# on receiving block 947884 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-04T14:59:28Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-04T14:59:59Z $ uptime # since last reboot 14:59:28 up 46 days, 5:52, 0 users, load average: 2.12, 1.69, 1.70 $ battery.sh 149%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2072952 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 476.0G 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 947884 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947884); echo $BH 00000000000000000000626adfc3b177204dca748fa1d76448341bd0cbc831a7 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000626adfc3b177204dca748fa1d76448341bd0cbc831a7 { "hash": "00000000000000000000626adfc3b177204dca748fa1d76448341bd0cbc831a7", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947884, "version": 606175232, "versionHex": "24218000", "merkleroot": "7b453da4598aff5feca673469acf03a64c5844caa994e9a33d10f56974ca2bbe", "time": 1777906799, "mediantime": 1777904722, "nonce": 2269514600, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000124e9365eb1b4d61371115617", "nTx": 5360, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000145fc41dba4ede355e2939a59bf3d69dec2f4e3900b3b" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 626a dfc3 b177 2.4d ca74 8fa1 d764 4834 1bd. cbc8 31a7 $ : 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 947884 sf: 2.4d 1bd. 31a7 $ : 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 . 947884 sk: 31a7 95 $ : 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 . 947884 ak: 17a9 95 $ : Following is the jointkode 947884 jk: 31a7 17a9 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 29453, "bytes": 30662356, "usage": 150473112, "total_fee": 0.04243356, "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 138 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.77% ## 364 of 2016, i.e. 18%, 1652 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.312081017213456e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947884, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000626adfc3b177204dca748fa1d76448341bd0cbc831a7", "txouts": 165250062, "bogosize": 12946966453, "muhash": "173f507fc39a879d0294c46f7c7f1762466d7d43bbb0ecbf82d1bdf57893ff03", "total_amount": 20024410.52824334, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09675666, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3992.04170839, "coinbase": 3.13634429, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3992.03036410, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947884 { "avgfee": 211, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 300, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000626adfc3b177204dca748fa1d76448341bd0cbc831a7", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 3 ], "height": 947884, "ins": 7660, "maxfee": 46200, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 65642, "medianfee": 36, "mediantime": 1777904722, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 28, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12507, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1573436, "swtotal_weight": 3834530, "swtxs": 5244, "time": 1777906799, "total_out": 399203036410, "total_size": 1612784, "total_weight": 3991922, "totalfee": 1134429, "txs": 5360, "utxo_increase": 4847, "utxo_size_inc": 349687, "utxo_increase_actual": 757, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 56867 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 714186236, "totalbytessent": 1762205802, "timemillis": 1777906769098, "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 total block in 16 16 out 10 10 2 total 26 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66886, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66886 } } $ halving.sh 947884 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947884 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777906799 This is average time to mine a block (1777906799-1231006505)/947884 bts=576.9690352732662717523750 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:02:49 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 01:39:34 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 15:45:51 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 b683f487b0c5c4b5 a7aa0ec067d68d6a19302a9b53eae709a748fa43a743efe82e5498d4927771be $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ____ ___ ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ( _ )( _ ) | | \_, /_ _|/ // _ \/ _ \_ _| /_/ |_|/_/ \___/\___/ |_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 626a dfc3 b177 1f | | 2. 2.4d ca74 8fa1 d764 2f | | 3. 4834 1bd. cbc8 31a7 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 31a7 17a9 95