# on receiving block 948099 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-06T00:24:23Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-06T00:24:10Z $ uptime # since last reboot 00:24:23 up 47 days, 15:17, 0 users, load average: 1.40, 1.35, 1.48 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1970512 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 948099 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 948099); echo $BH 000000000000000000015ed62bb147d0cb2faf9acc1b3e327e3b8918811f2c8e $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000015ed62bb147d0cb2faf9acc1b3e327e3b8918811f2c8e { "hash": "000000000000000000015ed62bb147d0cb2faf9acc1b3e327e3b8918811f2c8e", "confirmations": 1, "height": 948099, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "d77bb87c045e1aab9fe9086b73c399eea7f24b2803d1fe602e76f43816f5158b", "time": 1778027050, "mediantime": 1778025689, "nonce": 2285792485, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001254e6685c1ea04d10d3b930c", "nTx": 614, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000013ca9e0fdb84752542abd0aa2c45d62d644ad4cbca560" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 5ed6 2bb1 47d. cb2f af9a cc1b 3e32 7e3b 8918 811f 2c8e $ : 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 948099 sf: ...1 47d. 2c8e $ : 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 . 948099 sk: 2c8e a4 $ : 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 . 948099 ak: fe98 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 948099 jk: 2c8e fe98 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 27227, "bytes": 29521256, "usage": 143719128, "total_fee": 0.03920747, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 23, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 132 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.21% ## 579 of 2016, i.e. 28%, 1437 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.460263300299875e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 948099, "bestblock": "000000000000000000015ed62bb147d0cb2faf9acc1b3e327e3b8918811f2c8e", "txouts": 165125892, "bogosize": 12937847157, "muhash": "1b7e3085d29e406c70ea0d489cd6f76bb945466dceac57373e828647787b8c69", "total_amount": 20025082.40321603, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09678397, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 937.27833335, "coinbase": 3.12980881, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 937.27352454, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 948099 { "avgfee": 784, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 649, "blockhash": "000000000000000000015ed62bb147d0cb2faf9acc1b3e327e3b8918811f2c8e", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 ], "height": 948099, "ins": 1897, "maxfee": 77965, "maxfeerate": 89, "maxtxsize": 59045, "medianfee": 286, "mediantime": 1778025689, "mediantxsize": 226, "minfee": 29, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 1592, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 323974, "swtotal_weight": 683494, "swtxs": 571, "time": 1778027050, "total_out": 93727352454, "total_size": 397882, "total_weight": 979126, "totalfee": 480881, "txs": 614, "utxo_increase": -305, "utxo_size_inc": -22064, "utxo_increase_actual": -369, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -27655 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1181485037, "totalbytessent": 2703982961, "timemillis": 1778027063873, "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 14 1 15 out 10 0 10 2 total 24 1 25 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66648, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66648 } } $ halving.sh 948099 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=948099 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1778027050 This is average time to mine a block (1778027050-1231006505)/948099 bts=576.9650300601202404809619 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 11:52:43 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 00:36:13 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 14:42:28 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 304f3f4f2dc36be5 83c5f1d773fbcd2cb554d2066dc0d4932ea28e2377128a876c65eee214616368 f6ec3ac7bfaf9e16 bcaa63a01b594bd138e5ec157f4b21a239b616c1e035d5315ca1cadccbbe590d 80498a2486d1edfc dcbddfc89ec8ebc4621ee1cf001fd89cb1263c99b5ccfb9a3605f0af86baabf4 471eb490553e1de4 3e0475d1b4bbe97ca6640ff7a9388ebcd4e73bd189d2ea3372f2c946ca6061d7 84df2eb6646ffcb6 e1563625553e21951790d3f45aa4f71278f7a5b55885ee20035831ffccb919ac 3b88200106a3f2ec 035ce4c854454959e994b247779eddbb6978345073b7ab4cdda2c340358f4c62 785ecefa522498c6 85d8ec6361474b454e8c1d2f657db7248f34290bce777d36c9acc43c97996714 6fd8cf508542a08c 0b44b930ddaee964a39ed1e061250bfc716131c9da4b425029036628e98a6408 0ce2af244f326424 0624450dbb3d6c61b0a55cca87a9e4c68c99b531f3a793e20a39533e64b21e13 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | __ __ | | |/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_) \_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/ __ __ __ __ __ / || | / \ / \ / |/ | \_/||__|_\__/| |\_/|\_/| | | / \| | | | | | \__/ \__/ | | ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 5ed6 2bb1 47d. 1f | | 2. cb2f af9a cc1b 3e32 2f | | 3. 7e3b 8918 811f 2c8e 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 2c8e fe98 a4