# on receiving block 969991 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-10-05T09:35:25Z # as written in the block header 2026-10-05T09:40:51Z $ uptime # since last reboot 09:35:25 up 46 days, 23:51, 0 users, load average: 1.46, 1.10, 1.04 $ battery.sh 97%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1764748 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.6G .bitcoin/indexes 5.1G .bitcoin/signet 88.0M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.7G .bitcoin/chainstate 8.0K .bitcoin/fees 126.3G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 447.9G 462.6G 49% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0.0rc2 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 969991 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 969991); echo $BH 00000000000000000001de14998bec8fe3f984c7117146c5028d9425bc27eea8 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001de14998bec8fe3f984c7117146c5028d9425bc27eea8 { "hash": "00000000000000000001de14998bec8fe3f984c7117146c5028d9425bc27eea8", "confirmations": 1, "height": 969991, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "e189b72421bf0521d013bbc19fd87cb8522928e7792a2fd9cc10c9a1c2941021", "time": 1791193251, "mediantime": 1791191220, "nonce": 886387291, "bits": "17021ef0", "target": "000000000000000000021ef00000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 132716002350731.3, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000014ce5f133a309dbfecae4cfa0", "nTx": 139, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001e0487f98576e9cffe28e90b11acf4e4e9dedcaeb723e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 de14 998b ec8f e3f9 84c7 1171 46c5 .28d 9425 bc27 eea8 $ : 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 969991 sf: ...1 .28d eea8 $ : 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 . 969991 sk: eea8 a4 $ : 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 . 969991 ak: 5fbc a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 969991 jk: eea8 5fbc a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 76931, "bytes": 41211232, "usage": 229886760, "total_fee": 0.06253935, "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 151 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.21% ## 295 of 2016, i.e. 14%, 1721 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.519826637302531e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 969695 9.499394793503835e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 967679 9.500046813447429e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 969991, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001de14998bec8fe3f984c7117146c5028d9425bc27eea8", "txouts": 165046396, "bogosize": 12928538977, "muhash": "b5a2ca59e7f9e1c1209b83230e276c387b33d31dc5ee57e7b4f6943f6890af1a", "total_amount": 20093494.87601144, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.12398856, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 138.25648300, "coinbase": 3.12570478, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 138.25577822, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 969991 { "avgfee": 510, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 316, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001de14998bec8fe3f984c7117146c5028d9425bc27eea8", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 ], "height": 969991, "ins": 193, "maxfee": 7920, "maxfeerate": 20, "maxtxsize": 3129, "medianfee": 297, "mediantime": 1791191220, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 113, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 415, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 40628, "swtotal_weight": 103694, "swtxs": 126, "time": 1791193251, "total_out": 13825577822, "total_size": 43731, "total_weight": 116106, "totalfee": 70478, "txs": 139, "utxo_increase": 222, "utxo_size_inc": 16306, "utxo_increase_actual": 193, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 14140 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6045965342, "totalbytessent": 14790409396, "timemillis": 1791192925623, "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 v32.0.0rc2 - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 31 2 33 out 10 0 10 2 total 41 2 43 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 79102, "ipv6": 303, "onion": 1783, "i2p": 6, "cjdns": 0, "total": 81194 } } $ halving.sh 969991 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=969991 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1791193251 This is average time to mine a block (1791193251-1231006505)/969991 bts=577.5168723041014771255845 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Thu Mar 23 04:49:58 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 970079 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Oct 5 23:47:52 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 481. The next fortnight happens in block 971712 and probably around this time: Fri Oct 16 21:45:57 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 5d5fe3ecd210f0f3 da33e69adfad5ad6fcbe0cf255e1ab8a92f1d8d27e9f1e5524c462494483eb45 224a2efc8f82a63b 49187a08c55e8fd3ad73765c86df973ba1feeda3891b84f5f091338b8e6fd128 1fe6e22ceac7fe51 9c8f927d3bf68e455cd7155581bbedb27273c5c59ddd60e7f385748c6ddc39e5 2de0820065301ed0 a7ef5ff94336a4c776b9a5484f3bddd72ae0646c9f57c7198324e900a6755d8f 95711c7470341603 ecb280eb7affc81766f99314afeda0f1f3121cb78a5eb151afd6c621516e6a75 2062578c217a5d7e b4f2f90f75242b023b866da97017901bf92da6bfaef2f21f56e75979464c9ec6 8652a84b03e1bbfa 856ff455fd52720cefe192205b2f6d830b063781dde08b87ba820ccc13ad090a 3a7a517e2f7bd492 6b0c1f37662f5b3069e4154bc423934908d74b043de8f1ab9a3b744ef017c70f c1b70ac17b657310 4a05d3bf12a23008efcedcfd34b8e3f1639d50a6fe801f1fab6053343ea06ea9 4106560d769f5b49 1b7cde4122f2679178e054f3c09ccef331723ddb3ab85ea357792f3a6ceb9c20 41c9432d61f71f01 2c556646d32c1668be1080da8a34a267be0d433c8c38bc2ea929659d0933a830 482773a2a4e67b3c 45643268008db8b6f0d8806bdb9397312ff5a5109f027ddc013e7a2efe4b98fb 5dbe9421f0a1a7db b2af1270ae4df62b9f1fc10233046f5dda209c93de73f250a9b48044e8181e7a $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ _______ ___ ___ ___ / _ \/ __/ _ \/ _ \/ _ < / \_, / _ \\_, /\_, /\_, / / /___/\___/___//___//___/_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 de14 998b ec8f 1f | | 2. e3f9 84c7 1171 46c5 2f | | 3. .28d 9425 bc27 eea8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: eea8 5fbc a4