# on receiving block 327688 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-10-23T23:18:35Z
# as written in the block header
2026-10-23T23:18:21Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
23:18:35 up 65 days, 13:34, 0 users, load average: 3.60, 4.49, 2.37
$ battery.sh
73%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1554148 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
378M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
542M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.4G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
8.0K .bitcoin/signet/fees
5.3G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 453G 458G 50% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.0 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
327688
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 327688); echo $BH
00000002a4ba75357b0cfa72925cf2acdbcce061d63a40d57691f22fc8a4fc57
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000002a4ba75357b0cfa72925cf2acdbcce061d63a40d57691f22fc8a4fc57
{
"hash": "00000002a4ba75357b0cfa72925cf2acdbcce061d63a40d57691f22fc8a4fc57",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 327688,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "83196834ff1772aadc4488159a8734783e8e00357b20d54aa95026aa3c2d9b1e",
"time": 1792797501,
"mediantime": 1792795658,
"nonce": 105978791,
"bits": "1d154f9b",
"target": "000000154f9b0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.0469234982654738,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011c668a88175",
"nTx": 60,
"previousblockhash": "00000007c14ce04af8fbdc14ece65d38fe7badca724ffad1b0c7c229361fb6d9"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...2 a4ba 7535
7b.c fa72 925c f2ac
dbcc e.61 d63a 4.d5
7691 f22f c8a4 fc57
$ : 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
327688 sf: 4.d5 fc57
$ : 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 .
327688 sk: fc57 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 .
327688 ak: 2d.c b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
327688 jk: fc57 2d.c b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 2,
"bytes": 374,
"usage": 2880,
"total_fee": 0.00000827,
"maxmempool": 30000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
117
## Current epoch estimation is +0.25%
## 1096 of 2016, i.e. 54%, 920 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
336758.9865227476
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 326591
335890.4807090063
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 324575
343778.4662277827
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 327688
{
"avgfee": 3885,
"avgfeerate": 11,
"avgtxsize": 621,
"blockhash": "00000002a4ba75357b0cfa72925cf2acdbcce061d63a40d57691f22fc8a4fc57",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
2,
9,
9
],
"height": 327688,
"ins": 125,
"maxfee": 41965,
"maxfeerate": 289,
"maxtxsize": 12704,
"medianfee": 424,
"mediantime": 1792795658,
"mediantxsize": 213,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 118,
"outs": 160,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 36547,
"swtotal_weight": 77557,
"swtxs": 58,
"time": 1792797501,
"total_out": 4800184615302,
"total_size": 36665,
"total_weight": 78029,
"totalfee": 229227,
"txs": 60,
"utxo_increase": 35,
"utxo_size_inc": 4377,
"utxo_increase_actual": -2,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -508
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 28071818,
"totalbytessent": 160278335,
"timemillis": 1792797515843,
"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 v32.0 signet - server 70017/Satoshi:32.0.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 0 0
out 11 11 2 1
total 11 11
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 25869,
"ipv6": 4,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 25873
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
9 "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
55a8d1148652b6fa
a27b822a2bef4428c79e823458538af3fadb528a030f568693c63554ff631e5b
82b27e77426c9cf3
394ea5c419f4336d9f2f450bf72e6345ad073887bd177da48a3e3da398d2aaf5
4645feb2cf906cd2
87c4f5625485e2c54ea7fb10687a868548075d3196ae2bd0a20e6ba1b2023351
42d6b7498898cae5
ca7db3670cabf682e0066d8ef9192070367c7375df378176dab111e2e9c1af8d
3de67448d1d621cf
1d0d86973b2079c4a85a5bc2cd718bdcf500048341c9f0f977ebf2ebeb7377a5
cbc728f43b886394
ea615435295ecef0157aa8dc5ad4905e1d33759455939b89fd4f38d31646bc0a
c2195dd949601b27
39ff70a211bdf1a67d6c33afbf770a69c9fdcf69f0d39b2eae42163fb6de4bb6
d26dc11e642083e6
56ad322159bef880f731c1db83649d88259459d54ea8e90c38dacffbbc79789c
9c92af8aca057984
a043ae5c8efbb1022b03de4f9d7878c94ef49042fe6f5c0ebe9cea3d876b1f04
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
__ __ __
/ / / /__ ____/ /__
/ _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/
/_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\
____ ___ ________ ___ ___
|_ /|_ /_ / __/( _ )( _ )
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