# on receiving block 895994 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2025-05-09T18:57:02Z # as written in the block header 2025-05-09T18:56:31Z $ uptime # since last reboot 18:57:02 up 96 days, 6:36, 0 users, load average: 1.30, 1.10, 1.35 $ battery.sh 124%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1957528 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/ 11.2G .bitcoin/indexes 1.8G .bitcoin/signet 3.4M .bitcoin/wallets 97.7G .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 74.1G 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 895994 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli getblockhash 895994); echo $BH 000000000000000000023fe46a261753088091b80baa678b4f11c18ac47bcaf6 $ bitcoin-cli getblockheader 000000000000000000023fe46a261753088091b80baa678b4f11c18ac47bcaf6 { "hash": "000000000000000000023fe46a261753088091b80baa678b4f11c18ac47bcaf6", "confirmations": 1, "height": 895994, "version": 538968064, "versionHex": "20200000", "merkleroot": "041e3c172389d044088945df78151ca72fb77e86926a9d50b6ef18c1b1575cf8", "time": 1746816991, "mediantime": 1746811651, "nonce": 2390923310, "bits": "17025ced", "target": "000000000000000000025ced0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 119116256505723.5, "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000c1f23a25ea8c5f9e343e0f6a", "nTx": 3906, "previousblockhash": "000000000000000000011cf5321f59debdf13f302a5e567bde45f29a6a9a6cef" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... .... .... .... ...2 3fe4 6a26 1753 .88. 91b8 .baa 678b 4f11 c18a c47b caf6 $ : 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 895994 sf: ...2 .88. .baa caf6 $ : 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 . 895994 sk: caf6 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 . 895994 ak: 379c 94 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 9316, "bytes": 22051524, "usage": 87641696, "total_fee": 0.34684914, "maxmempool": 300000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00001000, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true } $ gmm.sh 1572 ## Current epoch estimation is +3.34% ## 890 of 2016, i.e. 44%, 1126 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 8.809961590915708e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 895103 8.524479268489561e+20 $ bitcoin-cli getnetworkhashps 2016 893087 8.821342073060424e+20 $ bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo muhash { "height": 895994, "bestblock": "000000000000000000023fe46a261753088091b80baa678b4f11c18ac47bcaf6", "txouts": 173040890, "bogosize": 13545976797, "muhash": "1af2b700e0a90f46a95538b4532f5ac2f51a3d96dc3955c5e4ecfdc0f6b67d5a", "total_amount": 19862263.35338771, "total_unspendable_amount": 221.02161229, "block_info": { "prevout_spent": 14769.41942805, "coinbase": 3.19967536, "new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 14769.34475269, "unspendable": 0.00000000, "unspendables": { "genesis_block": 0.00000000, "bip30": 0.00000000, "scripts": 0.00000000, "unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000 } } } $ bitcoin-cli getblockstats 895994 { "avgfee": 1912, "avgfeerate": 7, "avgtxsize": 400, "blockhash": "000000000000000000023fe46a261753088091b80baa678b4f11c18ac47bcaf6", "feerate_percentiles": [ 5, 5, 6, 7, 10 ], "height": 895994, "ins": 7209, "maxfee": 159060, "maxfeerate": 225, "maxtxsize": 68369, "medianfee": 1015, "mediantime": 1746811651, "mediantxsize": 223, "minfee": 0, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 150, "outs": 12052, "subsidy": 312500000, "swtotal_size": 1471851, "swtotal_weight": 3629832, "swtxs": 3635, "time": 1746816991, "total_out": 1476934475269, "total_size": 1562367, "total_weight": 3991896, "totalfee": 7467536, "txs": 3906, "utxo_increase": 4843, "utxo_size_inc": 359839, "utxo_increase_actual": 4771, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 352835 } $ bitcoin-cli getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 2342775304, "totalbytessent": 4452669130, "timemillis": 1746817023480, "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 28 2 30 out 11 0 11 3 total 39 2 41 Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 61992, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 61992 } } $ halving.sh 895994 ===================================== Bitcoin Block Halving prediction ===================================== bc=895994 gbt=1231006505 bbt=1746816991 This is average time to mine a block (1746816991-1231006505)/895994 bts=575.6845585075809574830216 Now let's multiply that by 1050000 which is the block number of next halving and get the prediction: Tue Feb 29 22:24:27 UTC 2028 ------------------------------------- Next palindrome will be 896698 predicted to happen at this time: Wed May 14 11:31:12 UTC 2025 ------------------------------------- Current mining epoch number is 444. The next fortnight happens in block 897120 and probably around this time: Sat May 17 07:00:11 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. ...2 3fe4 6a26 1753 1f | | 2. .88. 91b8 .baa 678b 2f | | 3. 4f11 c18a c47b caf6 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 379c 94