# on receiving block 940598 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-03-14T04:44:12Z # as written in the block header 2026-03-14T04:44:00Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:44:12 up 25 days, 10:14, 0 users, load average: 1.00, 1.35, 1.58 $ battery.sh 95%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1971824 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.1G .bitcoin/indexes 4.3G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 124.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 433.3G 477.1G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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 940598 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 940598); echo $BH 000000000000000000002250ae427e55885e4a8eecd925eefae0eb030b7f064e $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000002250ae427e55885e4a8eecd925eefae0eb030b7f064e { "hash": "000000000000000000002250ae427e55885e4a8eecd925eefae0eb030b7f064e", "confirmations": 1, "height": 940598, "version": 602824704, "versionHex": "23ee6000", "merkleroot": "2122734d8c9bffd4ab60cc83db9d7707baf3e4ba01a1ff0ec79dab641445c319", "time": 1773463440, "mediantime": 1773458556, "nonce": 3865423421, "bits": "1701f0cc", "target": "00000000000000000001f0cc0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 145042165424853.3, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001170ec6ee2e64c6bb08d7bf1b", "nTx": 4491, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000008561a0b977c7bd56edde9d6bebf95696a0e5666c3448" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... 225. ae42 7e55 885e 4a8e ecd9 25ee fae. eb.3 .b7f .64e $ : 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 940598 sf: 225. fae. eb.3 .b7f M $ : 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 . 940598 sk: .64e 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 . 940598 ak: e572 65 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 27505, "bytes": 25626862, "usage": 140204320, "total_fee": 0.03006781, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 2, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 117 ## Current epoch estimation is -4.56% ## 1142 of 2016, i.e. 56%, 874 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.905872717009604e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 939455 1.037983005536264e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 937439 1.03283744073678e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 940598, "bestblock": "000000000000000000002250ae427e55885e4a8eecd925eefae0eb030b7f064e", "txouts": 164931055, "bogosize": 12922041415, "muhash": "57989c4a3b90be090a6fd2c057690a556b9c7151a848b8968a57bbc389aeb9b7", "total_amount": 20001641.78069058, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09430942, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 6323.87042055, "coinbase": 3.13216646, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 6323.86325409, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 940598 { "avgfee": 159, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 388, "blockhash": "000000000000000000002250ae427e55885e4a8eecd925eefae0eb030b7f064e", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 940598, "ins": 6088, "maxfee": 72435, "maxfeerate": 80, "maxtxsize": 74006, "medianfee": 30, "mediantime": 1773458556, "mediantxsize": 367, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12484, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1700357, "swtotal_weight": 3817355, "swtxs": 4396, "time": 1773463440, "total_out": 632386325409, "total_size": 1743924, "total_weight": 3991623, "totalfee": 716646, "txs": 4491, "utxo_increase": 6396, "utxo_size_inc": 454481, "utxo_increase_actual": 2669, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 226167 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 13811453964, "totalbytessent": 19372709645, "timemillis": 1773463453314, "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 v30.2.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 26 1 27 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 40 1 41 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 62632, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 62632 } } $ halving.sh 940598 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=940598 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1773463440 This is average time to mine a block (1773463440-1231006505)/940598 bts=576.7143437320260812524784 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 13 10:45:42 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 941149 predicted to happen at this time: Tue Mar 17 21:00:09 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 466. The next fortnight happens in block 941472 and probably around this time: Fri Mar 20 00:44:48 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 17 "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 f7f77c82442a80ba 5cbd7ee92e188ed03a87dea98cb24ebb64194eeff2ce5629c920506db289c03c 0e2b870704623284 81c47e2ae7d386a8f26f7008f5384af82f4a636d41f65b3458870b3be33af014 e9d795e460a00e7e b8a7c46ee47178dc3a2d3eff43c592a8d71909a6b562dc57392de2c65ddbe26d 6296b2f401d811c3 dc2be2b901846d2cae571574fcd480ab2bdbb55c2a175db75f0bf5de3606027d dd1d6ea7ea0a8de3 f98b0b2b428666d7e6cf76a78a491c47c45761e8d8d53f55d240c0022e417c7e d0f19c0740b06b46 e51408a80dc375c8d3128c3571609635b568a1c7b20406a6f1bd5baccfb66ccf f3ce70bf7d644da4 94d4ea771f46356ee629fed84de64451f26dcb6103ec97a19b176c886a0fd864 2f483f8248b737c5 9aa07386ea8a5235ec838575ea2b3c5421e72cf8e550eae3b1bcbce844e8e3fa 59499bad2fa9046f 3f5e9363b58298e5adcec23529de84aeaeccd4c34cdd176ce38ab254ad3335e6 63663e97de51cc73 ca9b2cb580ae238a45673c2302e8ed25b4d051c451b000ec0d745914176b8622 be4587ccdee21068 0221ae2495c7bbe16a63aa4a45a010de96a530942b3601af164681001fffcfb9 7716053ad5fe1196 78c40143649f75315620e8f91533ab8a66750fc5193f07107e7556a27ee9805a e7bb3d482e5189fd 07aa7e34abf21dddc90f5a98437d637e485866b7e235d0aa06ca3033bbf8948e a2db95406b7b7061 a34233d285f1f03a9fc56276ab79c31c530efb2d61fb1ba3cdaae407ac7cb70f ed385591b8e63a30 12f929296350602bd7eea1dbb3ad65e59118c3619251243f9b0732f0d9960657 a7baef5eb132a2df 76e5492b6c6fef4454cbb93380e93dd8177c66d130fcc90a6cd0327014fed8f2 b84b0a562bc7fbfd 14cb9a4e7b95c6634ad612da5d75223a76cfee2b95ffe932235593451c5351fd $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| || | / _ \ | (_) | || |_| | | | \__, |__ _| |_| | /_/ |_| \___/ ____ ___ ___ | ___|/ _ \ ( _ ) |___ \ (_) |/ _ \ ___) \__, | (_) | |____/ /_/ \___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... 225. ae42 7e55 1f | | 2. 885e 4a8e ecd9 25ee 2f | | 3. fae. eb.3 .b7f .64e 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: e572 65