# on receiving block 958331 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-07-16T21:55:58Z # as written in the block header 2026-07-16T21:55:37Z $ uptime # since last reboot 21:55:58 up 20 days, 14:27, 0 users, load average: 0.78, 0.98, 1.05 $ battery.sh 141%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 2007596 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.7G .bitcoin/signet 2.6M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.8G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.9G 475.5G 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 958331 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 958331); echo $BH 00000000000000000000fcd4ef433017e4f4a03122271ae0540a0c29bfe01f6f $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000fcd4ef433017e4f4a03122271ae0540a0c29bfe01f6f { "hash": "00000000000000000000fcd4ef433017e4f4a03122271ae0540a0c29bfe01f6f", "confirmations": 1, "height": 958331, "version": 585482240, "versionHex": "22e5c000", "merkleroot": "768a98fd7304a7b65fca52e8199d086dd3a35de72265ab1d4abecd65b3cfc537", "time": 1784238937, "mediantime": 1784237023, "nonce": 4165141534, "bits": "1702369d", "target": "00000000000000000002369d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 127170500429035.2, "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000138304ac2b1c7baabd62f9f58", "nTx": 6022, "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000036f6371a7b4dd0db693c6afa96595773e2f4582e3c39" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... fcd4 ef43 3.17 e4f4 a.31 2227 1ae. 54.a .c29 bfe. 1f6f $ : 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 958331 sf: 3.17 a.31 1ae. 54.a 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 . 958331 sk: 1f6f 55 $ : 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 . 958331 ak: a72e 55 $ : Following is the jointkode 958331 jk: 1f6f a72e 55 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 95415, "bytes": 44106706, "usage": 249641904, "total_fee": 0.08054111, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 182 ## Current epoch estimation is -1.47% ## 731 of 2016, i.e. 36%, 1285 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.968051727309054e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 955583 9.577176399839705e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 958331, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000fcd4ef433017e4f4a03122271ae0540a0c29bfe01f6f", "txouts": 166117716, "bogosize": 13008370202, "muhash": "ee2c32631a080be13c95b1c4485982ba9418190ff7a1d567a40dc26dea4c2898", "total_amount": 20057057.38584605, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11415395, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1111.50423794, "coinbase": 3.13592337, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1111.49331457, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 958331 { "avgfee": 181, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 269, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000fcd4ef433017e4f4a03122271ae0540a0c29bfe01f6f", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 2 ], "height": 958331, "ins": 7267, "maxfee": 202440, "maxfeerate": 75, "maxtxsize": 152994, "medianfee": 48, "mediantime": 1784237023, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 94, "outs": 13594, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1556379, "swtotal_weight": 3727695, "swtxs": 5398, "time": 1784238937, "total_out": 111149331457, "total_size": 1623326, "total_weight": 3995483, "totalfee": 1092337, "txs": 6022, "utxo_increase": 6327, "utxo_size_inc": 465919, "utxo_increase_actual": 864, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 76859 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 1257359849, "totalbytessent": 3372335845, "timemillis": 1784238958517, "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 17 2 19 out 10 0 10 2 total 27 2 29 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 70456, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 70456 } } $ halving.sh 958331 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=958331 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1784238937 This is average time to mine a block (1784238937-1231006505)/958331 bts=577.2868191816614701376975 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Mon Mar 20 09:44:02 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 958859 predicted to happen at this time: Mon Jul 20 10:35:44 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 475. The next fortnight happens in block 959616 and probably around this time: Sat Jul 25 11:59:10 UTC 2026 ### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-bitcoin.txt $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c 11 "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 ebd3d034bf50288a 399b997f12ff7db55821e7ccdb9ab2cc1fb73a4e3426689d767d767a541ad247 f0547df15071a665 2ab995ebbd8ab8c6bc57ce16a1e299907c35a27dc4f9aba387389d635b6d177b c4f69c6b64988558 45a5870946e2b09eff26a39b57d7bd7087c6acea0f335b0f97dd1a006f2c2df9 1192b7edbdf7ac4f 6417b0df01e77e5caf52d43145f5e4abf2f33dbd222a1261931405e4f7ed3344 9820b1936de71bbb 6af4bbcdc9ddaa838d24b313bb52a345f81adbae407973894dc0b660e2813895 9264b654ad9a74a3 195ca89c2c4b56301b4833b55699d0f2ff31e52f48ef8d0d4ab3e3b65c864c4e 67358431c6d93566 27106861b2dc425903842c0e38f927c6541823e02a7fcb996921d6c1f6553ef8 ab32d37295d707c3 033cbcba7951f18d49a82ad784cbd21ab0cee0203c0dd15ac260528a36ff4dcc 10221f67b8521311 ec37446ea11a718a8a77c45d0bb6ea26fbfdda9fd923ed096f1e6ec0c4a23992 9e538a15818bf18e 605aa75529647b854acd91b519aeda486f662cd9cd9a54aef64e8676d88936c4 384483990e4f1dd8 68b81505ff8480c0cc5e8651295ea4e13e0f13b3fcdc6e6f4009bc7dce7e17f5 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _|_| _|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... fcd4 ef43 3.17 1f | | 2. e4f4 a.31 2227 1ae. 2f | | 3. 54.a .c29 bfe. 1f6f 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: 1f6f a72e 55