# on receiving block 946587 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-25T12:42:40Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-25T12:42:33Z $ uptime # since last reboot 12:42:40 up 37 days, 3:35, 0 users, load average: 1.44, 2.20, 2.20 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1858976 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .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 434.4G 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 946587 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946587); echo $BH 00000000000000000000557cc8319f833d5ae51a3746c65836840ac96bed8ba8 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000557cc8319f833d5ae51a3746c65836840ac96bed8ba8 { "hash": "00000000000000000000557cc8319f833d5ae51a3746c65836840ac96bed8ba8", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946587, "version": 696836096, "versionHex": "2988e000", "merkleroot": "04170160f2c283df873a544e92fae7f0bb32750f9af1aa7f41b0b1e6bbac3fb6", "time": 1777120953, "mediantime": 1777119470, "nonce": 2059851657, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001227c72edd10e1af2d7c644a8", "nTx": 4857, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000d9b0195289353dc80b723f05cfdcf5a8e67927434f5e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 557c c831 9f83 3d5a e51a 3746 c658 3684 .ac9 6bed 8ba8 $ : 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 946587 sf: .ac9 8ba8 $ : 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 . 946587 sk: 8ba8 a5 $ : 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 . 946587 ak: f798 a5 $ : Following is the jointkode 946587 jk: 8ba8 f798 a5 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 40814, "bytes": 13213297, "usage": 84581312, "total_fee": 0.01773489, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 3, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 134 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.44% ## 1083 of 2016, i.e. 53%, 933 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.661077420187115e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946587, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000557cc8319f833d5ae51a3746c65836840ac96bed8ba8", "txouts": 165367858, "bogosize": 12955020536, "muhash": "96696e0e2d55d5b884aa1b120ff30259380b623b6d539c427d6391ea29a6d446", "total_amount": 20020357.40344966, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09655034, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1159.97807019, "coinbase": 3.13383774, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1159.96923245, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946587 { "avgfee": 181, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 315, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000557cc8319f833d5ae51a3746c65836840ac96bed8ba8", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 946587, "ins": 7261, "maxfee": 57958, "maxfeerate": 77, "maxtxsize": 74345, "medianfee": 25, "mediantime": 1777119470, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 18, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12446, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1426711, "swtotal_weight": 3562978, "swtxs": 4767, "time": 1777120953, "total_out": 115996923245, "total_size": 1533965, "total_weight": 3991994, "totalfee": 883774, "txs": 4857, "utxo_increase": 5185, "utxo_size_inc": 372842, "utxo_increase_actual": 1344, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 100381 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5165699623, "totalbytessent": 11872518481, "timemillis": 1777120960548, "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 17 1 18 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 1 28 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 65974, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 65974 } } $ halving.sh 946587 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946587 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777120953 This is average time to mine a block (1777120953-1231006505)/946587 bts=576.9294011755906476735390 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 01:29:13 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 22:38:42 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 18:13:48 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 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 43a49f587038e03a 3df36da89383b195659e9018f85fd91419d36d7ab0630ea924f30986725cf7b7 bc7f7685a9a29e4f b0e1c28434a51965c27eacbf3d8c58fcd3f524be34e62338cf2fcdd8261215a2 e05e0795141c62d0 0dd5281448939e67fb18495124ee3aa0f514299713ddafda27e5930d7e8ff04b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ __ ____ _______ / || | / | / \ / \_/||__|_| __ |___ \__/ / | | |/ \ \/ \ / | | \__/\___/\__// ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 557c c831 9f83 1f | | 2. 3d5a e51a 3746 c658 2f | | 3. 3684 .ac9 6bed 8ba8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8ba8 f798 a5