# on receiving block 947818 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-04T03:15:15Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-04T03:15:16Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:15:15 up 45 days, 18:08, 0 users, load average: 0.51, 0.93, 1.40 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2020892 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.0G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.3G 476.1G 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 947818 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947818); echo $BH 0000000000000000000111fa110867071f618263c7172c29176133c5be44bef3 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000111fa110867071f618263c7172c29176133c5be44bef3 { "hash": "0000000000000000000111fa110867071f618263c7172c29176133c5be44bef3", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947818, "version": 537395200, "versionHex": "20080000", "merkleroot": "e7323f580554c97ac51b25a4454e7082e8c83bb33abbbf2b691cc6ae0750ab5d", "time": 1777864516, "mediantime": 1777862377, "nonce": 2081676715, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000124ca2665c0f90cc9c1b95b31", "nTx": 4881, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000019925c15e5e84d56057a3096f7aaccec58c98ddf274b0" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 11fa 11.8 67.7 1f61 8263 c717 2c29 1761 33c5 be44 bef3 $ : 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 947818 sf: ...1 11.8 67.7 bef3 $ : 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 . 947818 sk: bef3 94 $ : 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 . 947818 ak: 35db 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 947818 jk: bef3 35db 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 27532, "bytes": 29880638, "usage": 145727664, "total_fee": 0.04053840, "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 135 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.14% ## 298 of 2016, i.e. 14%, 1718 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.371378755656231e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947818, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000111fa110867071f618263c7172c29176133c5be44bef3", "txouts": 165326252, "bogosize": 12952547981, "muhash": "c98dd861573350043e85ad2e1c57bac9577169b42483d4863586fb249da022bf", "total_amount": 20024204.27829587, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09670413, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1933.85404542, "coinbase": 3.13440029, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1933.84464513, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947818 { "avgfee": 192, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 321, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000111fa110867071f618263c7172c29176133c5be44bef3", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 947818, "ins": 7966, "maxfee": 60014, "maxfeerate": 60, "maxtxsize": 97213, "medianfee": 36, "mediantime": 1777862377, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 15, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10445, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1436736, "swtotal_weight": 3466782, "swtxs": 4791, "time": 1777864516, "total_out": 193384464513, "total_size": 1567969, "total_weight": 3991714, "totalfee": 940029, "txs": 4881, "utxo_increase": 2479, "utxo_size_inc": 165914, "utxo_increase_actual": -1441, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -114834 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 564964821, "totalbytessent": 1389058279, "timemillis": 1777864516200, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66850, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66850 } } $ halving.sh 947818 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947818 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777864516 This is average time to mine a block (1777864516-1231006505)/947818 bts=576.9646008362356103855271 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 11:45:12 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 00:29:26 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 14:35:41 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 8 "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 a2b6893175c4ce4f dcf1ed68904605e8aeb831d82521d4704d26805adc34f96db06ad7d63753bea2 f6ec3ac7bfaf9e16 bcaa63a01b594bd138e5ec157f4b21a239b616c1e035d5315ca1cadccbbe590d 80498a2486d1edfc dcbddfc89ec8ebc4621ee1cf001fd89cb1263c99b5ccfb9a3605f0af86baabf4 471eb490553e1de4 3e0475d1b4bbe97ca6640ff7a9388ebcd4e73bd189d2ea3372f2c946ca6061d7 84df2eb6646ffcb6 e1563625553e21951790d3f45aa4f71278f7a5b55885ee20035831ffccb919ac 3b88200106a3f2ec 035ce4c854454959e994b247779eddbb6978345073b7ab4cdda2c340358f4c62 4c429b4ec15a99e8 de66b0495b8f23ffdead625d7a1718d383f2235fbd2eb55bca527d2a7a079c35 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _ _ ______ ___ __ ___ / _ \| || |____ | / _ \/_ |/ _ \ | (_) | || |_ / / | (_) || | (_) | \__, |__ _|/ / > _ < | |> _ < / / | | / / | (_) || | (_) | /_/ |_|/_/ \___/ |_|\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 11fa 11.8 67.7 1f | | 2. 1f61 8263 c717 2c29 2f | | 3. 1761 33c5 be44 bef3 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: bef3 35db 94