# on receiving block 956018 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-06-30T03:49:55Z # as written in the block header 2026-06-30T03:49:40Z $ uptime # since last reboot 03:49:55 up 3 days, 20:20, 0 users, load average: 2.66, 1.44, 0.94 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2102124 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.3G .bitcoin/indexes 4.6G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.6G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.2G 475.3G 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 956018 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 956018); echo $BH 0000000000000000000153c0c2fd1294952131998e0613c7729a0782708535be $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000153c0c2fd1294952131998e0613c7729a0782708535be { "hash": "0000000000000000000153c0c2fd1294952131998e0613c7729a0782708535be", "confirmations": 1, "height": 956018, "version": 647036928, "versionHex": "26910000", "merkleroot": "f1cb92b17f61e8ec2b595c5fd7c8250124585cdb0f94ebcd4d4fa0c1294e82f1", "time": 1782791380, "mediantime": 1782789602, "nonce": 1819334247, "bits": "17021a42", "target": "000000000000000000021a420000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 133869853540305.4, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000133f5a1cdc1ecda2e0236462d", "nTx": 6823, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000023201b67a8110ef3511b3a3db76017aa8c77cb97e5e0" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 53c. c2fd 1294 9521 3199 8e.6 13c7 729a .782 7.85 35be $ : 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 956018 sf: ...1 53c. 8e.6 .782 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 . 956018 sk: 35be 74 $ : 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 . 956018 ak: 8af2 74 $ : Following is the jointkode 956018 jk: 35be 8af2 74 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 88688, "bytes": 40967885, "usage": 233098104, "total_fee": 0.06846034, "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 167 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.13% ## 434 of 2016, i.e. 21%, 1582 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.563938989887839e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 953567 8.939523168672514e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 956018, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000153c0c2fd1294952131998e0613c7729a0782708535be", "txouts": 166133556, "bogosize": 13011550929, "muhash": "8b206fddad34449f6844045cf451f2a82d5b00c4d387582e5507f6cbc97648a1", "total_amount": 20049829.26461826, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11038174, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 560.04940062, "coinbase": 3.13318419, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 560.04121643, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 956018 { "avgfee": 119, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 234, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000153c0c2fd1294952131998e0613c7729a0782708535be", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 956018, "ins": 7274, "maxfee": 52860, "maxfeerate": 69, "maxtxsize": 8835, "medianfee": 68, "mediantime": 1782789602, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 51, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 13727, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1590668, "swtotal_weight": 3954899, "swtxs": 6795, "time": 1782791380, "total_out": 56004121643, "total_size": 1599869, "total_weight": 3991703, "totalfee": 818419, "txs": 6823, "utxo_increase": 6453, "utxo_size_inc": 460812, "utxo_increase_actual": 182, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 14735 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 677861636, "totalbytessent": 2200571278, "timemillis": 1782791395993, "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 33 1 34 out 10 0 10 2 total 43 1 44 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70827, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70827 } } $ halving.sh 956018 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=956018 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1782791380 This is average time to mine a block (1782791380-1231006505)/956018 bts=577.1693606507820451267181 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Sat Mar 18 23:28:30 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 956659 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Jul 4 10:35:45 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 474. The next fortnight happens in block 957600 and probably around this time: Fri Jul 10 17:27:41 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 752627b3e62d0b44 79d6fc771362365abf309d36c85dca6f4d74aa683d5bdec398cc4e8f6971d020 820698657805a0b3 0328b0e1bab9d92478029469207591188d2ae71f30f2e48494b7cede165ec21a 8ef81ed84edc8e66 37abe35f119f30f782e35ad2684afc3bf79ba36a789ca884aa97ca23a2608ca1 28782718d1a10376 15307508b621b59b5280db97d3280dd9905191b8c391950c29ca3e00569a7ecf 085251ed06dafa6c e6a128664bcf8982b588730d56795b2d2293e4b0757ad06f7f9c90767cc17b02 b7266bc85703b5ce 87a84a0dcd6c730357edf794e17f52d47f8519a9cd6f5fd0ef43b755c27d50fd 0fb2cfff0d4eed69 d8fe4ecc3e44b633b994939c3852a96fb637adedbba5d9f9cd1f464fbc72d1c3 a3c4562064e43e7b 0bd023825cf68923d4988c2c999f67d20abd3ada901b7f98535869c959686068 7af866239b695ed8 4c66140a8e05e9a36c591540d2fa79224aaef961b59d3c80c018246ffea8db78 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 53c. c2fd 1294 1f | | 2. 9521 3199 8e.6 13c7 2f | | 3. 729a .782 7.85 35be 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 35be 8af2 74