# on receiving block 317611 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-14T05:06:52Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-14T05:06:14Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
05:06:52 up 48 days, 21:38, 0 users, load average: 1.01, 1.44, 2.42
$ battery.sh
173%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1543732 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
331M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
511M .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
317611
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317611); echo $BH
000000145166da7ec6a124ec8fe0af7cfb730b241e3535c57ec74a4355ef7c39
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000145166da7ec6a124ec8fe0af7cfb730b241e3535c57ec74a4355ef7c39
{
"hash": "000000145166da7ec6a124ec8fe0af7cfb730b241e3535c57ec74a4355ef7c39",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317611,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "9b1879efec76ee5d62c0bdcef0da2eae05faad3b1b36a408d54fa2de9a9d397c",
"time": 1786683974,
"mediantime": 1786682007,
"nonce": 246522798,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fd89322fe44",
"nTx": 653,
"previousblockhash": "000000100f3d4f5864e6450649d7a6bd6f2f05dac000b549b571f82ade761e31"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..14 5166 da7e
c6a1 24ec 8fe. af7c
fb73 .b24 1e35 35c5
7ec7 4a43 55ef 7c39
$ : 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
317611 sf: ..14 8fe. .b24 7c39
$ : 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 .
317611 sk: 7c39 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 .
317611 ak: 8f28 c1
$ : Following is the jointkode
317611 jk: 7c39 8f28 c1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 38560,
"bytes": 39801148,
"usage": 243692296,
"total_fee": 1.07708607,
"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
280
## Current epoch estimation is +1.39%
## 1099 of 2016, i.e. 54%, 917 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
355400.0718261017
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317611
{
"avgfee": 2225,
"avgfeerate": 5,
"avgtxsize": 590,
"blockhash": "000000145166da7ec6a124ec8fe0af7cfb730b241e3535c57ec74a4355ef7c39",
"feerate_percentiles": [
2,
3,
5,
8,
8
],
"height": 317611,
"ins": 1269,
"maxfee": 598031,
"maxfeerate": 345,
"maxtxsize": 72945,
"medianfee": 848,
"mediantime": 1786682007,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 171,
"minfeerate": 1,
"mintxsize": 118,
"outs": 3856,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 385108,
"swtotal_weight": 990520,
"swtxs": 651,
"time": 1786683974,
"total_out": 3513768572655,
"total_size": 385226,
"total_weight": 990992,
"totalfee": 1450998,
"txs": 653,
"utxo_increase": 2587,
"utxo_size_inc": 202199,
"utxo_increase_actual": 2545,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 196715
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 543721362,
"totalbytessent": 4612162695,
"timemillis": 1786684013131,
"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 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": 24788,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24793
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
7 "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
f790807c60875c4a
63586f5c931d1aa0400439f5f73fb71741df8320a1e23f63168ef33168ddd3d7
82b27e77426c9cf3
14ed6b49654289fce425110a5dde5a42bb8c13cf31db05b230ad39febc9880fb
c0528ddd9e8cb6fc
7508cfb06a6c7a36d39fc87de7581b42d7a8e0b8b4afefbe68ce51b3f690e372
9d61f9cc8ded539d
02d79e2e95615624f568836cfb4c36d7b440cea97de5a7875aa5631041f40584
be5a7ef59682eb56
de75a55866fa214a71342f473a5bf739b18b91e482bd575bb9725d9b7b9f1194
9c92af8aca057984
5363fc0ef0d14c34bbaa85a60dc5895d16ad33649d29ea1afeaeaee948b5a22c
ace114d465707d22
4aeceb4e81f1352abed1e1459ed1da10276648319b56eb4adecdd764db5b540b
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
____ __ ______ __ __ __
|___ \/_ |____ | / //_ /_ |
__) || | / / / /_ | || |
|__ < | | / / | '_ \| || |
___) || | / / | (_) | || |
|____/ |_|/_/ \___/|_||_|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ..14 5166 da7e .f |
| 1. c6a1 24ec 8fe. af7c 1f |
| 2. fb73 .b24 1e35 35c5 2f |
| 3. 7ec7 4a43 55ef 7c39 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 7c39 8f28 c1