# on receiving block 317651 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-14T09:21:54Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-14T09:21:38Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
09:21:54 up 49 days, 1:53, 0 users, load average: 2.02, 3.37, 3.61
$ battery.sh
168%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1545084 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
331M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
530M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.1G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
5.0G .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
317651
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317651); echo $BH
000000010fd91e9cb11a272cefa61dd74ac1238601d912ff1b7bed96861aba0b
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000010fd91e9cb11a272cefa61dd74ac1238601d912ff1b7bed96861aba0b
{
"hash": "000000010fd91e9cb11a272cefa61dd74ac1238601d912ff1b7bed96861aba0b",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317651,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "71a60c0cfb251d82bc2f6c68a7bfb1271192764ae9203378e2730abe406b8351",
"time": 1786699298,
"mediantime": 1786697451,
"nonce": 88089200,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fda88b12c7c",
"nTx": 507,
"previousblockhash": "000000112f4f3948b5372c7cc9cd74b1c2ff3e36a509be3db02747adba010a62"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...1 .fd9 1e9c
b11a 272c efa6 1dd7
4ac1 2386 .1d9 12ff
1b7b ed96 861a ba.b
$ : 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
317651 sf: ...1 .fd9 .1d9 ba.b
$ : 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 .
317651 sk: ba.b 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 .
317651 ak: c59e b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
317651 jk: ba0b c59e b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 38373,
"bytes": 34882060,
"usage": 215560808,
"total_fee": 0.93444274,
"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
214
## Current epoch estimation is +2.1%
## 1139 of 2016, i.e. 56%, 877 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
357878.3356575486
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317651
{
"avgfee": 2812,
"avgfeerate": 5,
"avgtxsize": 997,
"blockhash": "000000010fd91e9cb11a272cefa61dd74ac1238601d912ff1b7bed96861aba0b",
"feerate_percentiles": [
3,
3,
3,
4,
8
],
"height": 317651,
"ins": 1729,
"maxfee": 331240,
"maxfeerate": 379,
"maxtxsize": 125353,
"medianfee": 500,
"mediantime": 1786697451,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 142,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 183,
"outs": 2385,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 504511,
"swtotal_weight": 991972,
"swtxs": 506,
"time": 1786699298,
"total_out": 3265507299863,
"total_size": 504511,
"total_weight": 991972,
"totalfee": 1422976,
"txs": 507,
"utxo_increase": 656,
"utxo_size_inc": 45880,
"utxo_increase_actual": 618,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 40857
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 557572721,
"totalbytessent": 4753052240,
"timemillis": 1786699314858,
"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 2 2
out 11 11 2 1
total 13 13
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24792,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24797
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet 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
f790807c60875c4a
63586f5c931d1aa0400439f5f73fb71741df8320a1e23f63168ef33168ddd3d7
82b27e77426c9cf3
14ed6b49654289fce425110a5dde5a42bb8c13cf31db05b230ad39febc9880fb
c0528ddd9e8cb6fc
7508cfb06a6c7a36d39fc87de7581b42d7a8e0b8b4afefbe68ce51b3f690e372
9d61f9cc8ded539d
02d79e2e95615624f568836cfb4c36d7b440cea97de5a7875aa5631041f40584
be5a7ef59682eb56
de75a55866fa214a71342f473a5bf739b18b91e482bd575bb9725d9b7b9f1194
9c92af8aca057984
5363fc0ef0d14c34bbaa85a60dc5895d16ad33649d29ea1afeaeaee948b5a22c
ace114d465707d22
4aeceb4e81f1352abed1e1459ed1da10276648319b56eb4adecdd764db5b540b
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
| | |
_ \ | _ \ _| | /
_.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\
__ /_ |__ // __|_ |
_ \ | / _ \__ \ |
___/ _| _/\___/___/ _|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...1 .fd9 1e9c .f |
| 1. b11a 272c efa6 1dd7 1f |
| 2. 4ac1 2386 .1d9 12ff 2f |
| 3. 1b7b ed96 861a ba.b 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: ba.b c59e b1