# on receiving block 947968 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-05T04:53:18Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-05T04:53:04Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:53:18 up 46 days, 19:46, 0 users, load average: 0.43, 1.04, 1.16 $ battery.sh 149%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2019048 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.9G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 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 947968 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947968); echo $BH 0000000000000000000183f61114f49f8a0b6dd65c75f97fd28b302d4dbd1803 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000183f61114f49f8a0b6dd65c75f97fd28b302d4dbd1803 { "hash": "0000000000000000000183f61114f49f8a0b6dd65c75f97fd28b302d4dbd1803", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947968, "version": 973078528, "versionHex": "3a000000", "merkleroot": "bb57c0d5500b2954f35078e3fd4c7a7ed9182f431a0959f16f4dfe921fd6f760", "time": 1777956784, "mediantime": 1777953711, "nonce": 2313549649, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000012510bf0fe4183359f3243853", "nTx": 2841, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000132e8e1a6d2a6793aff560303e6bb9e59641e5fe5245d" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 83f6 1114 f49f 8a.b 6dd6 5c75 f97f d28b 3.2d 4dbd 18.3 $ : 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 947968 sf: ...1 8a.b 3.2d 18.3 $ : 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 . 947968 sk: 18.3 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 . 947968 ak: 93b3 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 947968 jk: 1803 93b3 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 23371, "bytes": 29872463, "usage": 144294776, "total_fee": 0.04082763, "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 136 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.35% ## 448 of 2016, i.e. 22%, 1568 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.352328608994928e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947968, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000183f61114f49f8a0b6dd65c75f97fd28b302d4dbd1803", "txouts": 165231660, "bogosize": 12945614425, "muhash": "d516a194a3927ed2d8c7d8699dba96ad2f0ff600f29462fb2631475864428243", "total_amount": 20024673.02824330, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09675670, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3478.10963902, "coinbase": 3.14230349, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3478.09233552, "unspendable": 0.00000001, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000001, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947968 { "avgfee": 609, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 516, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000183f61114f49f8a0b6dd65c75f97fd28b302d4dbd1803", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 947968, "ins": 8031, "maxfee": 64500, "maxfeerate": 75, "maxtxsize": 59067, "medianfee": 161, "mediantime": 1777953711, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 139, "outs": 6833, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1132800, "swtotal_weight": 2651769, "swtxs": 2701, "time": 1777956784, "total_out": 347809233553, "total_size": 1467734, "total_weight": 3991505, "totalfee": 1730349, "txs": 2841, "utxo_increase": -1198, "utxo_size_inc": -90880, "utxo_increase_actual": -2397, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -178209 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 894464389, "totalbytessent": 2144750017, "timemillis": 1777956799036, "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 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66782, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66782 } } $ halving.sh 947968 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947968 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777956784 This is average time to mine a block (1777956784-1231006505)/947968 bts=576.9706382803657081613428 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:30:52 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 02:04:55 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 16:11:13 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 9 "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 304f3f4f2dc36be5 83c5f1d773fbcd2cb554d2066dc0d4932ea28e2377128a876c65eee214616368 f6ec3ac7bfaf9e16 bcaa63a01b594bd138e5ec157f4b21a239b616c1e035d5315ca1cadccbbe590d 80498a2486d1edfc dcbddfc89ec8ebc4621ee1cf001fd89cb1263c99b5ccfb9a3605f0af86baabf4 471eb490553e1de4 3e0475d1b4bbe97ca6640ff7a9388ebcd4e73bd189d2ea3372f2c946ca6061d7 84df2eb6646ffcb6 e1563625553e21951790d3f45aa4f71278f7a5b55885ee20035831ffccb919ac 3b88200106a3f2ec 035ce4c854454959e994b247779eddbb6978345073b7ab4cdda2c340358f4c62 785ecefa522498c6 85d8ec6361474b454e8c1d2f657db7248f34290bce777d36c9acc43c97996714 6fd8cf508542a08c 0b44b930ddaee964a39ed1e061250bfc716131c9da4b425029036628e98a6408 0ce2af244f326424 0624450dbb3d6c61b0a55cca87a9e4c68c99b531f3a793e20a39533e64b21e13 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ___________ ____ ___ / _ \/ / /_ / _ \/ __/( _ ) \_, /_ _// /\_, / _ \/ _ | /___/ /_/ /_//___/\___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 83f6 1114 f49f 1f | | 2. 8a.b 6dd6 5c75 f97f 2f | | 3. d28b 3.2d 4dbd 18.3 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 18.3 93b3 84