# on receiving block 259803 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2025-07-09T09:56:28Z
# as written in the block header
2025-07-09T09:56:20Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
09:56:28 up 156 days, 21:36, 0 users, load average: 1.08, 0.84, 1.10
$ battery.sh
143%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.6.37-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1542508 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
224M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
9.3M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
526M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
2.1G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
2.9G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 841G 70G 93% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.99.0-5f9c5597106e
Copyright (C) 2009-2025 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
259803
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 259803); echo $BH
0000000bc49027ccbda5b66b6e7ccf33024cf6aca2c5468bd73db1898232c9b3
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000bc49027ccbda5b66b6e7ccf33024cf6aca2c5468bd73db1898232c9b3
{
"hash": "0000000bc49027ccbda5b66b6e7ccf33024cf6aca2c5468bd73db1898232c9b3",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 259803,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "5594b307c390f4f07a67ac8df7593f1ffb97c116db57e2a87738b303a810d615",
"time": 1752054980,
"mediantime": 1752050800,
"nonce": 55460640,
"bits": "1d154609",
"target": "0000001546090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04700595688520533,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000506c3e7a4e0",
"nTx": 583,
"previousblockhash": "000000062df4d1b73036080714d541d9999ad5507eb91449a696fb85aaecbab8"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...b c49. 27cc
bda5 b66b 6e7c cf33
.24c f6ac a2c5 468b
d73d b189 8232 c9b3
$ : 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
259803 sf: ...b c49. .24c c9b3
$ : 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 .
259803 sk: c9b3 c1
$ : 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 .
259803 ak: 744d c1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 663,
"bytes": 12560363,
"usage": 64807904,
"total_fee": 0.53672581,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00001000,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00001000,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00001000,
"unbroadcastcount": 0,
"fullrbf": true
}
$ gmm.sh
2378
## Current epoch estimation is -1.65%
## 1755 of 2016, i.e. 87%, 261 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
330912.9994277267
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 258047
336465.1181936957
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 256031
359147.5519544051
$ bitcoin-cli -signet gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 259803,
"bestblock": "0000000bc49027ccbda5b66b6e7ccf33024cf6aca2c5468bd73db1898232c9b3",
"txouts": 35258570,
"bogosize": 2916237801,
"muhash": "b2f25f20c3e9dfd6408755854e96640202bca1991b9642495dc2b54afb709bce",
"total_amount": 11744802.19869429,
"total_unspendable_amount": 297.80130571,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 10280.01891044,
"coinbase": 25.01827607,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 10280.00063437,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 259803
{
"avgfee": 3140,
"avgfeerate": 7,
"avgtxsize": 684,
"blockhash": "0000000bc49027ccbda5b66b6e7ccf33024cf6aca2c5468bd73db1898232c9b3",
"feerate_percentiles": [
5,
5,
5,
8,
11
],
"height": 259803,
"ins": 2114,
"maxfee": 302916,
"maxfeerate": 38,
"maxtxsize": 14970,
"medianfee": 2100,
"mediantime": 1752050800,
"mediantxsize": 841,
"minfee": 1001,
"minfeerate": 5,
"mintxsize": 162,
"outs": 2511,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 398305,
"swtotal_weight": 995731,
"swtxs": 582,
"time": 1752054980,
"total_out": 1028000063437,
"total_size": 398305,
"total_weight": 995731,
"totalfee": 1827607,
"txs": 583,
"utxo_increase": 397,
"utxo_size_inc": 32384,
"utxo_increase_actual": 387,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 31152
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 1614015881,
"totalbytessent": 13804369926,
"timemillis": 1752054989443,
"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 v29.99.0-5f9c5597106e signet - server 70016/Satoshi:29.99.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 6 6
out 12 12 3 1
total 18 18
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1377,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1377
}
}
### 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
82b27e77426c9cf3
61d50e5053939a0246125c9cb065f511428232d28550257261e3dd7342d83366
02ce84759fdbc1f1
e25919f0de5ab48e7d99b60a16c12d1ac6b6feb6aa8eabb4020e195ef6abc668
d26dc11e642083e6
7c64d5ec1181f94e49a93a20f7e47c78dea8a2a25cc97c94c42df3dbe44bd5f4
d3a35fabb60fb123
5e0fc7e9e343f7dd58f7bd82d662857b1bc9c923a5c220f6832d6ef26ec0e249
df20edf7a92caa16
8c4eb7524cfec98710e2e2e3c251689e545854ca148a0831d3d48f453fcc7d62
c7e67b1f68368baa
eab1c825e02c3b325fee6ba923a4f880888f1065493765d50a62a39d1457912a
40ec672fa3c05877
2d6ecc74c14653e0f99037b0eca8dcbf8e864545e56249f1b87985248e590311
6bba73a661e05c50
fee3760a8523fafe8d277b6bd2e66f141bf111136f9b3d89685d419ea8ed6f2a
e025b3af36795f50
ae3ddfb37a43e9888e720740777dcd24256fb1432a5fdf08f973c19593f18a3c
aaa2c02e3b557f5b
93e4cf5085d299e538f210075aed95fa240d32aa21801c30818f3c45fda86ce2
548c3df0424ce58c
f546def81b43e604bb135eebfdecc92b89c7bc9eec62027ddc4f5da9e21eaa27
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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| |
| .. .... ...b c49. 27cc .f |
| 1. bda5 b66b 6e7c cf33 1f |
| 2. .24c f6ac a2c5 468b 2f |
| 3. d73d b189 8232 c9b3 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
ak: 744d c1