# on receiving block 971858 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-17T12:20:19Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-17T12:20:03Z $ uptime # since last reboot 12:20:19 up 59 days, 2:36, 0 users, load average: 0.55, 0.87, 1.33 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1725380 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.3G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.5G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.5G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 452.1G 458.3G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc4 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 971858 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 971858); echo $BH 0000000000000000000075b2c70445c8f61bca16cd54e758b4be5de7bda062e0 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000075b2c70445c8f61bca16cd54e758b4be5de7bda062e0 { "hash": "0000000000000000000075b2c70445c8f61bca16cd54e758b4be5de7bda062e0", "confirmations": 1, "height": 971858, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "31b6433bd34b49d4020ce1a9829cf69604105fc64b80f74c2c171ae8991d2ee5", "time": 1792239603, "mediantime": 1792237818, "nonce": 3822397290, "bits": "17020093", "target": "0000000000000000000200930000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 140577680051919.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001505a5b084e2ec01813327d4e", "nTx": 5493, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000007596eef82bfb6bcb67fd6b6932f4d3290a79958bdc90" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 75b2 c7.4 45c8 f61b ca16 cd54 e758 b4be 5de7 bda. 62e. $ : 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 971858 sf: bda. 62e. $ : 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 . 971858 sk: 62e. 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 . 971858 ak: d766 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 971858 jk: 62e0 d766 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 71456, "bytes": 38864637, "usage": 214506200, "total_fee": 0.05614028, "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 144 ## Current epoch estimation is +2.19% ## 146 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1870 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.028366261252534e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 969695 9.499394793503835e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 971858, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000075b2c70445c8f61bca16cd54e758b4be5de7bda062e0", "txouts": 164988455, "bogosize": 12921571947, "muhash": "2b5a4c3a697c86921af34bcee5027ace94b3618b02caa01f23902dd873081d33", "total_amount": 20099329.24680862, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12819138, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3871.85215155, "coinbase": 3.13832548, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3871.83862605, "unspendable": 0.00020002, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00020002, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 971858 { "avgfee": 242, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 264, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000075b2c70445c8f61bca16cd54e758b4be5de7bda062e0", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 2, 3 ], "height": 971858, "ins": 7505, "maxfee": 45896, "maxfeerate": 146, "maxtxsize": 38266, "medianfee": 31, "mediantime": 1792237818, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 11781, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1211588, "swtotal_weight": 3022637, "swtxs": 4396, "time": 1792239603, "total_out": 387183882607, "total_size": 1454757, "total_weight": 3995313, "totalfee": 1332548, "txs": 5493, "utxo_increase": 4276, "utxo_size_inc": 304197, "utxo_increase_actual": 336, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 24236 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1606956940, "totalbytessent": 1906134377, "timemillis": 1792239620251, "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 v32.0.0rc4 - 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": 79165, "ipv6": 301, "onion": 1764, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81236 } } $ halving.sh 971858 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=971858 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1792239603 This is average time to mine a block (1792239603-1231006505)/971858 bts=577.4840774227537122154551 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 19:16:03 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 972279 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Oct 20 07:52:03 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 482. The next fortnight happens in block 973728 and probably around this time: Fri Oct 30 00:18:18 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 9d5aea813edab410 91f7e3459399a2328f6288529c2546309d853ab5734281b506f405660cd6d19b 529f5da3370d0854 fe4c91c430f3921dc17de221d28508ba63b955c2eabdc1eb4a99eeba483c85c9 cd89474ec9938594 08815a047e013dd91ea6ee1b528f6a6789baabf99ba209e89cbf387e05eb22bd f4c462d82e36dfad 32e2e1e88fb1e173a20b6811e2889917b8c7f8c7c89e6af276cf85498f997021 ae199cac3615d517 a8ad224ab31909ec23247faf2c04f26afc83edc6890021707c374264a076b38c 1c6d80afee1e3506 603f3be93f1af6cddfd3041b2a2d82996fefb4c60171243d472fdd978a814264 c34f18c7b8784e0f 51b729249b1db10a620de8430acc4873f34df75906bd0433cac3880fe610f758 dfaf5d234bce8486 70eb107b0a66c83f09938be721f732a6688330f3fe3c2e665e3e01b4752877fd f88f50d9c7f0f1e3 90d63f6f9ef7e228334119f8affe9d473a0eed2638f4c329cba39c5210c8c4fe 819520bee9c78f27 747f0dd1744e46fc4ba6329dac314760a0c0e3e5d1e6184a04b0c83cc71a8473 07d2a0ffc8251fdf 37243685cbbc29729fc6830a7e45c93e687d7fdcb4572c576c8828673e2d43cf $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 75b2 c7.4 45c8 1f | | 2. f61b ca16 cd54 e758 2f | | 3. b4be 5de7 bda. 62e. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 62e. d766 85