# on receiving block 947670 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-05-03T05:19:39Z # as written in the block header 2026-05-03T05:19:33Z $ uptime # since last reboot 05:19:39 up 44 days, 20:12, 0 users, load average: 1.61, 1.44, 1.39 $ battery.sh 149%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2024452 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 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.4G 476.0G 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 947670 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 947670); echo $BH 00000000000000000000a74678659566b6f4d42582ba809eda0506398aa49367 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000a74678659566b6f4d42582ba809eda0506398aa49367 { "hash": "00000000000000000000a74678659566b6f4d42582ba809eda0506398aa49367", "confirmations": 1, "height": 947670, "version": 538042368, "versionHex": "2011e000", "merkleroot": "a21e8464c12d65e3bb1c779531b67d5bb4284e36c57f4e6d5733d6659ed5e0ce", "time": 1777785573, "mediantime": 1777783366, "nonce": 2310807063, "bits": "17021ff0", "target": "000000000000000000021ff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132472011079030.5, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000124847eb3a5256872197fb435", "nTx": 6255, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001211562e677bf10974a8d9b040e12bb46b445203583d2" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... a746 7865 9566 b6f4 d425 82ba 8.9e da.5 .639 8aa4 9367 $ : 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 947670 sf: 8.9e da.5 .639 9367 $ : 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 . 947670 sk: 9367 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 . 947670 ak: ef4f 85 $ : Following is the jointkode 947670 jk: 9367 ef4f 85 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 34768, "bytes": 31750970, "usage": 159039304, "total_fee": 0.04599148, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 23, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 144 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.99% ## 150 of 2016, i.e. 7%, 1866 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.386345590720113e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 947519 9.480332550563884e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 947670, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000a74678659566b6f4d42582ba809eda0506398aa49367", "txouts": 165385330, "bogosize": 12956890913, "muhash": "5936cee0763057b61c671d8b52b726c8b4b87027286f9288bb3bf978eafea836", "total_amount": 20023741.77830139, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09669861, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 291.13111497, "coinbase": 3.12982057, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 291.12629440, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 947670 { "avgfee": 77, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 284, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000a74678659566b6f4d42582ba809eda0506398aa49367", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "height": 947670, "ins": 6631, "maxfee": 26760, "maxfeerate": 120, "maxtxsize": 120252, "medianfee": 41, "mediantime": 1777783366, "mediantxsize": 222, "minfee": 30, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12682, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1762853, "swtotal_weight": 3931160, "swtxs": 6210, "time": 1777785573, "total_out": 29112629440, "total_size": 1778062, "total_weight": 3991996, "totalfee": 482057, "txs": 6255, "utxo_increase": 6051, "utxo_size_inc": 433854, "utxo_increase_actual": 191, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 16670 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 259712968, "totalbytessent": 573997837, "timemillis": 1777785579670, "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 7 1 8 out 10 0 10 2 total 17 1 18 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66632, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66632 } } $ halving.sh 947670 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=947670 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777785573 This is average time to mine a block (1777785573-1231006505)/947670 bts=576.9714046330424799323815 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 16 13:44:16 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 947749 predicted to happen at this time: Sun May 3 17:59:13 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 470. The next fortnight happens in block 949536 and probably around this time: Fri May 15 16:23:21 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 5cc4599124883fa3 1f9113cbf6b5d45db5f516c8288aaa3e5f1af89b34e7228b8cf63b5e8bb7cb8d 304f3f4f2dc36be5 83c5f1d773fbcd2cb554d2066dc0d4932ea28e2377128a876c65eee214616368 36639f1a9f1f0ac9 2e755f11f2704accad68d73b48edc1f5ea67cfa130a8cfa42fd00726ce8fba1c a2b6893175c4ce4f dcf1ed68904605e8aeb831d82521d4704d26805adc34f96db06ad7d63753bea2 f6ec3ac7bfaf9e16 bcaa63a01b594bd138e5ec157f4b21a239b616c1e035d5315ca1cadccbbe590d 80498a2486d1edfc dcbddfc89ec8ebc4621ee1cf001fd89cb1263c99b5ccfb9a3605f0af86baabf4 471eb490553e1de4 3e0475d1b4bbe97ca6640ff7a9388ebcd4e73bd189d2ea3372f2c946ca6061d7 84df2eb6646ffcb6 e1563625553e21951790d3f45aa4f71278f7a5b55885ee20035831ffccb919ac 273bc61d9b9b198d 6a2a6dba6969e96f318725da2b7b6baa19dfe642e15d88ae1a39c07e4c261f98 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ____ __ _______ / __ \/ // /__ / / /_/ / // /_ / / \__, /__ __// / /____/ /_/ /_/ ______________ / ___/__ / __ \ / __ \ / / / / / / /_/ / / / /_/ / \____/ /_/\____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... a746 7865 9566 1f | | 2. b6f4 d425 82ba 8.9e 2f | | 3. da.5 .639 8aa4 9367 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 9367 ef4f 85