# on receiving block 964613 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-29T19:52:36Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-29T19:52:21Z $ uptime # since last reboot 19:52:36 up 10 days, 10:08, 0 users, load average: 0.76, 1.18, 1.31 $ battery.sh 99%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1751604 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 4.9G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.5G 475.9G 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 964613 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 964613); echo $BH 00000000000000000000fb2ab5ba901fba577cd1f9c7d0941bfb0239b97ddbde $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000fb2ab5ba901fba577cd1f9c7d0941bfb0239b97ddbde { "hash": "00000000000000000000fb2ab5ba901fba577cd1f9c7d0941bfb0239b97ddbde", "confirmations": 1, "height": 964613, "version": 671088640, "versionHex": "28000000", "merkleroot": "e854af58d9945b08d0ab879129630451c1869bb06530d6ab5c1eff76d6a35a2a", "time": 1788033141, "mediantime": 1788028531, "nonce": 3190008617, "bits": "17023cc1", "target": "000000000000000000023cc10000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 125807076547197.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001433d5b3ab038ce45515c862a", "nTx": 4696, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000000ef88d952991955664a54be789773fa90dda0b97f6370" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... fb2a b5ba 9.1f ba57 7cd1 f9c7 d.94 1bfb .239 b97d dbde $ : 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 964613 sf: 9.1f d.94 .239 dbde $ : 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 . 964613 sk: dbde 85 $ : 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 . 964613 ak: 4a3b 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 964613 jk: dbde 4a3b 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 90796, "bytes": 44595651, "usage": 252497280, "total_fee": 0.08062691, "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 180 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.35% ## 965 of 2016, i.e. 47%, 1051 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.973031755908564e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 963647 9.004776521724085e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 964613, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000fb2ab5ba901fba577cd1f9c7d0941bfb0239b97ddbde", "txouts": 165793305, "bogosize": 12985464810, "muhash": "ad7d74130e89d7a28079e53e170658dd2782e591978b06d5195acd537d26a14f", "total_amount": 20076688.63407685, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11592315, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 7181.50729749, "coinbase": 3.14955881, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 7181.48273868, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 964613 { "avgfee": 523, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 333, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000fb2ab5ba901fba577cd1f9c7d0941bfb0239b97ddbde", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 2, 2, 4 ], "height": 964613, "ins": 7836, "maxfee": 84955, "maxfeerate": 141, "maxtxsize": 59041, "medianfee": 282, "mediantime": 1788028531, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 11372, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1425990, "swtotal_weight": 3426858, "swtxs": 4109, "time": 1788033141, "total_out": 718148273868, "total_size": 1567248, "total_weight": 3991890, "totalfee": 2455881, "txs": 4696, "utxo_increase": 3536, "utxo_size_inc": 255600, "utxo_increase_actual": 1855, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 134558 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 4098790371, "totalbytessent": 9966568858, "timemillis": 1788033156719, "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 26 2 28 out 10 0 10 2 total 36 2 38 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 77551, "ipv6": 317, "onion": 1868, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 79742 } } $ halving.sh 964613 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=964613 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1788033141 This is average time to mine a block (1788033141-1231006505)/964613 bts=577.4606588749489433078931 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 22 12:26:14 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 965569 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Sep 5 05:13:13 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 478. The next fortnight happens in block 965664 and probably around this time: Sat Sep 5 20:27:32 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 d794b809c0290b7b 5bde7c71d663f011da173f15380b32b16ee11d61f32030ac154b0b096528833a 856ecac120da5045 387f333e519af90145a9b402e390209924356c499f219ad44838139e5cb6040b ba6d92d150836c0c 70989c2dffc89b643435aa3765e03d63658f4d5e0fd918de5136862048f54852 1c496eb0560fd00f f6422bab4279a5afc65711069c0ab8dcbec0cf81135e1b13aa0d9ad42fa925e3 73f090725e004df4 33d8fd43eb3e611636defa879c17c7cd4a8831b38cc859342f99a1768f9f7b87 8c3d576bd3990c91 fe463cc7959f98cd1d6078334b9badfd6a518a5944d9469dea2c79ea011e0be7 204b3ccbe5923f22 aa13fce20d85333328bc4b8b6ebaef334c028336d22a672672b7c9bf8657ee42 626323724eabb3f4 314ec6cf4fd91e9e54520e3aef80a6f91584f847987cfcca0c5234543bee1d2d 15cad86fd857697b 1a1d19fb9d281e96de2a698d8d8d3fca02ea4c0ebb3a1ad98df2e584ae68d14c 3f5d21b063816822 281d88a83b6d021fed1fb5bc413e238caf3cef412ecc230807dc03f1e1c3e3f3 089d23fb3f2a550d aab242242e041122a33e01494b791ff450ceb344c19be0aefc7a2838a283dbe3 c2104c33544da95e 8a57ec1a32c00564bd5bae34f7b319ad377b513b0f8f203b1e91889b640b4bec d6822d71389c05ed 17a796df009b1c98eafeb4e726c44b0ac02be48729cddcf531e504e3363ba14e 917b5606245e8e22 1eb1eec82840ab2b43913f6ed166f332ab107dc7144e29d55d6f9125a7b78b19 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_| _| _|_| _| _|_|_| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... fb2a b5ba 9.1f 1f | | 2. ba57 7cd1 f9c7 d.94 2f | | 3. 1bfb .239 b97d dbde 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: dbde 4a3b 85