# on receiving block 961233 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-06T01:46:48Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-06T01:48:11Z $ uptime # since last reboot 01:46:48 up 40 days, 18:18, 0 users, load average: 2.58, 4.66, 3.36 $ battery.sh 178%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1481980 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.9G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.8G 475.7G 48% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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 961233 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 961233); echo $BH 00000000000000000001735c91c9f941683e5cea83e4af55f677d4e9ae1afb90 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001735c91c9f941683e5cea83e4af55f677d4e9ae1afb90 { "hash": "00000000000000000001735c91c9f941683e5cea83e4af55f677d4e9ae1afb90", "confirmations": 1, "height": 961233, "version": 1073676288, "versionHex": "3fff0000", "merkleroot": "6512e7b9e7beafa8b99a4120504f2081c10f632778f002ae8d31e0d0c4b95430", "time": 1785980891, "mediantime": 1785978855, "nonce": 262542707, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013d4a09febd02c7fef2eab61e", "nTx": 2693, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000167de44fff6edd85acce45c72cb6df54832a5e0a1919b" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 735c 91c9 f941 683e 5cea 83e4 af55 f677 d4e9 ae1a fb9. $ : 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 961233 sf: ...1 fb9. $ : 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 . 961233 sk: fb9. 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 . 961233 ak: 74a4 a4 $ : Following is the jointkode 961233 jk: fb90 74a4 a4 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 89009, "bytes": 44389681, "usage": 249079656, "total_fee": 0.08831068, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 26, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 198 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.17% ## 1617 of 2016, i.e. 80%, 399 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.130350883342407e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 961233, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001735c91c9f941683e5cea83e4af55f677d4e9ae1afb90", "txouts": 165812948, "bogosize": 12987623785, "muhash": "d88a109fc18394ed74436d6a2d8f6635daecc2ba15e84865ed88cf94b2b2887f", "total_amount": 20066126.13531704, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11468296, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2884.11464673, "coinbase": 3.13851784, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2884.10112889, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 961233 { "avgfee": 502, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 696, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001735c91c9f941683e5cea83e4af55f677d4e9ae1afb90", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 1, 1, 1, 2 ], "height": 961233, "ins": 11828, "maxfee": 136180, "maxfeerate": 76, "maxtxsize": 148590, "medianfee": 48, "mediantime": 1785978855, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 5912, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1752860, "swtotal_weight": 3505970, "swtxs": 1687, "time": 1785980891, "total_out": 288410112889, "total_size": 1874347, "total_weight": 3991918, "totalfee": 1351784, "txs": 2693, "utxo_increase": -5916, "utxo_size_inc": -424290, "utxo_increase_actual": -7999, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -575218 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 10806982079, "totalbytessent": 31044663189, "timemillis": 1785980808717, "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 v31.1.0 - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 28 2 30 out 11 0 11 2 total 39 2 41 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66769, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66769 } } $ halving.sh 961233 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=961233 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785980891 This is average time to mine a block (1785980891-1231006505)/961233 bts=577.3561754994101332245842 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 05:57:46 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 962269 predicted to happen at this time: Wed Aug 12 23:57:11 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 17:47:36 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 14 "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 7c4f608b0cf6551c cc570924c61e83ee40945c6866fe37d61fb491e9b039caffe39b7c961aa327a9 17c5d52541864cf5 727bf350f23657318e9d6973442352be8d9c7ac21610655dc58536b73b2498ed ccd420fd617cec80 6d85490a48d530cda2708acf5d4721a7acd43c4df62c796fe988c9c1228785dc ed712570c0f6307e be0782496af2f2c40cc4dd479d8585a0b7812de66653fc1ded7881def0655d5d 3e0a6e87c1749097 005301c989fc2de3f688db45a27a1cd295590215bdd2f7dbfe38949297c4846b c49cefef72c83743 8756f662b2bbd92f57ef6e8dae94a4f28641c58ec1d5c7ddbbd15941dbf40e3a 00542cf8910da25f 6390e8ba181fe1a1600c96de5866d935a8dd574f0222abd9a6695d297f630b50 c68c34d8322e64c2 3086c94fe431b65d76cf23ef6003dec732a40606f404707f8fa480213a7055dd ddbb65ede94a56fd 6bd16a4a3465c599f766b192eee3abbcaf905066e63ff20981d99596084fadda d1dbabe9aff4a221 18a3d78a0c8ecf35d3dc1d95f31c613a5cb7d7b4a1c8382cfeedb82e954d7997 d9b7bcd1fd5f6beb a82101616df8bf309c131c82e7a6b7a9b7176e84e81ad98b466aebb0f322a969 fddd120e65290a29 018e42a3e044baac8ff2f95f484a5359ee90a50898ee7bd75a741b346fd94877 6122bb044aa76e01 a287b4fbfa6adf93523876b168b9052f2c8bf9807c76d1c734d3f059a1766ca5 9a1546cc057ef68e 6f98217b1894732c840326c129549d08c3b7e292ea3b73d81f9c980f45c6dfed $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC ____ ________ ___ __________ / __ \/ ___< / |__ \|__ /__ / / /_/ / __ \/ / __/ / /_ < /_ < \__, / /_/ / / / __/___/ /__/ / /____/\____/_/ /____/____/____/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. ...1 735c 91c9 f941 1f | | 2. 683e 5cea 83e4 af55 2f | | 3. f677 d4e9 ae1a fb9. 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: fb9. 74a4 a4