# on receiving block 317798 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-15T09:13:55Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-15T09:13:42Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
09:13:55 up 50 days, 1:45, 0 users, load average: 0.95, 2.32, 2.94
$ battery.sh
174%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1579032 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
332M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
476M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.1G .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
317798
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317798); echo $BH
00000001116b3dfeb34f17832b0147ff9258149b4911b75bbb716ce68b8983db
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000001116b3dfeb34f17832b0147ff9258149b4911b75bbb716ce68b8983db
{
"hash": "00000001116b3dfeb34f17832b0147ff9258149b4911b75bbb716ce68b8983db",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317798,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "c675fe99969960394b7422d5db2e77cfe8c124bd309f043e94830720dd25ee56",
"time": 1786785222,
"mediantime": 1786780927,
"nonce": 64774840,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fe1bbe87cbd",
"nTx": 957,
"previousblockhash": "00000013490c4ec22ccce333fd0cf9afdf56758a004af07abe0acdf6d9cdb93c"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...1 116b 3dfe
b34f 1783 2b.1 47ff
9258 149b 4911 b75b
bb71 6ce6 8b89 83db
$ : 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
317798 sf: ...1 2b.1 83db
$ : 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 .
317798 sk: 83db d1
$ : 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 .
317798 ak: 43ea d1
$ : Following is the jointkode
317798 jk: 83db 43ea d1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 41444,
"bytes": 39732417,
"usage": 242555768,
"total_fee": 1.07426287,
"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
176
## Current epoch estimation is +3.12%
## 1286 of 2016, i.e. 63%, 730 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
361466.1334199961
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317798
{
"avgfee": 1250,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 332,
"blockhash": "00000001116b3dfeb34f17832b0147ff9258149b4911b75bbb716ce68b8983db",
"feerate_percentiles": [
4,
4,
4,
5,
5
],
"height": 317798,
"ins": 1055,
"maxfee": 271105,
"maxfeerate": 149,
"maxtxsize": 49595,
"medianfee": 616,
"mediantime": 1786780927,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 183,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 190,
"outs": 4304,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 317396,
"swtotal_weight": 991883,
"swtxs": 956,
"time": 1786785222,
"total_out": 3000087950041,
"total_size": 317396,
"total_weight": 991883,
"totalfee": 1195530,
"txs": 957,
"utxo_increase": 3249,
"utxo_size_inc": 262490,
"utxo_increase_actual": 3215,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 257761
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 693136049,
"totalbytessent": 5839742385,
"timemillis": 1786785236121,
"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 5 5
out 11 11 2 1
total 16 16
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24820,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24825
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
10 "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
ace114d465707d22
4aeceb4e81f1352abed1e1459ed1da10276648319b56eb4adecdd764db5b540b
f580dbac25b877b7
9978075925f0ebdf91240c9eeb624293a8920bddb0faf8b0ee8bde0605f7a8ef
7d27257fcc87eff6
1e19047c24c18bb9dd8618e895818c76e5457e618f1d2243dcc554962fdd8398
88041ba3d74d425e
b5b7c6d4004917b0a432ef7f8155415f97f8b5c120441deab5a6460db77fc68c
ce527e3ac4140ebc
9ef97b802e38dc9b3da2bb8ab9a1204122bf207a60ff34bf7e03fe0f9e6cd856
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_____ _ _____ _____ ___ ___
|___ // |___ | |___ / _ \ ( _ )
|_ \| | / / / / (_) |/ _ \
___) | | / / / / \__, | (_) |
|____/|_|/_/ /_/ /_/ \___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...1 116b 3dfe .f |
| 1. b34f 1783 2b.1 47ff 1f |
| 2. 9258 149b 4911 b75b 2f |
| 3. bb71 6ce6 8b89 83db 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 83db 43ea d1