# on receiving block 965981 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-09-07T22:28:16Z # as written in the block header 2026-09-07T22:27:41Z $ uptime # since last reboot 22:28:16 up 19 days, 12:44, 0 users, load average: 0.94, 0.82, 0.97 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1654456 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 5.0G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.4G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 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 965981 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 965981); echo $BH 00000000000000000001096eed4c1078a39b61d3a149f075b511d4fa53288745 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001096eed4c1078a39b61d3a149f075b511d4fa53288745 { "hash": "00000000000000000001096eed4c1078a39b61d3a149f075b511d4fa53288745", "confirmations": 1, "height": 965981, "version": 537198592, "versionHex": "20050000", "merkleroot": "0d76343b74c58ca1fbf6f2c500843c21a59b3b499008ac8f8e9a51c008f82abc", "time": 1788820061, "mediantime": 1788817789, "nonce": 958254325, "bits": "1702355e", "target": "00000000000000000002355e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127450789715843.1, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000145a2a8c4a4098df150562ba4", "nTx": 6866, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001731fa4d529c7f072e4a420a1cc275ee2d3dfff934825" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 .96e ed4c 1.78 a39b 61d3 a149 f.75 b511 d4fa 5328 8745 $ : 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 965981 sf: ...1 .96e 1.78 f.75 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 . 965981 sk: 8745 84 $ : 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 . 965981 ak: d2a9 84 $ : Following is the jointkode 965981 jk: 8745 d2a9 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 75743, "bytes": 40428447, "usage": 224076496, "total_fee": 0.06231132, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 34, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 154 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.66% ## 317 of 2016, i.e. 15%, 1699 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.254707078180749e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 965663 9.102936500339878e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 965981, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001096eed4c1078a39b61d3a149f075b511d4fa53288745", "txouts": 165331836, "bogosize": 12951394316, "muhash": "a8ee80ffc43dd8a1665c4854f084a5e5d51f580e9156c5812b80a487196f3858", "total_amount": 20080963.63285147, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11714853, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 689.70569438, "coinbase": 3.13194161, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 689.69875277, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 965981 { "avgfee": 101, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 223, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001096eed4c1078a39b61d3a149f075b511d4fa53288745", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ], "height": 965981, "ins": 8084, "maxfee": 28226, "maxfeerate": 70, "maxtxsize": 112743, "medianfee": 43, "mediantime": 1788817789, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 14299, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1299168, "swtotal_weight": 3058323, "swtxs": 4584, "time": 1788820061, "total_out": 68969875277, "total_size": 1532576, "total_weight": 3991955, "totalfee": 694161, "txs": 6866, "utxo_increase": 6215, "utxo_size_inc": 446663, "utxo_increase_actual": -57, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -4351 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 9798677953, "totalbytessent": 24030739273, "timemillis": 1788820096481, "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 v31.99.0-gdb73d162395789ca3a74d50a831f4ac30c0da4f4 - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 27 2 29 out 10 0 10 2 total 37 2 39 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 78530, "ipv6": 309, "onion": 1840, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 80685 } } $ halving.sh 965981 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=965981 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1788820061 This is average time to mine a block (1788820061-1231006505)/965981 bts=577.4575054193556401672080 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 11:31:03 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 966669 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 12 12:49:11 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 479. The next fortnight happens in block 967680 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 19 06:59:21 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 c578159adfcd79bf 4d01e5640543e9ba49e1344293b56c9b0a6936dd70c999eeef59fb848d4f70f6 2fe657504291436b 9c501a1ae0a3cd9eb2cdb4b50afc06741bee4bb36447dd6f9b1169da4688abd4 4429b73fffa10bc5 364061ab2428d09fce1bd54e59e729f8c3ad5a0476383798c0a2e9fc57d70024 830b7a307069d260 e258607a3910f9ca28bcda184f800408c6d96955335b6491167bb6eab455324b ce6e570880fac4a8 7dfcad2f4265c1019f4ab8335106870c8a4e69623503d4f7317d528ea29190fa 00583889042ebc2f e3ce4cf42b54e709ebc3b72363570f51a3514ca23bbdeef39ac5a9b9be146ab7 f534abb888cadf40 607a46620447fdd5e9c596e769a355d838e6be9a36d2e191650da8970243e8be ddc328865bb849e5 a0e8cd9e767c7e01d65136695e14561bcbdaa6ff9986afbd27b59fb5b74bda9d 71be59a591605fa5 b4679103edb5c9783fa23a45833f770f6e19ecae254169e99551828c4031cace 55d45610947dac3f afb506f14fd6388afafba91f74a9368184b17f7e2f7436bbed315e4e21d2828a 665f1b222d02c8b9 f8b18741194a856ead1b1c280385c9ee747a9502578d41b1cacb83b9b7065074 a20ef57bc6637ec4 80edfe51b725c9d51832732b996d0964528ad20a418cb4467012bbc4ad39077a 2cc53ca35fe8f4b7 1452bec1dfee206a5521d7caca8227dd8786ae455fadbbf805c433df251cd866 27c888b28e68e370 484a2c45434c6ed7fa9e7c62e5b36d39f4d847abcfb5c701fe9e28754b3d4262 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 .96e ed4c 1.78 1f | | 2. a39b 61d3 a149 f.75 2f | | 3. b511 d4fa 5328 8745 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 8745 d2a9 84