# on receiving block 317488 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-13T07:45:32Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-13T07:45:06Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
07:45:32 up 48 days, 17 min, 0 users, load average: 0.64, 0.92, 1.86
$ battery.sh
174%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1727692 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
330M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
584M .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
317488
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317488); echo $BH
00000001867aa3fdaa8a9b6c34b184c179dd53672c61a45f82558bc17f6b3a11
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000001867aa3fdaa8a9b6c34b184c179dd53672c61a45f82558bc17f6b3a11
{
"hash": "00000001867aa3fdaa8a9b6c34b184c179dd53672c61a45f82558bc17f6b3a11",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317488,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "9d121994f4581734cbb4e6e273510d359d9826c5f67012d289bd5ef366ca4769",
"time": 1786607106,
"mediantime": 1786602929,
"nonce": 169945940,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fd28cda968b",
"nTx": 966,
"previousblockhash": "000000005df1f10d42e123ec13eb1210f9310c70c4a8b70ec56636cceb4e0bb7"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...1 867a a3fd
aa8a 9b6c 34b1 84c1
79dd 5367 2c61 a45f
8255 8bc1 7f6b 3a11
$ : 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
317488 sf: ...1 3a11
$ : 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 .
317488 sk: 3a11 e1
$ : 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 .
317488 ak: 4a7a e1
$ : Following is the jointkode
317488 jk: 3a11 4a7a e1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 35417,
"bytes": 27627328,
"usage": 174021752,
"total_fee": 0.71000368,
"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
199
## Current epoch estimation is +1.22%
## 976 of 2016, i.e. 48%, 1040 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
354812.37065451
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317488
{
"avgfee": 2714,
"avgfeerate": 10,
"avgtxsize": 342,
"blockhash": "00000001867aa3fdaa8a9b6c34b184c179dd53672c61a45f82558bc17f6b3a11",
"feerate_percentiles": [
4,
6,
8,
8,
10
],
"height": 317488,
"ins": 1087,
"maxfee": 686597,
"maxfeerate": 1000,
"maxtxsize": 77027,
"medianfee": 1000,
"mediantime": 1786602929,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 359,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 190,
"outs": 4530,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 330270,
"swtotal_weight": 991668,
"swtxs": 965,
"time": 1786607106,
"total_out": 3094128411609,
"total_size": 330270,
"total_weight": 991668,
"totalfee": 2619456,
"txs": 966,
"utxo_increase": 3443,
"utxo_size_inc": 266613,
"utxo_increase_actual": 3405,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 263691
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 416211360,
"totalbytessent": 3764010988,
"timemillis": 1786607132763,
"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": 24766,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24771
}
}
### 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 867a a3fd .f |
| 1. aa8a 9b6c 34b1 84c1 1f |
| 2. 79dd 5367 2c61 a45f 2f |
| 3. 8255 8bc1 7f6b 3a11 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 3a11 4a7a e1