# on receiving block 314732 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-07-25T17:08:17Z
# as written in the block header
2026-07-25T17:08:14Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
17:08:17 up 29 days, 9:39, 0 users, load average: 1.32, 1.02, 1.02
$ battery.sh
146%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1667368 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
315M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
556M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.9G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.8G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 435G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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
314732
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 314732); echo $BH
0000000614c4d88d465b2a4ffb93060572e10d17811a9b9d5ec45c30f6ff45c9
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000614c4d88d465b2a4ffb93060572e10d17811a9b9d5ec45c30f6ff45c9
{
"hash": "0000000614c4d88d465b2a4ffb93060572e10d17811a9b9d5ec45c30f6ff45c9",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 314732,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "08458a42bb1a209a33d9e316583840a20ed57f231402e6dcc0d1d99b6117b248",
"time": 1784999294,
"mediantime": 1784997222,
"nonce": 23455786,
"bits": "1d14d6ea",
"target": "00000014d6ea0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04798504544795561,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f4d547d190d",
"nTx": 62,
"previousblockhash": "0000001429958a434217c7708883a67752eb1b26bba86ac76bad5c5a597449db"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...6 14c4 d88d
465b 2a4f fb93 .6.5
72e1 .d17 811a 9b9d
5ec4 5c3. f6ff 45c9
$ : 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
314732 sf: ...6 .6.5 .d17 5c3. 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 .
314732 sk: 45c9 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 .
314732 ak: 897e b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
314732 jk: 45c9 897e b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 2,
"bytes": 295,
"usage": 3248,
"total_fee": 0.00000633,
"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
228
## Current epoch estimation is -0.11%
## 236 of 2016, i.e. 11%, 1780 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
343072.7468683164
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 312479
346247.1658164694
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 314732
{
"avgfee": 1251,
"avgfeerate": 3,
"avgtxsize": 515,
"blockhash": "0000000614c4d88d465b2a4ffb93060572e10d17811a9b9d5ec45c30f6ff45c9",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
0,
1,
1
],
"height": 314732,
"ins": 81,
"maxfee": 27338,
"maxfeerate": 149,
"maxtxsize": 14218,
"medianfee": 164,
"mediantime": 1784997222,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 466,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 31285,
"swtotal_weight": 98824,
"swtxs": 60,
"time": 1784999294,
"total_out": 3037121056718,
"total_size": 31427,
"total_weight": 99392,
"totalfee": 76351,
"txs": 62,
"utxo_increase": 385,
"utxo_size_inc": 31771,
"utxo_increase_actual": 349,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 27072
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 44520370,
"totalbytessent": 969684615,
"timemillis": 1784999297953,
"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 v31.1.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 2 2
out 11 11 2 1
total 13 13
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 959,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 959
}
}
### 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
bc37482de97475273964cd6501342823041c55d84cd941ba6e9563a497807556
ac71d6f00b7ce5e9
2d238d743b2ce7514f1bdc1d76ce21515f90d888efdc53aebe905f63617b835f
ce5240b924d9f173
8bd5bc3c460dd8e745396362b50b59eb3919e7931d3289c7450390ece47292a8
a8e0ddb58abca302
f2b55b19b9b23aa7ef0da49aa538adb648d9fdaa455507f21da179951288f47a
7709899725128d12
d2c2d96142efd46b545819ff979125479c8e0286942463ca6e866e6bb54b8c74
067fab9072f3024c
1dc714e5c377dd7d042489990cf5ca61d857dfe08d82a10ab633058379726d98
2422645f1d448cf3
c52f2d5d4f53d1c28f4a9b266bec524a0ff461fcfa8ce581a6af6526c7c36da3
a42e3836fdd73f29
2dc59e0b8d03638c765898d434936e12e5bd091fc861e1fe7ba1649586c6ee3f
5a608962ac3ba8ae
2a0e2443701fdebf7a81655a9a445abf1d1206617c1a391b16669fd93a6df987
2ddfd40881c99b7a
7c580bebff4eb32b4d4b25ccf6bb0e29ff89070ba4076598ec5b8ad90ad0b88a
a545afa7dcf490f4
ee82d3598ac18329e4f2db357c296d532011d6e75d56f6ea7af4c09e4b66ed97
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...6 14c4 d88d .f |
| 1. 465b 2a4f fb93 .6.5 1f |
| 2. 72e1 .d17 811a 9b9d 2f |
| 3. 5ec4 5c3. f6ff 45c9 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 45c9 897e b1