# on receiving block 896005 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-05-09T20:35:10Z # as written in the block header 2025-05-09T20:34:47Z $ uptime # since last reboot 20:35:10 up 96 days, 8:14, 0 users, load average: 1.62, 1.62, 2.04 $ battery.sh 124%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1937064 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.2G .bitcoin/indexes 1.8G .bitcoin/signet 3.4M .bitcoin/wallets 97.8G .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 74.0G 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 896005 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 896005); echo $BH 00000000000000000001419779b437cf5e9d490ccfcd959813d49902dfad741d $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000001419779b437cf5e9d490ccfcd959813d49902dfad741d { "hash": "00000000000000000001419779b437cf5e9d490ccfcd959813d49902dfad741d", "confirmations": 1, "height": 896005, "version": 538304512, "versionHex": "2015e000", "merkleroot": "8a1344b6bde24385747d6198f49f1a85cb957052c5027229b0dddb83e4e535c8", "time": 1746822887, "mediantime": 1746820212, "nonce": 4029097009, "bits": "17025ced", "target": "000000000000000000025ced0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 119116256505723.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c1f6e1dba1f961594959cdd4", "nTx": 895, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000000490eeaaa7be0b4001c2dd59019aadafd8d3da7b63be" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 4197 79b4 37cf 5e9d 49.c cfcd 9598 13d4 99.2 dfad 741d $ : 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 896005 sf: ...1 49.c 99.2 741d $ : 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 . 896005 sk: 741d 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 . 896005 ak: 634f 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 6597, "bytes": 19898914, "usage": 81154224, "total_fee": 0.26237755, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00001000, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 1314 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.22% ## 901 of 2016, i.e. 44%, 1115 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.799681225842865e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 895103 8.524479268489561e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 893087 8.821342073060424e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 896005, "bestblock": "00000000000000000001419779b437cf5e9d490ccfcd959813d49902dfad741d", "txouts": 173029715, "bogosize": 13545119125, "muhash": "5ce736e3434fbd662479bd9bbe11f6c263d852a5e21a1072403970a769fb7645", "total_amount": 19862297.72828492, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.02171508, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 1679.85575477, "coinbase": 3.15060795, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 1679.83014682, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 896005 { "avgfee": 2864, "avgfeerate": 2, "avgtxsize": 1384, "blockhash": "00000000000000000001419779b437cf5e9d490ccfcd959813d49902dfad741d", "feerate_percentiles": [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 ], "height": 896005, "ins": 7551, "maxfee": 148088, "maxfeerate": 60, "maxtxsize": 73793, "medianfee": 650, "mediantime": 1746820212, "mediantxsize": 225, "minfee": 218, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 2796, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 545917, "swtotal_weight": 1224277, "swtxs": 799, "time": 1746822887, "total_out": 167983014682, "total_size": 1237841, "total_weight": 3991973, "totalfee": 2560795, "txs": 895, "utxo_increase": -4755, "utxo_size_inc": -354579, "utxo_increase_actual": -4797, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -359216 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2363151976, "totalbytessent": 4492625343, "timemillis": 1746822911751, "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 896005 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=896005 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1746822887 This is average time to mine a block (1746822887-1231006505)/896005 bts=575.6840713120224641352848 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Feb 29 22:15:55 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 896698 predicted to happen at this time: Wed May 14 11:23:56 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 444. The next fortnight happens in block 897120 and probably around this time: Sat May 17 06:52:54 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 4197 79b4 37cf 1f | | 2. 5e9d 49.c cfcd 9598 2f | | 3. 13d4 99.2 dfad 741d 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 634f 94