# on receiving block 969560 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-02T08:12:16Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-02T08:12:11Z $ uptime # since last reboot 08:12:16 up 43 days, 22:28, 0 users, load average: 2.47, 1.47, 1.27 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1517264 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.1G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 446.0G 464.4G 49% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc2 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 969560 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 969560); echo $BH 00000000000000000000d0c5ca07d1ca744a9686ee6af8e60d7d479c29a1d185 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000d0c5ca07d1ca744a9686ee6af8e60d7d479c29a1d185 { "hash": "00000000000000000000d0c5ca07d1ca744a9686ee6af8e60d7d479c29a1d185", "confirmations": 1, "height": 969560, "version": 817389568, "versionHex": "30b86000", "merkleroot": "a0f3d2408454361d277bc9dc560e1c7f292793ed5dc1afc76393ffd01a0f7fdf", "time": 1790928731, "mediantime": 1790925610, "nonce": 415405476, "bits": "17021ec5", "target": "000000000000000000021ec50000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132757073449487.5, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014c1ab3b99fd681942a8e8236", "nTx": 2950, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000a79da4770a46241fc92caeb413daeab011c46388746f" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... d.c5 ca.7 d1ca 744a 9686 ee6a f8e6 .d7d 479c 29a1 d185 $ : 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 969560 sf: d.c5 ca.7 .d7d d185 $ : 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 . 969560 sk: d185 85 $ : 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 . 969560 ak: 8d8d 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 969560 jk: d185 8d8d 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 78607, "bytes": 43338241, "usage": 241864784, "total_fee": 0.07809645, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 180 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.61% ## 1880 of 2016, i.e. 93%, 136 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.558806914226415e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 967679 9.500046813447429e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 969560, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000d0c5ca07d1ca744a9686ee6af8e60d7d479c29a1d185", "txouts": 165091637, "bogosize": 12932201872, "muhash": "f64346c3add8a5e0fd731463d680a19b766438b88b79ad9b832c39d52c40e1b1", "total_amount": 20092148.00148661, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12351339, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 4635.38790580, "coinbase": 3.16617491, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 4635.34673089, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 969560 { "avgfee": 1396, "avgfeerate": 4, "avgtxsize": 574, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000d0c5ca07d1ca744a9686ee6af8e60d7d479c29a1d185", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 ], "height": 969560, "ins": 9424, "maxfee": 186547, "maxfeerate": 200, "maxtxsize": 81465, "medianfee": 462, "mediantime": 1790925610, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 7919, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1615661, "swtotal_weight": 3672572, "swtxs": 2666, "time": 1790928731, "total_out": 463534673089, "total_size": 1695424, "total_weight": 3991624, "totalfee": 4117491, "txs": 2950, "utxo_increase": -1505, "utxo_size_inc": -92830, "utxo_increase_actual": -2250, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -157150 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4404640344, "totalbytessent": 11186523852, "timemillis": 1790928736709, "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 v32.0.0rc2 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 13 2 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 23 2 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79012, "ipv6": 304, "onion": 1785, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81107 } } $ halving.sh 969560 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=969560 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1790928731 This is average time to mine a block (1790928731-1231006505)/969560 bts=577.5007719988737170740159 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 00:08:13 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 969969 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Oct 5 01:48:48 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 480. The next fortnight happens in block 969696 and probably around this time: Sat Oct 3 06:01:11 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 2638cb3a108d900e 5c23cf0a7624dba63a8a1df89c4dc2ac99fdf4f42521516c2c2d3d413c72dede b3625ff05d28c44a bba1950afb4e86c068d4a804aa35e039159a640f2e515f6ef35a212611f311d0 aad430ef090da1b7 7f21bf4e121dcb71dfc17a70080fcfd2f22326dc6e637a6f2fd8927468023cf3 03706f07814a1d31 4d815ccd8edbb7d892f67edff3d13150be6fec299299c0194b6bca10c4f09f4a 5ac1ca0821af98a4 0137e957784b260479acb529578786c746f44d0d45d087e384d9976b91185d60 24ab76b351076455 41826c4fc9ff5ea7958000dd04b82c5b0612be0357d1c9b575672ace3a718f54 9a3df9c1366cc7ff 8993178effdb1544d45719a0273547038eef66d81398418f018f40c83a914a0c 17c36670b181a293 52dd4cf65ace715b5f5b4432232db438536a0c6c1a867bacf608d59987e95a40 18e90e4dc4ce5885 7219a4ba652779671e5b39193fe5f467001778dff1ff91a04ec0d9341f4d3036 b567b0e2ca878a99 72a7334d8903bf9e707206c031a029da61bbb632fe7cffc3018a2798058a9d43 020294092b743502 95370aca4a0c1893ccfb75cd66111989b7c64e93b48f99483882ab94cb5307b0 6ce07eba76d9dd3d 5f690828bf1c30c1cbf77036d472593f4c8f8c48d7134db77e1862f50fb1687a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ __ ___ / _ \ / /_ / _ \ | (_) | '_ \ (_) | \__, | (_) \__, | /_/ \___/ /_/ ____ __ ___ | ___| / /_ / _ \ |___ \| '_ \| | | | ___) | (_) | |_| | |____/ \___/ \___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... d.c5 ca.7 d1ca 1f | | 2. 744a 9686 ee6a f8e6 2f | | 3. .d7d 479c 29a1 d185 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: d185 8d8d 85