# on receiving block 896003 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-05-09T20:11:10Z # as written in the block header 2025-05-09T20:10:48Z $ uptime # since last reboot 20:11:10 up 96 days, 7:50, 0 users, load average: 3.43, 2.12, 2.24 $ battery.sh 124%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1919408 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.2G .bitcoin/indexes 1.8G .bitcoin/signet 3.4M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 11.4G .bitcoin/chainstate 15.0G .bitcoin/testnet3 137.2G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 836.7G 73.7G 92% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.0 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 896003 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 896003); echo $BH 00000000000000000001336ec54b5ac20835fc66b8298bdbf8e128022d2594a9 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001336ec54b5ac20835fc66b8298bdbf8e128022d2594a9 { "hash": "00000000000000000001336ec54b5ac20835fc66b8298bdbf8e128022d2594a9", "confirmations": 1, "height": 896003, "version": 536928256, "versionHex": "2000e000", "merkleroot": "93de5cc2346e525219eecb78f28c550ec95d931d49294c3150a245ef6554f801", "time": 1746821448, "mediantime": 1746818433, "nonce": 616153558, "bits": "17025ced", "target": "000000000000000000025ced0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 119116256505723.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c1f6092ef4fcd565d12636d8", "nTx": 714, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000003a87914ba579e1e7217373ee26f4551345969686f851" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 336e c54b 5ac2 .835 fc66 b829 8bdb f8e1 28.2 2d25 94a9 $ : 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 896003 sf: ...1 .835 28.2 94a9 $ : 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 . 896003 sk: 94a9 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 . 896003 ak: .228 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 6278, "bytes": 20084708, "usage": 81167248, "total_fee": 0.26742858, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00001000, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 1330 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.28% ## 899 of 2016, i.e. 44%, 1117 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.804193431837272e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 895103 8.524479268489561e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 893087 8.821342073060424e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 896003, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001336ec54b5ac20835fc66b8298bdbf8e128022d2594a9", "txouts": 173029377, "bogosize": 13545099297, "muhash": "8a9fd29ed10bb5f483a39f5e90963fd2b23854821c53d9e1d958bbae34bc033f", "total_amount": 19862291.47835492, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.02164508, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 654.68423182, "coinbase": 3.15095881, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 654.65827301, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 896003 { "avgfee": 3640, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 1683, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001336ec54b5ac20835fc66b8298bdbf8e128022d2594a9", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 ], "height": 896003, "ins": 7228, "maxfee": 148088, "maxfeerate": 47, "maxtxsize": 73791, "medianfee": 729, "mediantime": 1746818433, "mediantxsize": 226, "minfee": 231, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 1868, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 423381, "swtotal_weight": 883482, "swtxs": 634, "time": 1746821448, "total_out": 65465827301, "total_size": 1200448, "total_weight": 3991750, "totalfee": 2595881, "txs": 714, "utxo_increase": -5360, "utxo_size_inc": -398990, "utxo_increase_actual": -5390, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -401968 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2358906783, "totalbytessent": 4481578056, "timemillis": 1746821472091, "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 v29.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:29.0.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 32 2 34 out 11 0 11 2 total 43 2 45 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 61908, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 61908 } } $ halving.sh 896003 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=896003 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1746821448 This is average time to mine a block (1746821448-1231006505)/896003 bts=575.6837502957576082249632 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Feb 29 22:10:18 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 896698 predicted to happen at this time: Wed May 14 11:19:08 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 444. The next fortnight happens in block 897120 and probably around this time: Sat May 17 06:48:06 UTC 2025 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 7 "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 8c3d576bd3990c91 e724591685977ba82b8e0d8fc327132784871e36f62550da667a6ecd64ae7b30 d4c3b1cf7033ee2c 0b79f0823faa11376168d2a6bae25e1e28ddd641563ec95d2836f3f5557a5ec7 72c41524887e56a1 41574448e74f32958b7f1f04e42b7e1806c9b5762057a7193fd425ca11c34e16 d6ce3d047bda2984 61b09e76b42fc1a2a145c9560b0d04280462be383ad8a52d16857b2b9439011a 29b65b948e88ca8e 6ab88f3d7ae7069973cc1b6efa5527ca1b6bb378f887307a56fc65482b4c5fc8 4c235001466d21d9 ecdb82c9a3639325a55bdac66d8e1bd1b232227de92a04c4b2a1b350f2fea80d 77710ce81498bbd9 ab3dab655afa280adeadd1172cced2a9f8200a20ff41186136ad75de8d028765 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ___ ___ __ ( _ )/ _ \ / /_ / _ \ (_) | '_ \ | (_) \__, | (_) | \___/ /_/ \___/ ___ ___ _____ / _ \ / _ \___ / | | | | | | ||_ \ | |_| | |_| |__) | \___/ \___/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 336e c54b 5ac2 1f | | 2. .835 fc66 b829 8bdb 2f | | 3. f8e1 28.2 2d25 94a9 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: .228 94