# on receiving block 896987 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-05-16T16:20:09Z # as written in the block header 2025-05-16T16:20:20Z $ uptime # since last reboot 16:20:09 up 103 days, 3:59, 0 users, load average: 2.18, 2.15, 2.17 $ battery.sh 128%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1881612 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.2G .bitcoin/indexes 1.9G .bitcoin/signet 3.4M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .bitcoin/blocks 11.0G .bitcoin/chainstate 121.8G .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 v29.99.0-92b05c17b147 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 896987 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 896987); echo $BH 00000000000000000000a1717d19d2c42681ec43504fbc41970cd9f1c4a124dd $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 00000000000000000000a1717d19d2c42681ec43504fbc41970cd9f1c4a124dd { "hash": "00000000000000000000a1717d19d2c42681ec43504fbc41970cd9f1c4a124dd", "confirmations": 1, "height": 896987, "version": 633888768, "versionHex": "25c86000", "merkleroot": "25fa40ddf069812044fe21ad7da1b2339efd2b562b4028a5e2a77a76e9ed27eb", "time": 1747412420, "mediantime": 1747409317, "nonce": 2036945947, "bits": "17025ced", "target": "000000000000000000025ced0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 119116256505723.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c396750b6a59cd50d44c6328", "nTx": 3613, "previousblockhash": "00000000000000000001d0677e783944c685e1052d01153267171245bee0f82e" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... .... a171 7d19 d2c4 2681 ec43 5.4f bc41 97.c d9f1 c4a1 24dd $ : 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 896987 sf: 5.4f 97.c 24dd $ : 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 . 896987 sk: 24dd 95 $ : 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 . 896987 ak: 86e1 95 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 26903, "bytes": 21674202, "usage": 100832096, "total_fee": 0.67271662, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00001000, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 3098 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.11% ## 1883 of 2016, i.e. 93%, 133 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.789973719441762e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 895103 8.524479268489561e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 893087 8.821342073060424e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 896987, "bestblock": "00000000000000000000a1717d19d2c42681ec43504fbc41970cd9f1c4a124dd", "txouts": 171571699, "bogosize": 13430672042, "muhash": "df8736abf62353c7e9de01897c94ab251c25b82728421ef75b4a60922e11aca7", "total_amount": 19865366.47605196, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.02394804, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 2094.24817611, "coinbase": 3.32624775, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 2094.04692836, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 896987 { "avgfee": 5571, "avgfeerate": 20, "avgtxsize": 379, "blockhash": "00000000000000000000a1717d19d2c42681ec43504fbc41970cd9f1c4a124dd", "feerate_percentiles": [ 16, 17, 19, 21, 25 ], "height": 896987, "ins": 6780, "maxfee": 83926, "maxfeerate": 397, "maxtxsize": 7362, "medianfee": 5184, "mediantime": 1747409317, "mediantxsize": 388, "minfee": 212, "minfeerate": 1, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 13972, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1350814, "swtotal_weight": 3915751, "swtxs": 3539, "time": 1747412420, "total_out": 209404692836, "total_size": 1369864, "total_weight": 3991951, "totalfee": 20124775, "txs": 3613, "utxo_increase": 7192, "utxo_size_inc": 563086, "utxo_increase_actual": 4378, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 353822 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 328344172, "totalbytessent": 712824449, "timemillis": 1747412410596, "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 v29.99.0-92b05c17b147 - server 70016/Satoshi:29.99.0/ ipv4 npr total block in 36 2 38 out 10 0 10 2 total 46 2 48 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 63531, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 63531 } } $ halving.sh 896987 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=896987 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1747412420 This is average time to mine a block (1747412420-1231006505)/896987 bts=575.7110630242545050769909 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Wed Mar 1 06:08:16 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 897798 predicted to happen at this time: Thu May 22 02:02:01 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 444. The next fortnight happens in block 897120 and probably around this time: Sat May 17 13:36:29 UTC 2025 ### 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 0e4b6e8a93b962ee 3b2a050f0536d99c7f3f669085cdf809003d6e6e629cd72f090f63fde91e5feb 051ed1309233d6d4 b1ebd44295d36017d844074d02ff0db216ee3dbfca73d8ce4bddb9f3f10d0e99 fb3293e444cf06aa 113c9be4a042deff182ace2197b429a14a138a8fbee5a9784446faec35ea9c16 ed144ad6efbce128 f0d5f833cca5ee4f585f5dc467ece2e7d242a5b87bc5e344b1a7f7d26b96a1d7 3ea1e8fd7458a1c8 1aea78928f6bbe7adf3446fa251d077b3bdfe13a81968e89ec0110499fd5ee14 2cfa635dc129e27c 563334189277c1afda6d43fefd61a9e93debc1415e27701c3291e16598293d8b 38c4678eae26b01e d64e17b91a7dee0302c1341d573f2090b9c7f7e364d237e14c10503868dfa940 5b1d7155889ca866 588a81093457f52495190801a5af7f765b3b6d6f9ef05852dec4e8abe9ba1847 a671aca4e3ae30b9 8fc871ad63821a44f891bb03a9674d6ad206b74b1ff1bbb5930d5b8450aba186 0996d5c8cba8ebe4 cb2ba66f04dcc0295a4dfb1c9a3dc307d258f41b07ede3b3975756b8753a8cda c6356c19ffd682df 6f5e1ffd953768b2b8b1dd85725da4c652dcbede156a89bfd7110678d97b967f $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC _|_| _|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_| _|_| _|_| _|_|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... .... .... .... .f | | 1. .... a171 7d19 d2c4 1f | | 2. 2681 ec43 5.4f bc41 2f | | 3. 97.c d9f1 c4a1 24dd 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 86e1 95