623, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 48399 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 15067004065, "totalbytessent": 35837966181, "timemillis": 1781204261647, "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 14 1 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 24 1 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70726, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70726 } } $ halving.sh 953278 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=953278 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1781204251 This is average time to mine a block (1781204251-1231006505)/953278 bts=577.1633970747283848694873 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sat Mar 18 21:44:09 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 953359 predicted to happen at this time: Fri Jun 12 07:56:41 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 472. The next fortnight happens in block 953568 and probably around this time: Sat Jun 13 17:27:08 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 10 "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 84608400b0618562 7af1f5e36df042df722c4e6516461e5e0547d35e006641145b12d3f789d981f4 2abdf30cb3257f1c 8b166cc778355bbae9b28c1b9e52c9a6856a4edb14fa10c0d9b477af02edfebe fe6eedf066457513 1284c9a6a386559566797d50e3a04f745f39faaf6b36230bf9ffa57a30a286c8 a02e19837141cb72 b83c1ebf20cbdf7a788a59c025139e3210dd5ead231f6c255bdfdacc75bbfcd7 80675ffa8f3fa637 87904d90542a9ad9e14eb8d5893c62e96919d7d2a95eba9f4ffe55e66d076cec 4fa17b2f9d6a8bca c8be137d8a08c1bf9952bc85dc8c6f84e44115261cbe1c85d5bed3c9a0de0cfb c8d677e6fe4b5c37 2e0dc5d06edcc46d459989410f594b80e177636605b5ade19acb1d919ee91ead f2fd336bda868442 62281df1ed24c77152ebf1aba9086b25cdc7e6183a51d5052aff64f192702f8e cf337ac6f1101c3f a020f30096e0f1e6be0cd854887c832c6a8c36cbbebb7b118d30891c8a69be5b 49e3ad44832b37b4 bd6c1b7956f5fda13073992c0ac06f64fb6b4701786bd2e2ecdacadb82ebba31 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ ___ _______ / _ \/ __/|_ /|_ /_ ( _ ) \_, /__ \_/_