# on receiving block 946519 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-04-25T00:25:24Z # as written in the block header 2026-04-25T00:25:19Z $ uptime # since last reboot 00:25:24 up 36 days, 15:18, 0 users, load average: 2.35, 1.74, 1.64 $ battery.sh 150%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1716632 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.2G .bitcoin/indexes 4.4G .bitcoin/signet 2.7M .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 946519 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 946519); echo $BH 000000000000000000015ccf4a55517bedfc669118dff66184418aed6eeca7db $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000015ccf4a55517bedfc669118dff66184418aed6eeca7db { "hash": "000000000000000000015ccf4a55517bedfc669118dff66184418aed6eeca7db", "confirmations": 1, "height": 946519, "version": 612319232, "versionHex": "247f4000", "merkleroot": "4983edb7726341ea3d92dd84c0d04e12867e1fcabdc0ad3db442038c3a4fe924", "time": 1777076719, "mediantime": 1777074782, "nonce": 3202349384, "bits": "17021369", "target": "0000000000000000000213690000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 135594876535256.6, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001225bb0d9606d2cca314a0590", "nTx": 854, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001a273a61331ea978dec465191c418399accb54a204a48" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 5ccf 4a55 517b edfc 6691 18df f661 8441 8aed 6eec a7db $ : 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 946519 sf: ...1 a7db $ : 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 . 946519 sk: a7db b4 $ : 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 . 946519 ak: e5a8 b4 $ : Following is the jointkode 946519 jk: a7db e5a8 b4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 50361, "bytes": 32813531, "usage": 171984064, "total_fee": 0.04227576, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 5, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 128 ## Current epoch estimation is -0.21% ## 1015 of 2016, i.e. 50%, 1001 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.683307855670346e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 945503 9.704094538460986e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 943487 9.942372658458654e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 946519, "bestblock": "000000000000000000015ccf4a55517bedfc669118dff66184418aed6eeca7db", "txouts": 165400290, "bogosize": 12957563317, "muhash": "01af8b98a358e8d5bed785b00009978e0af4b834ea671b215aea0266128625c5", "total_amount": 20020144.90345462, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.09654538, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2491.55026709, "coinbase": 3.13157599, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2491.54369110, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 946519 { "avgfee": 770, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 450, "blockhash": "000000000000000000015ccf4a55517bedfc669118dff66184418aed6eeca7db", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 946519, "ins": 1950, "maxfee": 59288, "maxfeerate": 150, "maxtxsize": 29542, "medianfee": 330, "mediantime": 1777074782, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 99, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 2276, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 335145, "swtotal_weight": 802074, "swtxs": 788, "time": 1777076719, "total_out": 249154369110, "total_size": 384044, "total_weight": 997670, "totalfee": 657599, "txs": 854, "utxo_increase": 326, "utxo_size_inc": 25464, "utxo_increase_actual": 279, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 20719 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5014271576, "totalbytessent": 11509946970, "timemillis": 1777076724945, "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 18 1 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 28 1 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66047, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66047 } } $ halving.sh 946519 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=946519 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1777076719 This is average time to mine a block (1777076719-1231006505)/946519 bts=576.9241157080674470692642 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 15 23:56:43 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 946649 predicted to happen at this time: Sat Apr 25 21:15:19 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 469. The next fortnight happens in block 947520 and probably around this time: Fri May 1 16:50:20 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 bb56e04d8e607aea 24b18d7fb15b198ecd6ba30fd897bf0f8deaf5aee462543841d757ae9ffb6564 e9ac3bea495c4566 5b94cd7859d115b75a8b650c6f215b37ec5fb01eac56362a4e933b555d763bb6 a500a73d6e035233 351ee3c1263701664117b4845203a28ec3d932c3e8a4db94205d89504f7d7206 0ee993a62fa6c7a3 8baadc50895ecfd9ca62571c0f56c9c308bf36b62b9d8e237774fadfd1cd3a69 5c972ee094c085f5 f60845eed2838874f25e8da9ff71b472f8a5b5f1b786ee5b9cd9043ea2f65c0a 76869486df31dabd 091bfde828610dd37aeb4a9b237655d0287c7ec1c9663e2c926312e249b6301b 4b248962e0f47094 6a20d9b64f467ac32704efe83eab4e0eee3ada71f7b25aea141c27be32ee49f4 0dade7379bf068ff 4d486ab143928c036c873699c727a64962037deaa28549d33f3747c2ee5d0f05 c1d44979daab4109 1df4de4eacc765863793393202ff28fffffebe2bf35253bacf8be676a96cb444 d542dd87c40730fb b03000c8221c2850d964925cdb53cd535e97ac656b2476747238b36f06a98905 325c6d08ee4cf833 4e5250216a317a7c1e8e3013aa20cc81790fe6798ec7dea2eea65e22f833478f $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ____ ____ __________ / _ \/ / // __// __< / _ \ \_, /_ _/ _ \/__ \/ /\_, / /___/ /_/ \___/____/_//___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 5ccf 4a55 517b 1f | | 2. edfc 6691 18df f661 2f | | 3. 8441 8aed 6eec a7db 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: a7db e5a8 b4