# on receiving block 973253 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-26T16:03:42Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-26T16:03:22Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:03:42 up 68 days, 6:19, 0 users, load average: 0.45, 0.73, 1.05 $ battery.sh 72%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1486972 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.7G .bitcoin/indexes 5.1G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 452.5G 458.0G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0 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 973253 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 973253); echo $BH 00000000000000000001620abd010a9441fcb198b8e6bb4b9fe7d066d2ce7a97 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001620abd010a9441fcb198b8e6bb4b9fe7d066d2ce7a97 { "hash": "00000000000000000001620abd010a9441fcb198b8e6bb4b9fe7d066d2ce7a97", "confirmations": 1, "height": 973253, "version": 887595008, "versionHex": "34e7a000", "merkleroot": "05b2cd817a51c045b3f36bdad3bf9bde04b56b2ca9e7e65cdbc2f077b96c5d2c", "time": 1793030602, "mediantime": 1793024989, "nonce": 3064665442, "bits": "17020093", "target": "0000000000000000000200930000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 140577680051919.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001531312ff7cb6e401c39a537c", "nTx": 3951, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000448735d059db52022cd67553b4bcfba03dd6fe8cc966" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 62.a bd.1 .a94 41fc b198 b8e6 bb4b 9fe7 d.66 d2ce 7a97 $ : 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 973253 sf: d.66 7a97 $ : 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 . 973253 sk: 7a97 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 . 973253 ak: c18f 74 $ : Following is the jointkode 973253 jk: 7a97 c18f 74 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 53301, "bytes": 25160123, "usage": 141274208, "total_fee": 0.06532737, "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 259 ## Current epoch estimation is +4.91% ## 1541 of 2016, i.e. 76%, 475 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.055701612939203e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 969695 9.499394793503835e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 973253, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001620abd010a9441fcb198b8e6bb4b9fe7d066d2ce7a97", "txouts": 164513841, "bogosize": 12883902986, "muhash": "a53a4e6b17f5046905ddc7b7e06343d0128a5f04f33a6d3ff11cf1180feac746", "total_amount": 20103688.61795704, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.13204296, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 8077.96130278, "coinbase": 3.16845649, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 8077.91784629, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 973253 { "avgfee": 1100, "avgfeerate": 4, "avgtxsize": 423, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001620abd010a9441fcb198b8e6bb4b9fe7d066d2ce7a97", "feerate_percentiles": [ 3, 3, 4, 4, 6 ], "height": 973253, "ins": 8374, "maxfee": 106556, "maxfeerate": 145, "maxtxsize": 57270, "medianfee": 626, "mediantime": 1793024989, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 10042, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1607307, "swtotal_weight": 3737109, "swtxs": 3772, "time": 1793030602, "total_out": 807791784629, "total_size": 1671886, "total_weight": 3995425, "totalfee": 4345649, "txs": 3951, "utxo_increase": 1668, "utxo_size_inc": 128038, "utxo_increase_actual": 1520, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 112256 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1612366913, "totalbytessent": 1263403295, "timemillis": 1793030623303, "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 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 0 1 1 out 10 0 10 2 total 10 1 11 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79101, "ipv6": 299, "onion": 1757, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81163 } } $ halving.sh 973253 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=973253 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1793030602 This is average time to mine a block (1793030602-1231006505)/973253 bts=577.4690851514609752438726 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 14:53:41 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 973379 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Oct 27 12:16:03 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 482. The next fortnight happens in block 973728 and probably around this time: Thu Oct 29 20:14:59 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 5f6e1d29b8996926 7722e0650b8417d6956f22d8c5137ac8ee066c27bfef308e9c0f08b083308ad5 fac698c373e5273e 7b21bd1d95f2b0014b422b86db283f5a07fb4c3801b03545a8d84e58460061bf 5038c35b514ebbdb 142fd5103c3907c446da2ed68146e3489f38281f2eb35f4566584f9c60df0c34 acf4af8048009987 aa6fd320c8ccda15b825a26927feff7483884894539671a5e54ad27a9dd518ed 3c9026b84b7e60bd 29d23c6e90f661b26b37f423b33031a6870cd4b61d739e0ac6233286771800f0 14a11c20208fc084 43325144b5cc97ce7db9fde7cb15cf71adf019b044a0e875ecda1395ec5b0192 c268374fc8d97fc0 6ed9bbf55677f80dbd075fe6ed2bdac167bc42b99147dc96fefc917fb13a25e9 c813ce46db7bdb14 cdfa0a90361e0d0babd5c9ec362c276002361dc22e24b769c275c781b70a6390 8c22f5318d1d06a5 51b897a269f4793ebd712d2f9d24301e982e7ac7176fe5b0a406d90fcfe16ddb 9f90a75b73b1015a 78f31c37109286c81ca3201a8372d4d996ffbe836fee90b3a8d5ed3e5f62021c a06c783f71abeeca de028e66aaa57baeb73691e33f71412cbd57f901f69c3bfb6d8b1f364ddf53b0 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 62.a bd.1 .a94 1f | | 2. 41fc b198 b8e6 bb4b 2f | | 3. 9fe7 d.66 d2ce 7a97 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 7a97 c18f 74