# on receiving block 947926 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-04T21:45:52Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-04T21:45:43Z $ uptime # since last reboot 21:45:52 up 46 days, 12:38, 0 users, load average: 6.76, 2.61, 1.92 $ battery.sh 156%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2014652 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 10.9G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.4G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.7G 475.7G 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 947926 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947926); echo $BH 00000000000000000001c5b730e6bf3109234eadb58b514449738a452524ce93 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001c5b730e6bf3109234eadb58b514449738a452524ce93 { "hash": "00000000000000000001c5b730e6bf3109234eadb58b514449738a452524ce93", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947926, "version": 770359296, "versionHex": "2deac000", "merkleroot": "4c6923bc9b8ca941068d5dda7336f90f4a9ce51c0fb29f2ef1dabb459f7ee3d0", "time": 1777931143, "mediantime": 1777928534, "nonce": 1339880806, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000124fcfab74ae684b6b21ac735", "nTx": 5706, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000212f0a85506b5c65e4891e8a9d06cd2ce5c6ef69e0786" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 c5b7 3.e6 bf31 .923 4ead b58b 5144 4973 8a45 2524 ce93 $ : 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 947926 sf: ...1 3.e6 .923 ce93 $ : 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 . 947926 sk: ce93 94 $ : 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 . 947926 ak: c1a1 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 947926 jk: ce93 c1a1 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 26241, "bytes": 30249432, "usage": 147224728, "total_fee": 0.04127602, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 136 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.69% ## 406 of 2016, i.e. 20%, 1610 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.319879122198048e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947926, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001c5b730e6bf3109234eadb58b514449738a452524ce93", "txouts": 165243707, "bogosize": 12946493567, "muhash": "4b0475406f2cf2e38a3fa44f3e25ab3670fa9e26a0ceb73ea905fd818fb3a0e2", "total_amount": 20024541.77824334, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09675666, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1780.85059431, "coinbase": 3.13681103, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1780.83878328, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947926 { "avgfee": 207, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 272, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001c5b730e6bf3109234eadb58b514449738a452524ce93", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 947926, "ins": 7306, "maxfee": 84800, "maxfeerate": 401, "maxtxsize": 59035, "medianfee": 35, "mediantime": 1777928534, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 14, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12306, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1461710, "swtotal_weight": 3628154, "swtxs": 5585, "time": 1777931143, "total_out": 178083878328, "total_size": 1552653, "total_weight": 3991926, "totalfee": 1181103, "txs": 5706, "utxo_increase": 5000, "utxo_size_inc": 358382, "utxo_increase_actual": 557, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 41298 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 805128513, "totalbytessent": 1955618984, "timemillis": 1777931153101, "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 15 1 16 out 10 0 10 2 total 25 1 26 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66856, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66856 } } $ halving.sh 947926 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947926 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777931143 This is average time to mine a block (1777931143-1231006505)/947926 bts=576.9691526879179514878255 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:04:52 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 948849 predicted to happen at this time: Mon May 11 01:41:25 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 15:47:43 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 c5b7 3.e6 bf31 1f | | 2. .923 4ead b58b 5144 2f | | 3. 4973 8a45 2524 ce93 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: ce93 c1a1 94