# on receiving block 895991 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-05-09T18:08:14Z # as written in the block header 2025-05-09T18:07:41Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:08:14 up 96 days, 5:47, 0 users, load average: 2.17, 2.46, 2.21 $ battery.sh 124%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2083836 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.2G .bitcoin/indexes 1.8G .bitcoin/signet 3.4M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 11.1G .bitcoin/chainstate 15.0G .bitcoin/testnet3 136.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 836.4G 74.1G 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 895991 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 895991); echo $BH 0000000000000000000233c0da73769631abd99de8bbccfabbcef6a0b2c86534 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000233c0da73769631abd99de8bbccfabbcef6a0b2c86534 { "hash": "0000000000000000000233c0da73769631abd99de8bbccfabbcef6a0b2c86534", "confirmations": 1, "height": 895991, "version": 1073733632, "versionHex": "3fffe000", "merkleroot": "727eba1d5739c2d286a9883b899310b2d4d384adb371e6bd835769259a70a2bd", "time": 1746814061, "mediantime": 1746809064, "nonce": 2965099540, "bits": "17025ced", "target": "000000000000000000025ced0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 119116256505723.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c1f0f522e7118db0fff0acf0", "nTx": 4054, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000099c27e6d08fa06abad3b04ceabdc34806511d17987e0" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...2 33c. da73 7696 31ab d99d e8bb ccfa bbce f6a. b2c8 6534 $ : 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 895991 sf: ...2 33c. f6a. 6534 $ : 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 . 895991 sk: 6534 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 . 895991 ak: c9c2 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 9203, "bytes": 20406695, "usage": 82022256, "total_fee": 0.31502591, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00001000, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 1542 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.44% ## 887 of 2016, i.e. 43%, 1129 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.818098851424706e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 895103 8.524479268489561e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 893087 8.821342073060424e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 895991, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000233c0da73769631abd99de8bbccfabbcef6a0b2c86534", "txouts": 173029616, "bogosize": 13545151056, "muhash": "c17652e6848f031b62b73863959d34db05948e4a4b2c2a5e1af44bce8420c8c2", "total_amount": 19862253.97838771, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.02161229, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 9339.04253486, "coinbase": 3.20938686, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 9338.95814800, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 895991 { "avgfee": 2082, "avgfeerate": 8, "avgtxsize": 385, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000233c0da73769631abd99de8bbccfabbcef6a0b2c86534", "feerate_percentiles": [ 4, 6, 6, 8, 12 ], "height": 895991, "ins": 7270, "maxfee": 187493, "maxfeerate": 702, "maxtxsize": 24699, "medianfee": 1095, "mediantime": 1746809064, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 122, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12595, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1478614, "swtotal_weight": 3660508, "swtxs": 3785, "time": 1746814061, "total_out": 933895814800, "total_size": 1562401, "total_weight": 3995656, "totalfee": 8438686, "txs": 4054, "utxo_increase": 5325, "utxo_size_inc": 389521, "utxo_increase_actual": 5230, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 380202 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2332448971, "totalbytessent": 4431020394, "timemillis": 1746814094949, "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 28 2 30 out 11 0 11 3 total 39 2 41 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 61992, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 61992 } } $ halving.sh 895991 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=895991 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1746814061 This is average time to mine a block (1746814061-1231006505)/895991 bts=575.6832159215707283100741 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Feb 29 22:00:57 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 896698 predicted to happen at this time: Wed May 14 11:11:09 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 444. The next fortnight happens in block 897120 and probably around this time: Sat May 17 06:40:07 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. ...2 33c. da73 7696 1f | | 2. 31ab d99d e8bb ccfa 2f | | 3. bbce f6a. b2c8 6534 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: c9c2 94