# on receiving block 974956 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-11-07T17:30:57Z # as written in the block header 2026-11-07T17:30:43Z $ uptime # since last reboot 17:30:57 up 80 days, 7:46, 0 users, load average: 0.47, 0.40, 0.37 $ battery.sh 75%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2003952 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.7G .bitcoin/indexes 5.2G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.5G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 453.9G 456.5G 50% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.1.0 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 974956 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 974956); echo $BH 0000000000000000000196aa0062fcd2b44eddc1d93bd17ef5ea6576c56e2d05 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000196aa0062fcd2b44eddc1d93bd17ef5ea6576c56e2d05 { "hash": "0000000000000000000196aa0062fcd2b44eddc1d93bd17ef5ea6576c56e2d05", "confirmations": 1, "height": 974956, "version": 973078528, "versionHex": "3a000000", "merkleroot": "e24889a179b4606d6ad13e90a1d341009fc7b917a3b6630b00690f593875eae4", "time": 1794072643, "mediantime": 1794069695, "nonce": 1056431585, "bits": "1701e5ac", "target": "00000000000000000001e5ac0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 148364561003867.4, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000156879edd770a7286f1926fed", "nTx": 5165, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001da58d77c951ab59b02be0f1d9fd544268ea20ab8b459" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 96aa ..62 fcd2 b44e ddc1 d93b d17e f5ea 6576 c56e 2d.5 $ : 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 974956 sf: ..62 2d.5 $ : 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 . 974956 sk: 2d.5 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 . 974956 ak: 7326 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 974956 jk: 2d05 7326 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 48834, "bytes": 11106738, "usage": 76509184, "total_fee": 0.01196398, "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 107 ## Retarget estimation is -2.64% ## 1228 of 2016, i.e. 60%, 788 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 1.033539056560177e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 973727 1.061590210849434e+21 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 971711 1.006235771946967e+21 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 974956, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000196aa0062fcd2b44eddc1d93bd17ef5ea6576c56e2d05", "txouts": 163664570, "bogosize": 12813613605, "muhash": "a8081a30a50d5d59889cfc7f148c4b05502fd59c3d4ffcfda851666d08e593b1", "total_amount": 20109010.48924106, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.13575894, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 3931.06319255, "coinbase": 3.13426981, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 3931.05392274, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 974956 { "avgfee": 179, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 320, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000196aa0062fcd2b44eddc1d93bd17ef5ea6576c56e2d05", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 ], "height": 974956, "ins": 7860, "maxfee": 118488, "maxfeerate": 88, "maxtxsize": 84609, "medianfee": 16, "mediantime": 1794069695, "mediantxsize": 208, "minfee": 12, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 82, "outs": 11246, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1565496, "swtotal_weight": 3643818, "swtxs": 5104, "time": 1794072643, "total_out": 393105392274, "total_size": 1652495, "total_weight": 3991814, "totalfee": 926981, "txs": 5165, "utxo_increase": 3386, "utxo_size_inc": 198387, "utxo_increase_actual": -747, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -53870 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 46407530, "totalbytessent": 164821049, "timemillis": 1794072657641, "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 v32.1.0 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 0 2 2 out 10 0 10 2 total 10 2 12 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78973, "ipv6": 298, "onion": 1737, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81014 } } $ halving.sh 974956 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=974956 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1794072643 This is average time to mine a block (1794072643-1231006505)/974956 bts=577.5292018006947998732251 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 08:25:44 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 975579 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Nov 11 21:27:23 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 483. The next fortnight happens in block 975744 and probably around this time: Thu Nov 12 23:55:36 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 12 "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 475306bf01b93edd 3cd7996d9c070dfc9012ed7f0225ada7a4cb9d1be7f92a92dbdd49d16d65d38b 39dccf80d99200b3 7d043cb278c7b3ab9332dff8c35e952e31c1001102a7088bd70c62c87f12d2c0 f8818bf1c5f4a3ea 41c080ea543df687ffb2a68cef70356a5605a6564873af621e23048cd264e107 48d24aac813f3714 42b39a2c50b3be45b696f10411b65e22ddb916be2235b9f2d54980f4e622d052 159a3b2de45166c1 d9d5156d252958182d3e29f957487664b5293ef1322f6d9585af6200ade85030 db55c88255aa5e70 e6d149527370b1fe9a59929354fd8867356ba50bcc17aaf00d8c6c6bab087b25 98039c3980e5c61e 37bc41a9c2569106d756051ce619388a901f68282e0925d5b37932967870c508 f5e62055ad9413ea eb0069f5394ed567e6eac74c6f8ab5240208c054a0b4d0d7c8e5f92bd1c198b4 d7a419cfe2c6a0ed 180cf7e27b2d7444991e7841a2d14b3f180f23286d36be8cf538fcb87dfea887 6386fda1ed08fe1b 96792ad20b6ebeee1ba06f9274b46b71c6334a25fc8b501625f8604cfe39335a dfaf5d234bce8486 0c94f199e6a0876a4085dc1069a7af7420aab9be6455be17bfcbbf7ab38228ba 091a77dff3ad448c 2dfdcd4365f1ca4612f5ff96e48441ce5ff17d4439e9a15c4222e360367bba6d $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _ _ _ | |__| |___ __| |__ | '_ \ / _ \/ _| / / |_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\ ___ ____ _ _ ___ ___ __ / _ \__ | | |/ _ \ __| / / \_, / / /|_ _\_, /__ \/ _ \ /_/ /_/ |_| /_/|___/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 96aa ..62 fcd2 1f | | 2. b44e ddc1 d93b d17e 2f | | 3. f5ea 6576 c56e 2d.5 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 2d.5 7326 94