# on receiving block 309042 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-06-16T02:39:50Z
# as written in the block header
2026-06-16T02:39:33Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
02:39:50 up 88 days, 17:32, 0 users, load average: 2.06, 2.24, 2.45
$ battery.sh
163%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1390068 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
303M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
500M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.8G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.6G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 435G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0rc4 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
309042
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 309042); echo $BH
0000000096630f3773f4031f850b0a3c9c964421a9ed7caf7a2eb405d4895a89
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000096630f3773f4031f850b0a3c9c964421a9ed7caf7a2eb405d4895a89
{
"hash": "0000000096630f3773f4031f850b0a3c9c964421a9ed7caf7a2eb405d4895a89",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 309042,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "07af552907d4f92ff57b3a55e2f0e22a664601c7f1db76f56bf1a4fc73db60dc",
"time": 1781577573,
"mediantime": 1781574980,
"nonce": 134893609,
"bits": "1d146a04",
"target": "000000146a040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04898494610796347,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000e3bd5caba7d",
"nTx": 44,
"previousblockhash": "00000001285f57aefd4aaed343d0ed116391a374854571c155d873b0a0f96c86"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... 9663 .f37
73f4 .31f 85.b .a3c
9c96 4421 a9ed 7caf
7a2e b4.5 d489 5a89
$ : 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
309042 sf: .f37 .31f 85.b .a3c 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 .
309042 sk: 5a89 92
$ : 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 .
309042 ak: 2b56 92
$ : Following is the jointkode
309042 jk: 5a89 2b56 92
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 18,
"bytes": 5501,
"usage": 108104,
"total_fee": 0.03605776,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
220
## Current epoch estimation is -0.93%
## 594 of 2016, i.e. 29%, 1422 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
347299.4076008672
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 308447
350573.0694396333
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 306431
347971.3775737199
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 309042
{
"avgfee": 74896,
"avgfeerate": 99,
"avgtxsize": 858,
"blockhash": "0000000096630f3773f4031f850b0a3c9c964421a9ed7caf7a2eb405d4895a89",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
1,
1,
1
],
"height": 309042,
"ins": 56,
"maxfee": 2927049,
"maxfeerate": 17686,
"maxtxsize": 24286,
"medianfee": 14,
"mediantime": 1781574980,
"mediantxsize": 191,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 723,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 36794,
"swtotal_weight": 128579,
"swtxs": 42,
"time": 1781577573,
"total_out": 3126323557661,
"total_size": 36936,
"total_weight": 129147,
"totalfee": 3220570,
"txs": 44,
"utxo_increase": 667,
"utxo_size_inc": 53287,
"utxo_increase_actual": 629,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 49176
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 918013156,
"totalbytessent": 25983609860,
"timemillis": 1781577590955,
"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 v31.0.0rc4 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 4 4
out 11 11 2 1
total 15 15
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1213,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1213
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
13 "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
7d27257fcc87eff6
c72f9ccdc4f2fe6827871bbcdb3d87728dd8135438801b55cc9938b44e002bca
a9e407828463a7f3
8723d91baabc6c128df59d5dcfcad63c2d9c50d4cb7041af38b38cfec837ce18
82b27e77426c9cf3
e234f196dc6cac756b95e1f09ad32ab8e2e096915b467639f696835045e78e06
02ce84759fdbc1f1
d4e964fe2f38bc6dfa17fefb887ded2510568c38b1f09dca89a7bd4bd541ee69
a4dda9c03849be5c
396733a2381b1a5ba696d6b796031f65e341b1784cdb174731fc53c20fca528e
ccac5f3d92a6d821
083741d149c9fa20eff0ffe1582cda192dff5327f4bc78185371d04457e03fcd
ef33457b76d2201b
92892ec21489e49ae656277936b513539a4cc4b7049736231e1280c0f9916b62
d26dc11e642083e6
4888249f39cdb833771fad3380faed358d7541214788464a3e0e3d24f7d520f7
509e8cf1d81d4e1b
ffbb8c187b8d2bfb4277fa0f391270bc73a5b8d78186d4e2ab78c8fdcd010795
2ce2bef7160cebb4
8277b6d6d333cbb1ee2e60bdc85b42e5587a470c1f869fc3362d561c6ffe5efe
88e6da0e0d218c5b
e5ea89415c002cb4fe22ee628b90894c8a587bfc1a5ca17ba71246e3b38be758
0ed5067d8389e35c
f3e326a11fac607536caa6ac7eb62164cb83f0346834752bfea586646648205e
58cf5f4588d41478
b823189d1b03e45a20e5be34ae43cd7fee9482b39a80028ccb37ce8c49d303ab
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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### # #######
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... 9663 .f37 .f |
| 1. 73f4 .31f 85.b .a3c 1f |
| 2. 9c96 4421 a9ed 7caf 2f |
| 3. 7a2e b4.5 d489 5a89 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 5a89 2b56 92