# on receiving block 292493 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-02-21T07:42:09Z
# as written in the block header
2026-02-21T07:38:46Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
07:42:09 up 4 days, 13:12, 0 users, load average: 0.74, 0.84, 1.11
$ battery.sh
96%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2323052 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
272M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
573M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.4G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.3G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 434G 478G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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
292493
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 292493); echo $BH
0000000a171c9488f222db9ce48cb5dd429e65d59bd2b4052a43d4a638296bd9
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000a171c9488f222db9ce48cb5dd429e65d59bd2b4052a43d4a638296bd9
{
"hash": "0000000a171c9488f222db9ce48cb5dd429e65d59bd2b4052a43d4a638296bd9",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 292493,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "00799586016ad21f7b4f0d78b43410e742ebc67d350689ac4a6e265720585962",
"time": 1771659526,
"mediantime": 1771655567,
"nonce": 1666519550,
"bits": "1d150eea",
"target": "000000150eea0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.0474865840527392,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b25dbb92d46",
"nTx": 34,
"previousblockhash": "0000000472365cb660ba730f28bd0657574481c65d09674decd07969ce0e73c7"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...a 171c 9488
f222 db9c e48c b5dd
429e 65d5 9bd2 b4.5
2a43 d4a6 3829 6bd9
$ : 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
292493 sf: ...a b4.5 6bd9
$ : 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 .
292493 sk: 6bd9 d1
$ : 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 .
292493 ak: 5ef8 d1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 2,
"bytes": 274,
"usage": 2304,
"total_fee": 0.00000028,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 2,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000
}
$ gmm.sh
269
## Current epoch estimation is +0.51%
## 173 of 2016, i.e. 8%, 1843 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
341513.7937130606
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 292319
339762.2850817262
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 290303
340597.2606954165
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 292493
{
"avgfee": 5071,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 1233,
"blockhash": "0000000a171c9488f222db9ce48cb5dd429e65d59bd2b4052a43d4a638296bd9",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
1,
1,
1,
1
],
"height": 292493,
"ins": 35,
"maxfee": 61700,
"maxfeerate": 210,
"maxtxsize": 33241,
"medianfee": 14,
"mediantime": 1771655567,
"mediantxsize": 188,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 162,
"outs": 1033,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 40700,
"swtotal_weight": 152084,
"swtxs": 33,
"time": 1771659526,
"total_out": 3318754043093,
"total_size": 40700,
"total_weight": 152084,
"totalfee": 167359,
"txs": 34,
"utxo_increase": 998,
"utxo_size_inc": 74945,
"utxo_increase_actual": 972,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 73032
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 45767753,
"totalbytessent": 1455674305,
"timemillis": 1771659730143,
"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 v30.2.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 6 6
out 11 11 2 1
total 17 17
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1931,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1931
}
}
### 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
aa871a5b2c451fe80a51679f11289999d8ef8604ee11bfa5aab9203436eb9455
2d39a7404c4b70a6
d96bcc7ba1337f00fee136fe4c20abc2019c2d55905cfe0daa9b44f0c956598a
7aa3370f69571e4a
084e0e80dfe4e9b458ba6e83692e4793d311ea34c3f82f8102de8a30cc3b70a3
acbcec5aeca1972b
a8b97dcd81918fdb3c932541671a4ee0fcf1fbc1e7e9d45eb81689f6f5135f75
b5c9d0a28ed9c546
eded83ff044281dd87f72997d81f54b19f975f9d98a298441a69bfe157554d54
a4dda9c03849be5c
0ebcbcb6635748ebe16f33ddabae748d49de5be73a4ced9dd6cced86470e4f26
949e0d5f8f18cf24
03e67d93e987f4329516383c12088da6c873fa8c845bf504267382631f7eb227
6314f8c19fd3f1fc
359acc53d3507836a80e5e749174e9b661d2a2cdf89d4dcd2887028704ebe0fa
989773dc541b27e7
1f546fec2b0ef73accac7312da6c93be297574bc03ece96c0e3fa2c2318113a3
2df768176fcfc519
30989b7e6099efe85acfdfe47d1e6fa6607fb10e57adb8994605f166fdf137cf
0d524b52c3979b0d
0227e6783aaff449a70c394eb730ac822228f6b013528bd4b90e631a367a09a5
ef5a94573728623e
2592496309901df75ca4a7c89a139ff2b90ef53cea0354c39a828c40a2ccf888
5c6b79cf504e8e34
a6b7635536970ed30b9d17fd6ea1c812045f1aa56b6b0db5bc3750b49e5936fd
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...a 171c 9488 .f |
| 1. f222 db9c e48c b5dd 1f |
| 2. 429e 65d5 9bd2 b4.5 2f |
| 3. 2a43 d4a6 3829 6bd9 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
ak: 5ef8 d1