# on receiving block 947101 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-29T04:13:26Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-29T04:13:13Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:13:26 up 40 days, 19:06, 0 users, load average: 1.74, 1.78, 1.76 $ battery.sh 149%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1591504 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.9G 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 947101 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947101); echo $BH 00000000000000000000dd699e0a851b099f4c7183ef3f9bd97f76afff6080f9 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000dd699e0a851b099f4c7183ef3f9bd97f76afff6080f9 { "hash": "00000000000000000000dd699e0a851b099f4c7183ef3f9bd97f76afff6080f9", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947101, "version": 1006632960, "versionHex": "3c000000", "merkleroot": "9149b6218b180bf843e65d036c1118ec7ab6b0d47be71a82cbe1ae0b2a8ed223", "time": 1777435993, "mediantime": 1777431737, "nonce": 360832463, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000123740fd39cdd9b9e95080374", "nTx": 3197, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000019c315660b16bcd013bf99085d20566a79da5bd0e2b8" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... dd69 9e.a 851b .99f 4c71 83ef 3f9b d97f 76af ff6. 8.f9 $ : 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 947101 sf: 9e.a .99f ff6. 8.f9 $ : 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 . 947101 sk: 8.f9 75 $ : 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 . 947101 ak: efab 75 $ : Following is the jointkode 947101 jk: 80f9 efab 75 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 54970, "bytes": 33948491, "usage": 178299816, "total_fee": 0.05071735, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 36, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 149 ## Current epoch estimation is -2.01% ## 1597 of 2016, i.e. 79%, 419 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.508163299663049e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947101, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000dd699e0a851b099f4c7183ef3f9bd97f76afff6080f9", "txouts": 165474059, "bogosize": 12963019608, "muhash": "9bcd33a40e87214bb537d9389da6d53449c5120be6dbfb7651535e1c0591769f", "total_amount": 20021963.65338464, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09661536, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 6186.00289860, "coinbase": 3.14272516, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6185.98517344, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947101 { "avgfee": 554, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 614, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000dd699e0a851b099f4c7183ef3f9bd97f76afff6080f9", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "height": 947101, "ins": 7097, "maxfee": 69774, "maxfeerate": 107, "maxtxsize": 314951, "medianfee": 142, "mediantime": 1777431737, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 33, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 7727, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1834993, "swtotal_weight": 3472183, "swtxs": 3056, "time": 1777435993, "total_out": 618598517344, "total_size": 1964937, "total_weight": 3991959, "totalfee": 1772516, "txs": 3197, "utxo_increase": 630, "utxo_size_inc": 44908, "utxo_increase_actual": -904, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -65865 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6426085920, "totalbytessent": 14573426441, "timemillis": 1777436006979, "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 16 1 17 out 10 0 10 2 total 26 1 27 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66823, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66823 } } $ halving.sh 947101 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947101 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777435993 This is average time to mine a block (1777435993-1231006505)/947101 bts=576.9489326387231787072564 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 07:11:01 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 12:04:15 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 23:22:14 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 493faac3367fbbe9 cdbcb30da1e5cf7a2c80a9fb01513ec9040522ba447eb55dd1b26bfc7e8c84a3 9c2ea4125ab2ab9b 88b1d6fe5aa87e69afcbf3e4d77986ac08da875391be5e708bef7aa01a6dd247 e9e7e494596358a1 7474156dbf4de78a6d1b37ef73fdf707fb3e02513739d408e5352083b545d8b8 6c45e9be707772f3 af9828f25250e36cd627b6b2bffacdfe9f0d4627b800454aef520944e6bee57a b1b1befa1d3b2564 425b9eaf799c6c1a793f246c92ef0e53b2b5a2eb76ddccfb2a1303902414e9a6 4d206dbaa4a31f10 629173f93ec967fb8705e64c1d98efc837894953e575e42a893e4e2958828bd9 6998b3f5481468c5 f9b220abe524d7ac8d24a40be33126b77654fd234e286be3a034b691d1dd4d68 019228fdec44cfdf 285a1450974a07594b766c7ba7094327d6f0347d6167209c4577534573c6895e a483ad636ef029ea 88fb439cbbca0eef1cdacf934b2a2926a1287f1b9a389c0c5b5339966ea241a3 43a1133e4f1b8f62 e30bf44358dd9a18bfd43c7ecf3ccb68e63c08bb47186aa1640db4c98a95df84 8e4183b10b2c4c46 80dcb233f17339810717d499d5e89c5d7ec0a344bbae84d458bbcadc82d1f46b $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ _ _ ____ _ __ _ / _ \ | |__ / |/ \/ | \_, /_ _|/ /| | () | | /_/ |_|/_/ |_|\__/|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... dd69 9e.a 851b 1f | | 2. .99f 4c71 83ef 3f9b 2f | | 3. d97f 76af ff6. 8.f9 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8.f9 efab 75