# on receiving block 317037 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-10T06:11:52Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-10T06:10:10Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
06:11:52 up 44 days, 22:43, 0 users, load average: 0.56, 0.72, 0.97
$ battery.sh
173%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2029460 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
327M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
546M .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
317037
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317037); echo $BH
00000000a63f1a48441c4de8ae23777e7949037e80644b18754ad1d98714c312
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000000a63f1a48441c4de8ae23777e7949037e80644b18754ad1d98714c312
{
"hash": "00000000a63f1a48441c4de8ae23777e7949037e80644b18754ad1d98714c312",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317037,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "f99e96164352666d028f2dc8b572fcd753aebbfe92c5a8a79143ee06a0d8ab2b",
"time": 1786342210,
"mediantime": 1786337993,
"nonce": 727463602,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fbc75d11a3a",
"nTx": 674,
"previousblockhash": "00000002a1fa0ff4c127e50c9a5f87ab0867a2dbc2333d88e82a0e84fbafff42"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... a63f 1a48
441c 4de8 ae23 777e
7949 .37e 8.64 4b18
754a d1d9 8714 c312
$ : 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
317037 sf: .37e 8.64 c312
$ : 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 .
317037 sk: c312 c2
$ : 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 .
317037 ak: 3d.. c2
$ : Following is the jointkode
317037 jk: c312 3d.. c2
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 873,
"bytes": 148842,
"usage": 1080360,
"total_fee": 0.00195136,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 2,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
232
## Current epoch estimation is +1.32%
## 525 of 2016, i.e. 26%, 1491 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
355149.6563637106
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317037
{
"avgfee": 2394,
"avgfeerate": 6,
"avgtxsize": 472,
"blockhash": "00000000a63f1a48441c4de8ae23777e7949037e80644b18754ad1d98714c312",
"feerate_percentiles": [
2,
2,
6,
6,
6
],
"height": 317037,
"ins": 911,
"maxfee": 468284,
"maxfeerate": 1000,
"maxtxsize": 76142,
"medianfee": 1000,
"mediantime": 1786337993,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 4781,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 317729,
"swtotal_weight": 991076,
"swtxs": 672,
"time": 1786342210,
"total_out": 3083464054883,
"total_size": 317871,
"total_weight": 991644,
"totalfee": 1611332,
"txs": 674,
"utxo_increase": 3870,
"utxo_size_inc": 304658,
"utxo_increase_actual": 3831,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 301594
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 90872069,
"totalbytessent": 1492217080,
"timemillis": 1786342312524,
"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 1 1
out 11 11 2 1
total 12 12
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24776,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24781
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet 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
563b8894485c6787
3cc4492c73e653b4d6a0e45357523a8eb16c299f94ad6fdace5e6b550bbffbf4
2210ce7d3be228b6
a1129d5ef8c5a7d14153d575d90aa322fa8be4eba2467547cbc21dc04d7dc39a
4e8c7b7107b6dbfc
5a066a2fb0201938ff5ef10728c36654ce637bbe84f0f1afd3f466203ff92148
82b27e77426c9cf3
8e45f16d82cc46fac3bfa37a7762d88f7d03015e86959751d7e941cfef15de7b
42d6b7498898cae5
51d3d3f81e19e737850e00397f421c49653ad08d5efa46fe591d10ad88b0a1d0
9550b66c9c9a91e5
62e6dff213fe0bdd7ea96594556de6865d0d46a64444b2a275f20d4368e97d60
8063f4d9bd3f3283
0caf338eba35926a34dbb36f18c164e01e025c1f7df060619c27c2f9020cd120
84a6d3475a106a0b
61b6b01c392c518a98271277cf0bfa09a65926fefef1ffecc3bd5d3646f52e19
a866bd65a65a0bae
39ce31f774de0609e8c99f0d009b3cf8c28eb6e88d71f115e8c1151581feae05
fe03548b05e2bc5e
bb807e65263a05c3f086bae0442ebf0cc618f3ee6a1725879536aff59a3e2089
9c7da292d5c1f1b0
0a89784993ffc918aad04666a57f12f1d33b8d40f2cce546c91c861a13278bfc
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_ _ _
| | | | | |
| | | | __ __ | |
|/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_)
\_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/
___ ,_____ __ ________
/ \/| // \/ \ /
__/ | /| | __/ /
\ | / | | \ /
\___/ | / \__/\___//
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... a63f 1a48 .f |
| 1. 441c 4de8 ae23 777e 1f |
| 2. 7949 .37e 8.64 4b18 2f |
| 3. 754a d1d9 8714 c312 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: c312 3d.. c2