# on receiving block 957261 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-09T04:30:52Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-09T04:30:17Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:30:52 up 12 days, 21:01, 0 users, load average: 0.54, 1.27, 1.17 $ battery.sh 100%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1728764 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.7G .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 v31.1.0rc1 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 957261 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 957261); echo $BH 00000000000000000000e3609b7fcca586206522d8c5b0fda4082da74c83b49b $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000e3609b7fcca586206522d8c5b0fda4082da74c83b49b { "hash": "00000000000000000000e3609b7fcca586206522d8c5b0fda4082da74c83b49b", "confirmations": 1, "height": 957261, "version": 631996416, "versionHex": "25ab8000", "merkleroot": "06be3e25efc693a7a9cb4cfec2a85627a6a8300186627eac816fae70b5806121", "time": 1783571417, "mediantime": 1783567561, "nonce": 2268952870, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013644d03d1de653d7b53ebf52", "nTx": 4953, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000090cbb8097c64facd5fbe79a0d60ae5d69bc2afd9a3d6" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... e36. 9b7f cca5 862. 6522 d8c5 b.fd a4.8 2da7 4c83 b49b $ : 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 957261 sf: e36. 862. b.fd a4.8 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 . 957261 sk: b49b 75 $ : 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 . 957261 ak: 4e37 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 957261 jk: b49b 4e37 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 87808, "bytes": 42810658, "usage": 235850032, "total_fee": 0.07503785, "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 175 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.36% ## 1677 of 2016, i.e. 83%, 339 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.350840148240784e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 957261, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000e3609b7fcca586206522d8c5b0fda4082da74c83b49b", "txouts": 166243562, "bogosize": 13019722544, "muhash": "1a9e3256c3aec01b7a13ebc250e340707fa47affd18206e51f1028f1512bdf9a", "total_amount": 20053713.63589761, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11410239, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 5311.72460828, "coinbase": 3.14210688, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 5311.70750140, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 957261 { "avgfee": 345, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 317, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000e3609b7fcca586206522d8c5b0fda4082da74c83b49b", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 957261, "ins": 7508, "maxfee": 64218, "maxfeerate": 131, "maxtxsize": 43057, "medianfee": 56, "mediantime": 1783567561, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 12379, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1492202, "swtotal_weight": 3680411, "swtxs": 4585, "time": 1783571417, "total_out": 531170750140, "total_size": 1570014, "total_weight": 3991659, "totalfee": 1710688, "txs": 4953, "utxo_increase": 4871, "utxo_size_inc": 356116, "utxo_increase_actual": 1893, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 141810 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4271091566, "totalbytessent": 12713861367, "timemillis": 1783571452519, "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 v31.1.0rc1 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 25 1 26 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 1 36 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70301, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70301 } } $ halving.sh 957261 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=957261 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1783571417 This is average time to mine a block (1783571417-1231006505)/957261 bts=577.2347716717053429468630 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sun Mar 19 18:33:12 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 957759 predicted to happen at this time: Sun Jul 12 12:21:19 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 11 10:51:39 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 c91f3c5076828ddf 2ff662ca5bfdd813c25ccb44aa737f4472120ea78fe0fdc29d5439554aad2dae c3e6cfc4aa609162 88a5530a137d974df5cad82a20e9e3586f8282ca447e6161ec9c6843412ef50e ed702cd69dbfd3df 6872e6c6114a608dfa6a4c1e584743b7af7eecc93d7b9f2ab77e759f04656624 051ddd7a2a9d08d2 f02817b398a886d8c4009c7064123e8a0e1c37e4b2fb26926a61a9a6ffb36873 a8a0fd81615fc8e3 3c33e5a29c68f07d7ba25f3f312a522ceff525dd81175049fff5e60282b5167e a63afcde8473cd7e f6e1cb9b6c3d40049f7182b3b545794355d17ed2f156ad2d1b35af071c06c78b 2a6944d314aee8a2 b9770535efd81e84efb16cbb1513641733a89252ff433010bcdba2027ee665a7 30a51426b6de23ce e25a9c66c68f1e48ad403039d8f622e1deea3cb56012a54dc48cbd2f5e4ef48c 646ebacd2d74e318 bd43be62d0ad5fecc908c677ba9e39ac3e63968ecda93313550666577e47b9a0 3406962fafb73e85 f51300a6bfb92d088f0bc47eef229212156d02b81bb15210520ebd86591ebecd a6d712306e74c21d b1f0d501c51e5555b86ddf1ca26d4e624b89193e644c8e55cfdb17674f0d04fb $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ _________ __ __ , / || // )/ /| \_/||___ / /| __ | | \ / / |/ \| |\___/ / /___\__/| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... e36. 9b7f cca5 1f | | 2. 862. 6522 d8c5 b.fd 2f | | 3. a4.8 2da7 4c83 b49b 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: b49b 4e37 75