# on receiving block 974561 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-11-04T18:12:03Z # as written in the block header 2026-11-04T18:11:49Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:12:03 up 77 days, 8:27, 0 users, load average: 0.36, 0.39, 0.94 $ battery.sh 75%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1596436 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.7G .bitcoin/indexes 5.2G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.5G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 453.8G 456.7G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.1.0 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 974561 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 974561); echo $BH 0000000000000000000086524c2c7892f3134170c000d20eeb04754b16c54057 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000086524c2c7892f3134170c000d20eeb04754b16c54057 { "hash": "0000000000000000000086524c2c7892f3134170c000d20eeb04754b16c54057", "confirmations": 1, "height": 974561, "version": 562814976, "versionHex": "218be000", "merkleroot": "ca874193481df4666c9bf3727779b9ca17e92212bd4a13f7d641e196dfc50541", "time": 1793815909, "mediantime": 1793814584, "nonce": 1950258854, "bits": "1701e5ac", "target": "00000000000000000001e5ac0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 148364561003867.4, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000155b76a05d89f001674c7aae2", "nTx": 5088, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000171ad4c59ce111e8e97e3757ff744840e6a1f1e556ca6" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 8652 4c2c 7892 f313 417. c... d2.e eb.4 754b 16c5 4.57 $ : 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 974561 sf: eb.4 4.57 $ : 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 . 974561 sk: 4.57 65 $ : 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 . 974561 ak: da5c 65 $ : Following is the jointkode 974561 jk: 4057 da5c 65 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 41799, "bytes": 10190101, "usage": 68934824, "total_fee": 0.01064779, "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 104 ## Retarget estimation is -1.6% ## 833 of 2016, i.e. 41%, 1183 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.044591722501091e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 973727 1.061590210849434e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 974561, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000086524c2c7892f3134170c000d20eeb04754b16c54057", "txouts": 163978891, "bogosize": 12838392554, "muhash": "43d1b704f749252d07b6f7af23170e45b53282fbf281923dbc79904021986325", "total_amount": 20107776.11503583, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.13496417, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 7667.22161038, "coinbase": 3.14079792, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 7667.20581244, "unspendable": 0.00000002, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000002, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 974561 { "avgfee": 310, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 326, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000086524c2c7892f3134170c000d20eeb04754b16c54057", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 974561, "ins": 7762, "maxfee": 113468, "maxfeerate": 318, "maxtxsize": 72821, "medianfee": 16, "mediantime": 1793814584, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 13, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 139, "outs": 11742, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1621416, "swtotal_weight": 3824673, "swtxs": 4960, "time": 1793815909, "total_out": 766720581246, "total_size": 1663191, "total_weight": 3991773, "totalfee": 1579792, "txs": 5088, "utxo_increase": 3980, "utxo_size_inc": 267892, "utxo_increase_actual": 947, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 67115 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2493575365, "totalbytessent": 1828325415, "timemillis": 1793815923388, "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 v32.1.0 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 0 2 2 out 10 0 10 2 total 10 2 12 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79063, "ipv6": 299, "onion": 1742, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81110 } } $ halving.sh 974561 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=974561 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1793815909 This is average time to mine a block (1793815909-1231006505)/974561 bts=577.4998450586006842048017 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 23:51:59 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 975579 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Nov 11 13:30:03 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 483. The next fortnight happens in block 975744 and probably around this time: Thu Nov 12 15:58:11 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 10 "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 da042a2e51cb9584 c2c62067fa524a8e5708e91c3830ecc0118e730dc63978f954cdc657022c1ad9 5e282f95a672bc55 70eef64cffc146e43fc6a632cf8030f61741f954c906df66163e0f8743d7c72e 6e05e7773f972998 d61ff9dd50da1dbffb8be69a04e384f2b38ea25588fb839cb61d293803f18b33 bc356bc5faf598dc 013e29a958a5209b8b2c5f3cf96ca443ba0659ab2e2a2279b1789ba1bce6cfc3 5e463887c9ba24f9 3b25dfe6732b17edb08c98e8522ee233d5fbddbf04de76150b0ee7e83c3eeb1a 41a86c4086d13649 48798aefaa2769fe023f1e8765d4515679be87c69ef2c873eee4ee9c8b90363b 479bcefd4b1760f5 026c0ee97c679a8ad948a8a445d49bfc321d27900faed1cc57fbdab3d4bf3fe8 f7173c7fe7484a47 9446da75641a26f6b3ad1210fd2329909864ea6c21d01efddc3f6290e22e468d 0232a62014a048aa 90e3795aac2d762ffb68b962e783b55dc12f9ba3b82249984f8a90c4be301409 feaac4fb2a3ae31c d34a5c2a61f3289bdbca3b6537b0ec06667927235ad6063b13bdc5ec95236a09 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ \__ /| | __| / _ | \_ / /__ _|__ \ _ \ | _/ _/ _| ___/\___/_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 8652 4c2c 7892 1f | | 2. f313 417. c... d2.e 2f | | 3. eb.4 754b 16c5 4.57 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 4.57 da5c 65