# on receiving block 316864 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-09T04:35:24Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-09T04:34:47Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
04:35:24 up 43 days, 21:06, 0 users, load average: 0.66, 0.76, 0.92
$ battery.sh
176%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2071140 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
327M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
528M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.0G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.9G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 436G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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 -signet getblockcount); echo $BC
316864
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 316864); echo $BH
00000011893da925810db5e8ad4460582264e98369a1ab0469b6ed4a55a5ed41
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000011893da925810db5e8ad4460582264e98369a1ab0469b6ed4a55a5ed41
{
"hash": "00000011893da925810db5e8ad4460582264e98369a1ab0469b6ed4a55a5ed41",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 316864,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "953ca7dfe7824d0a49737be4fc774cefbc2c17ae6f870ea220ba7684d9d2b4da",
"time": 1786250087,
"mediantime": 1786244792,
"nonce": 254043968,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fb3fc96f8bb",
"nTx": 839,
"previousblockhash": "0000001396e8ea5988550d111d074ae5bb7844c2e7dc148252cb57f1bad167d0"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..11 893d a925
81.d b5e8 ad44 6.58
2264 e983 69a1 ab.4
69b6 ed4a 55a5 ed41
$ : 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
316864 sf: ..11 81.d 6.58 ab.4 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 .
316864 sk: ed41 b1
$ : 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 .
316864 ak: ecaa b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
316864 jk: ed41 ecaa b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 19,
"bytes": 2937,
"usage": 26344,
"total_fee": 0.00010068,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
175
## Current epoch estimation is -0.25%
## 352 of 2016, i.e. 17%, 1664 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
349604.9043003956
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 316864
{
"avgfee": 1072,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 293,
"blockhash": "00000011893da925810db5e8ad4460582264e98369a1ab0469b6ed4a55a5ed41",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
1,
1,
4,
6
],
"height": 316864,
"ins": 966,
"maxfee": 183000,
"maxfeerate": 1000,
"maxtxsize": 37058,
"medianfee": 154,
"mediantime": 1786244792,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 2857,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 245779,
"swtotal_weight": 719470,
"swtxs": 837,
"time": 1786250087,
"total_out": 3129770594451,
"total_size": 245921,
"total_weight": 720038,
"totalfee": 898819,
"txs": 839,
"utxo_increase": 1891,
"utxo_size_inc": 150024,
"utxo_increase_actual": 1855,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 145133
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 55890194,
"totalbytessent": 942118047,
"timemillis": 1786250124653,
"uploadtarget": {
"timeframe": 86400,
"target": 0,
"target_reached": false,
"serve_historical_blocks": true,
"bytes_left_in_cycle": 0,
"time_left_in_cycle": 0
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -netinfo
Bitcoin Core client v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b signet - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 0 0
out 11 11 2 1
total 11 11
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24773,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24778
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
9 "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
563b8894485c6787
3cc4492c73e653b4d6a0e45357523a8eb16c299f94ad6fdace5e6b550bbffbf4
2210ce7d3be228b6
a1129d5ef8c5a7d14153d575d90aa322fa8be4eba2467547cbc21dc04d7dc39a
4e8c7b7107b6dbfc
5a066a2fb0201938ff5ef10728c36654ce637bbe84f0f1afd3f466203ff92148
82b27e77426c9cf3
8e45f16d82cc46fac3bfa37a7762d88f7d03015e86959751d7e941cfef15de7b
52f305e7d8b2c067
63f7b300d2648723fa1638f27351c1a85af2791b24c9dae9ad97c9a012618968
42d6b7498898cae5
51d3d3f81e19e737850e00397f421c49653ad08d5efa46fe591d10ad88b0a1d0
9550b66c9c9a91e5
62e6dff213fe0bdd7ea96594556de6865d0d46a64444b2a275f20d4368e97d60
df810a7bba563f09
757fa62a338042849f46543556fbbe32ec82296aadf016da54894caf4434a6a6
8063f4d9bd3f3283
0caf338eba35926a34dbb36f18c164e01e025c1f7df060619c27c2f9020cd120
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
____ __ __ ___ __ _ _
|___ \/_ | / / / _ \ / /| || |
__) || |/ /_ | (_) |/ /_| || |_
|__ < | | '_ \ > _ <| '_ \__ _|
___) || | (_) | | (_) | (_) | | |
|____/ |_|\___/ \___/ \___/ |_|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ..11 893d a925 .f |
| 1. 81.d b5e8 ad44 6.58 1f |
| 2. 2264 e983 69a1 ab.4 2f |
| 3. 69b6 ed4a 55a5 ed41 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: ed41 ecaa b1