# on receiving block 318068 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-17T06:07:44Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-17T06:07:34Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
06:07:44 up 51 days, 22:39, 0 users, load average: 2.71, 3.96, 4.09
$ battery.sh
167%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1594832 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
334M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
493M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.1G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
5.0G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 436G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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
318068
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 318068); echo $BH
0000000f4e93a6806d88fe8a363bea6a5eed2a26ad91a09509f2f77c62ba3b1f
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000f4e93a6806d88fe8a363bea6a5eed2a26ad91a09509f2f77c62ba3b1f
{
"hash": "0000000f4e93a6806d88fe8a363bea6a5eed2a26ad91a09509f2f77c62ba3b1f",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 318068,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "7ea0d1b65a0d3a530713f74f6987a9f2810156ee3f2bb498f9ee6a463d054a69",
"time": 1786946854,
"mediantime": 1786945223,
"nonce": 52805897,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000feef56834b7",
"nTx": 379,
"previousblockhash": "000000031b32dc8d745947ed2da523e6c1f2e947b877508de7cdd38eb44c0dff"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...f 4e93 a68.
6d88 fe8a 363b ea6a
5eed 2a26 ad91 a.95
.9f2 f77c 62ba 3b1f
$ : 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
318068 sf: ...f a68. a.95 .9f2 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 .
318068 sk: 3b1f 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 .
318068 ak: 79ab b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
318068 jk: 3b1f 79ab b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 36454,
"bytes": 23264574,
"usage": 148386080,
"total_fee": 0.58003459,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
212
## Current epoch estimation is +2.05%
## 1556 of 2016, i.e. 77%, 460 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
357699.6257762752
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 318068
{
"avgfee": 2658,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 1366,
"blockhash": "0000000f4e93a6806d88fe8a363bea6a5eed2a26ad91a09509f2f77c62ba3b1f",
"feerate_percentiles": [
3,
3,
3,
5,
5
],
"height": 318068,
"ins": 1606,
"maxfee": 234616,
"maxfeerate": 149,
"maxtxsize": 125353,
"medianfee": 624,
"mediantime": 1786945223,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 172,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 2369,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 516396,
"swtotal_weight": 988770,
"swtxs": 377,
"time": 1786946854,
"total_out": 3273780804565,
"total_size": 516538,
"total_weight": 989338,
"totalfee": 1005061,
"txs": 379,
"utxo_increase": 763,
"utxo_size_inc": 51471,
"utxo_increase_actual": 726,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 46507
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 853114057,
"totalbytessent": 7694257627,
"timemillis": 1786946865345,
"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 v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b signet - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 1 1
out 11 11 2 1
total 12 12
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24942,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24947
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
10 "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
c2df4db43254cb32
ad38ae1ae57443f58e46c945507dbb21df88b6b5a9761893a37e5f362390e17c
df5170d29dca6f76
1d38b06ad97f4df3e6ec5d5662145a85cce9e036af6553b22cfd29c91553e870
b238f700f288e393
7ef69fba898561412a1a2e61fc0a917dad1b5e2b758597e3c219b1f8f7aefa2f
8063f4d9bd3f3283
ecc74edc320e01fca07be8990434fe88b1b1309c5ed912dc5b601b9e1565c318
b4d832fe47ef3830
13c1bb1926657bc2d20ed9a80d530223bd940832cf7ec74cf29c3c69b084c30c
58dda33f1e9595a9
7d886fbd9b48bf53a5a5db485c62547c12f43f2c42697ecfdbbce756ca270031
cec62c82af6347cc
dcc4314ed83b7ebb3e4e739ca33804d60b8543ad527c557873d2e3b4427f0407
82b27e77426c9cf3
c1131e2b517a630a9187d41391f5ce63be0e6890de39d9a255a29896d43804a0
40ae606904740f7f
b9f086a30ae6ca09cb889a514cae9f00ebb04b7dcbb46fd45f26e3a600cf1798
ce5240b924d9f173
2d7a90d9bbaf6bb6da41f38428b6a2bc114bf05988aa3446f85eef259c434c72
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_____ _ ___ ___ __ ___
|___ // |( _ ) / _ \ / /_ ( _ )
|_ \| |/ _ \ | | | | '_ \ / _ \
___) | | (_) | | |_| | (_) | (_) |
|____/|_|\___/ \___/ \___/ \___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...f 4e93 a68. .f |
| 1. 6d88 fe8a 363b ea6a 1f |
| 2. 5eed 2a26 ad91 a.95 2f |
| 3. .9f2 f77c 62ba 3b1f 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 3b1f 79ab b1