# on receiving block 961237 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-08-06T02:29:48Z # as written in the block header 2026-08-06T02:29:29Z $ uptime # since last reboot 02:29:48 up 40 days, 19:01, 0 users, load average: 3.47, 6.52, 4.43 $ battery.sh 177%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1349020 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 12.4G .bitcoin/indexes 4.8G .bitcoin/signet 87.9M .bitcoin/wallets 97.6G .bitcoin/blocks 18.6M .bitcoin/regtest 10.6G .bitcoin/chainstate 125.8G .bitcoin/ $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 911.4G 434.6G 475.8G 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 961237 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 961237); echo $BH 0000000000000000000192caed2be2a6a811d20c7ff215f5d2b08e465d84b619 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 0000000000000000000192caed2be2a6a811d20c7ff215f5d2b08e465d84b619 { "hash": "0000000000000000000192caed2be2a6a811d20c7ff215f5d2b08e465d84b619", "confirmations": 1, "height": 961237, "version": 550436864, "versionHex": "20cf0000", "merkleroot": "6ed2e012f9e64b3eca901acf70ca262395a6958def4bb34e99465e23dbd5f38f", "time": 1785983369, "mediantime": 1785980570, "nonce": 3291297933, "bits": "17023ad4", "target": "000000000000000000023ad40000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 126231507121868.2, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000013d4bd53ac8cfaefc92ca327a", "nTx": 4185, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000018d17e0131532948b246e87afc47bcffb4cd33d44b936" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...1 92ca ed2b e2a6 a811 d2.c 7ff2 15f5 d2b. 8e46 5d84 b619 $ : 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 961237 sf: ...1 d2.c d2b. b619 $ : 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 . 961237 sk: b619 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 . 961237 ak: 3a37 94 $ : Following is the jointkode 961237 jk: b619 3a37 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 87544, "bytes": 43294438, "usage": 242320240, "total_fee": 0.07743552, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 25, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000, "limitclustercount": 64, "limitclustersize": 101000, "optimal": true } $ gmm.sh 178 ## Current epoch estimation is +1.28% ## 1621 of 2016, i.e. 80%, 395 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 9.140173196984167e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 959615 9.024150401602381e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 957599 9.102434559868438e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 961237, "bestblock": "0000000000000000000192caed2be2a6a811d20c7ff215f5d2b08e465d84b619", "txouts": 165802414, "bogosize": 12986891356, "muhash": "78879eb91c443e0d4017a2f88e3b21d5a86a61ca6ef85b131a1b88db7ce22e5f", "total_amount": 20066138.63531704, "total_unspendable_amount": 230.11468296, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2220.26518736, "coinbase": 3.13856021, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2220.25162715, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 961237 { "avgfee": 324, "avgfeerate": 1, "avgtxsize": 401, "blockhash": "0000000000000000000192caed2be2a6a811d20c7ff215f5d2b08e465d84b619", "feerate_percentiles": [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 2 ], "height": 961237, "ins": 9175, "maxfee": 113807, "maxfeerate": 250, "maxtxsize": 148623, "medianfee": 70, "mediantime": 1785980570, "mediantxsize": 221, "minfee": 10, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 66, "outs": 8766, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1549478, "swtotal_weight": 3476246, "swtxs": 3623, "time": 1785983369, "total_out": 222025162715, "total_size": 1678350, "total_weight": 3991734, "totalfee": 1356021, "txs": 4185, "utxo_increase": -409, "utxo_size_inc": -9134, "utxo_increase_actual": -3210, "utxo_size_inc_actual": -210455 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 10816461079, "totalbytessent": 31079835005, "timemillis": 1785983388991, "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 25 2 27 out 10 0 10 2 total 35 2 37 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 66739, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 66739 } } $ halving.sh 961237 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=961237 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1785983369 This is average time to mine a block (1785983369-1231006505)/961237 bts=577.3563508725206452512281 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Mar 21 06:00:50 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 962269 predicted to happen at this time: Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 UTC 2026 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 476. The next fortnight happens in block 961632 and probably around this time: Sat Aug 8 17:50:24 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 92ca ed2b e2a6 1f | | 2. a811 d2.c 7ff2 15f5 2f | | 3. d2b. 8e46 5d84 b619 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' jk: b619 3a37 94