# on receiving block 904597 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-07-08T11:55:01Z # as written in the block header 2025-07-08T11:54:54Z $ uptime # since last reboot 11:55:01 up 155 days, 23:34, 0 users, load average: 1.37, 2.83, 2.96 $ battery.sh 138%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1580880 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.3G .bitcoin/indexes 2.8G .bitcoin/signet 3.8M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 122.6G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 840.3G 70.1G 92% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.99.0-5f9c5597106e Copyright (C) 2009-2025 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 904597 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 904597); echo $BH 000000000000000000012544b2469530451055c2e79bb68870fe82311d1b9337 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000012544b2469530451055c2e79bb68870fe82311d1b9337 { "hash": "000000000000000000012544b2469530451055c2e79bb68870fe82311d1b9337", "confirmations": 1, "height": 904597, "version": 905969664, "versionHex": "36000000", "merkleroot": "b8d642afdbd390aa1bd0c3f0119d1ff4484f69d6eb41bae858e24837e46b2558", "time": 1751975694, "mediantime": 1751972840, "nonce": 198097876, "bits": "17026816", "target": "0000000000000000000268160000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 116958512019762.1, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000d09ec9a2392ce62c07061594", "nTx": 2589, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001c97d1a89658c1598bc567bb32aa7806abb512a930655" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 2544 b246 953. 451. 55c2 e79b b688 7.fe 8231 1d1b 9337 $ : 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 904597 sf: ...1 953. 451. 7.fe M $ : 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 . 904597 sk: 9337 84 $ : 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 . 904597 ak: 3f11 84 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 22234, "bytes": 10089503, "usage": 59976192, "total_fee": 0.04430037, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 438 ## Current epoch estimation is +6.25% ## 1429 of 2016, i.e. 70%, 587 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.890555224170011e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 903167 8.366861911869141e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 901151 9.04687914735697e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 904597, "bestblock": "000000000000000000012544b2469530451055c2e79bb68870fe82311d1b9337", "txouts": 167221677, "bogosize": 13101857448, "muhash": "2d3a553455cf9dcf7a594697905584b2e6ac2ff5a9d28108d34df95f3046cd9a", "total_amount": 19889147.70414878, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.04585122, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2413.71695487, "coinbase": 3.15143892, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2413.69051595, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 904597 { "avgfee": 1021, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 629, "blockhash": "000000000000000000012544b2469530451055c2e79bb68870fe82311d1b9337", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 ], "height": 904597, "ins": 8923, "maxfee": 386272, "maxfeerate": 104, "maxtxsize": 210077, "medianfee": 322, "mediantime": 1751972840, "mediantxsize": 336, "minfee": 100, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 6806, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1418884, "swtotal_weight": 3147793, "swtxs": 2427, "time": 1751975694, "total_out": 241369051595, "total_size": 1629908, "total_weight": 3991889, "totalfee": 2643892, "txs": 2589, "utxo_increase": -2117, "utxo_size_inc": -175050, "utxo_increase_actual": -2915, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -224160 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 6068008211, "totalbytessent": 13214676039, "timemillis": 1751975702469, "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 v29.99.0-5f9c5597106e - server 70016/Satoshi:29.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block libre in 19 2 21 out 14 0 14 2 4 total 33 2 35 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63110, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63110 } } $ halving.sh 904597 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=904597 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1751975694 This is average time to mine a block (1751975694-1231006505)/904597 bts=575.9123820746895305981220 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Fri Mar 3 16:51:22 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 905509 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Jul 14 13:48:46 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 448. The next fortnight happens in block 905184 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 12 09:49:14 UTC 2025 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 16 "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 728a54fb2bae1004 fb990c98e254b9065a14b849c71e63de92249e74b3e432589ae5dcb92352e38d b3ed804c370d40e7 a48bede8229790e6837a53a0c77257d4971a0afa377ceebe7db2742fb8dbc0b0 d47ff7e823c0fe98 5401cbf99e32046b2baad1de220f62450eee22064561908c4af977587d4bf1b4 53bb91ceec877d95 f10c2f050891aa1468f7884dd304809843cc837621e47425d8cb24e7354d2e44 c7e3e2a02f2ba24b 2e5a47fe645cc5947a5d30bea3f360d0f0a63f8582a13586b6adf4cb9e298d7b 807efab60edcf18e 561b262613400c60ba780a0e0ead671be7d829869d42072be96745284daa23a1 06958821f75a85e7 613a5e798ccc08f94c468cb30f5f49d254fca9ccd180e8931e86a765933808c9 b580ea4cc1766007 e37f3e383b2eb3e6961aec86fc5dbf124d4ed04f9751c99f86c6ce09314a9325 716217be0b59d813 1b135df1a1353f7a20f1f9ec28bbec8a477b96fc1ebb44da7eb60b09faf65475 9dd1dd68fb58b439 49ab9de4311bdcbdec5193c8f88563958f0e21406a86e40a51b3ec26ac8ade22 a6b9a6f6f661268a 38312b5d64b69979205b0ceebc4eed0119446194d842adae1f50b5591550c5c8 96a5c538c60619ef f47b358e29969196aff108ad28310e25ef44f93203ab395cdc6fb5a951c6ecd2 2f8eec2e560370dd d0a02fa34216244407d293e79c19917486606ca258389fbdaee10e31b762c2aa 53b6e2c94ec995b6 af78cf99d979b8df440959755686a0b76126f7c1cedd6f6e7e8e4f8f2921251e 333d0c7a4ad5d783 7879279b163c4ab919acea16ae434fb5c84cf2091b479e237926ef354722a7bc e7cf12860237795d ea464fdc33798343c911c76c650a42609a0e350722a6c4da0eeba9f5465801a1 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC __ __ __ / / / /__ ____/ /__ / _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\ ___ ___ ____ _______ ____ / _ \/ _ \/ / // __/ _ \/_ / \_, / // /_ _/__ \\_, / / / /___/\___/ /_//____/___/ /_/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 2544 b246 953. 1f | | 2. 451. 55c2 e79b b688 2f | | 3. 7.fe 8231 1d1b 9337 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 3f11 84