# on receiving block 268214 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2025-09-05T08:14:58Z
# as written in the block header
2025-09-05T08:14:25Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
08:14:57 up 22 days, 18:05, 0 users, load average: 3.30, 3.48, 3.56
$ battery.sh
97%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.12.40-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2297020 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
265M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
13M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
577M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
2.7G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
3.6G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 846G 65G 93% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.99.0-5103a96f40b7
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
268214
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 268214); echo $BH
0000000b43145b2e72b9b335d7889914e76e342460de301afe604be63e8a9321
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000b43145b2e72b9b335d7889914e76e342460de301afe604be63e8a9321
{
"hash": "0000000b43145b2e72b9b335d7889914e76e342460de301afe604be63e8a9321",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 268214,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "cda0f71074e010fc7b2e6bf3433254a11dfdc48d2f950eae8961127813e5c6fc",
"time": 1757060065,
"mediantime": 1757057554,
"nonce": 99313393,
"bits": "1d14b714",
"target": "00000014b7140000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04827311378709889,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000697ea560270",
"nTx": 36,
"previousblockhash": "0000000bd43a9ec49ae610467037668d9a7aa5e8ea61836940871eeb74d5d37a"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...b 4314 5b2e
72b9 b335 d788 9914
e76e 3424 6.de 3.1a
fe6. 4be6 3e8a 9321
$ : 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
268214 sf: ...b 6.de 3.1a fe6. 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 .
268214 sk: 9321 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 .
268214 ak: .c82 b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 194,
"bytes": 15372712,
"usage": 85265440,
"total_fee": 0.15972125,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 3,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000
}
$ gmm.sh
1038
## Current epoch estimation is -0.62%
## 86 of 2016, i.e. 4%, 1930 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
343190.5840070745
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 268127
345333.5466870908
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 266111
348693.9727452429
$ bitcoin-cli -signet gettxoutsetinfo muhash
{
"height": 268214,
"bestblock": "0000000b43145b2e72b9b335d7889914e76e342460de301afe604be63e8a9321",
"txouts": 45827840,
"bogosize": 3775378554,
"muhash": "c373e002747c4a4e4fd78c8d541671330140c94bdac2a38b79c2f64557eee973",
"total_amount": 11955077.18707594,
"total_unspendable_amount": 297.81292406,
"block_info": {
"prevout_spent": 30567.01120347,
"coinbase": 25.00580579,
"new_outputs_ex_coinbase": 30567.00539768,
"unspendable": 0.00000000,
"unspendables": {
"genesis_block": 0.00000000,
"bip30": 0.00000000,
"scripts": 0.00000000,
"unclaimed_rewards": 0.00000000
}
}
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 268214
{
"avgfee": 16587,
"avgfeerate": 2,
"avgtxsize": 10083,
"blockhash": "0000000b43145b2e72b9b335d7889914e76e342460de301afe604be63e8a9321",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
1,
1,
1,
9
],
"height": 268214,
"ins": 2834,
"maxfee": 402117,
"maxfeerate": 15,
"maxtxsize": 151257,
"medianfee": 142,
"mediantime": 1757057554,
"mediantxsize": 162,
"minfee": 142,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 162,
"outs": 1276,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 352928,
"swtotal_weight": 838886,
"swtxs": 35,
"time": 1757060065,
"total_out": 3056700539768,
"total_size": 352928,
"total_weight": 838886,
"totalfee": 580579,
"txs": 36,
"utxo_increase": -1558,
"utxo_size_inc": -140097,
"utxo_increase_actual": -1560,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -140352
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 87711142,
"totalbytessent": 241855427,
"timemillis": 1757060099990,
"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 v29.99.0-5103a96f40b7 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:29.99.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 5 5
out 11 11 2 1
total 16 16
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1433,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1433
}
}
### 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
82b27e77426c9cf3
f4b6931592c70f6dbdd8f327ee524589d2b040306efc6b0746b9bf234bb77521
6314f8c19fd3f1fc
d0d494faa7ac836bfcda6dd49602bc68d53d1450301ec3bbcb7919fb2ebd0d01
7af709692f5f7b7d
8357ec85acaec2a0d0d6898495df796af900617a5bf5b5e5a0de13308606bb4b
9550b66c9c9a91e5
77dae285437642fc9bd47e0b2305eb3450e814b611ab0406d50608e03bedd285
32ea89cfd41c3905
3ffcc81bec39819d32931231518773042282b4cbcb5ec6c5051f098ac47cab26
ae8d284a550f8f8a
a38c93ed4d7c2957b301f67e1437b7a83e4da44857054d67bb54c189e9349705
42d6b7498898cae5
4a97a153d70959e708c488436a714f7547dd2a10a14551af0c050980b3a1b38a
d26dc11e642083e6
beb08f20f587c657b401c7b9e06d7c71fed81a3cfc511dc139c2490712528443
99ce48bafad77752
6b03ffe5927facc9714e9c7b89a945f63baa45b077846848fc8bd02c359c97ed
4c5cd41e91d07bde
c4975266737a128333e74e2b0daccca94f6eb814f40408060ebb3bab71e0a5e9
37630dc05e2cc750
ed3425a78d0ef77a238c55a8f86e390cd770d1454e17407a2906f4fa982e43ab
918c2666da2cfb54
11d56d8d8741eb49dfce305b2142e90ce2f06e7b52e0ea58226bc95513bc87bf
ae63fd6ae3781c60
d9c06a072c239701ba5fc6bb505cda89401434f0bbb83ebf33f3579b26fe6ee1
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
| | |
_ \ | _ \ _| | /
_.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\
_ ) / _ )_ )_ | | |
/ _ \ _ \ / |__ _|
___|\___/\___/___| _| _|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...b 4314 5b2e .f |
| 1. 72b9 b335 d788 9914 1f |
| 2. e76e 3424 6.de 3.1a 2f |
| 3. fe6. 4be6 3e8a 9321 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
ak: .c82 b1