# on receiving block 962912 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-17T16:10:34Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-17T16:10:07Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:10:34 up 52 days, 8:42, 0 users, load average: 4.47, 4.58, 3.74 $ battery.sh 174%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1398620 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.5G .bitcoin/indexes 5.0G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 126.1G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 435.1G 475.3G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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 962912 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 962912); echo $BH 000000000000000000010f9640d083e9d6bedfa4afcf9eb126e4cbea4c96e356 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000010f9640d083e9d6bedfa4afcf9eb126e4cbea4c96e356 { "hash": "000000000000000000010f9640d083e9d6bedfa4afcf9eb126e4cbea4c96e356", "confirmations": 1, "height": 962912, "version": 988725248, "versionHex": "3aeec000", "merkleroot": "f032609de0f45dfb3f2d4e672699f961c106d20bdd83640c8f7ab8f9b21063a7", "time": 1786983007, "mediantime": 1786980298, "nonce": 575434375, "bits": "1702353d", "target": "00000000000000000002353d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127479855693691.4, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014040b42049b2aea90ea48ead", "nTx": 6535, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000044a5d58769e8576e66401d71815486c748c243e39e23" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 .f96 4.d. 83e9 d6be dfa4 afcf 9eb1 26e4 cbea 4c96 e356 $ : 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 962912 sf: ...1 .f96 4.d. e356 $ : 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 . 962912 sk: e356 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 . 962912 ak: b6.4 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 962912 jk: e356 b6.4 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 68258, "bytes": 41119742, "usage": 218974888, "total_fee": 0.06903471, "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 167 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.48% ## 1280 of 2016, i.e. 63%, 736 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.164711726256125e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 961631 9.120027891947245e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 962912, "bestblock": "000000000000000000010f9640d083e9d6bedfa4afcf9eb126e4cbea4c96e356", "txouts": 165865387, "bogosize": 12991223398, "muhash": "3191b1b1fcc3b1ca3f1376e4c9b98b0e5133fd876e15398fba3dd4ae84400c0e", "total_amount": 20071373.00979497, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11520503, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1554.15294645, "coinbase": 3.13378257, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1554.14416388, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 962912 { "avgfee": 134, "avgfeerate": 0, "avgtxsize": 250, "blockhash": "000000000000000000010f9640d083e9d6bedfa4afcf9eb126e4cbea4c96e356", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ], "height": 962912, "ins": 7391, "maxfee": 40816, "maxfeerate": 100, "maxtxsize": 49491, "medianfee": 53, "mediantime": 1786980298, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 13348, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1546696, "swtotal_weight": 3645838, "swtxs": 5813, "time": 1786983007, "total_out": 155414416388, "total_size": 1634046, "total_weight": 3995238, "totalfee": 878257, "txs": 6535, "utxo_increase": 5957, "utxo_size_inc": 418880, "utxo_increase_actual": 42, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 3539 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 5725412999, "totalbytessent": 14338062728, "timemillis": 1786983034939, "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-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 22 2 24 out 10 0 10 2 total 32 2 34 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 75806, "ipv6": 320, "onion": 1899, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 78031 } } $ halving.sh 962912 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=962912 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1786983007 This is average time to mine a block (1786983007-1231006505)/962912 bts=577.3901712823484572334156 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 15:52:42 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 963369 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 20 17:27:54 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 477. The next fortnight happens in block 963648 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 22 14:12:46 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 13 "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 2c2430c834bda48e 37694b0d681bba8ba7319a4cda6dad0c83288dc87e2d02e81d8dbd8d90dc79fd 85aa55dbebf351e6 d8fe5aaa0406fa8f4f4f11da9e508ba8477018ad888b01ac07cc07c60794b3f6 49cd744278fe5cd6 c612b3631dc3ca594245620c159ca7a58e41942245212a6f6bb1a468c12bb70f 876043720ec589f5 91a48a794aab0d11342fa96d2360fe826bda4f445cad54230d0f6e58adb58707 be8f647a059c7285 e70f0a9f98d160da8fee52817922096c6d9465269c8fc2c736a4ad8c515977a1 c608714e89823a39 5b0cd83d9d21935644882e89792f17b5bb8e5d5e22685566397802f9ecead0e4 ef3a6d90dc8a7969 99ccff5e37ef132b4203c4685232ae876cb7ce40e4d4389f3fdaf4ddedaf9de7 6b87dc66c19856ea e49541ccc92e25e9d7ec4a9bea03c93812896c4f4f26bc5f524cc75926cce447 4563aeb5cdf375e7 36630df0731df232f5e33cf78cc354fd3c0b99e8f05774bd5902861dc94195af 1691c0e9e8271238 9339aee539439851b0cdf9d54f32505f6af4d5f9a2291f210ba8b839f9254b20 b6f261ab9f7e6850 18fb498e96f6692d9a6dbe876d28ac0f203b48b279354d958256ddae3d380104 34850f2186b355f8 65733e1a48ff89e42cd6d1805d8c0ad169da398385858ed8ffb91a8523ca0689 c4365bb200faf325 c21ff673b7192d35270d1a4c9871faef76e5782836042fc4448c87b0b6742bc7 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_|_| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 .f96 4.d. 83e9 1f | | 2. d6be dfa4 afcf 9eb1 2f | | 3. 26e4 cbea 4c96 e356 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: e356 b6.4 94