# on receiving block 317471 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-13T04:53:15Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-13T04:51:43Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
04:53:15 up 47 days, 21:24, 0 users, load average: 1.12, 2.28, 2.20
$ battery.sh
174%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1749336 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
330M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
583M .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
317471
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317471); echo $BH
000000131e775fbb5ef9e9753c00dfc81f36678bddeaf9e812599604a0850709
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000131e775fbb5ef9e9753c00dfc81f36678bddeaf9e812599604a0850709
{
"hash": "000000131e775fbb5ef9e9753c00dfc81f36678bddeaf9e812599604a0850709",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317471,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "72bc80be2c3bdf4996c46c9e33bb96afdf7a10c2506df3cf40abcb74c8cb065b",
"time": 1786596703,
"mediantime": 1786592538,
"nonce": 626038579,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fd1b7b15c80",
"nTx": 249,
"previousblockhash": "00000010cd96557f4467ed859ef30e4edec9c38fa2b3e9996caa88b12efb7b7e"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..13 1e77 5fbb
5ef9 e975 3c.. dfc8
1f36 678b ddea f9e8
1259 96.4 a.85 .7.9
$ : 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
317471 sf: ..13 3c.. 96.4 a.85 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 .
317471 sk: .7.9 a1
$ : 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 .
317471 ak: 6af5 a1
$ : Following is the jointkode
317471 jk: 0709 6af5 a1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 35603,
"bytes": 24759399,
"usage": 157718328,
"total_fee": 0.68184170,
"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
236
## Current epoch estimation is +1.31%
## 959 of 2016, i.e. 47%, 1057 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
355128.7089173268
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317471
{
"avgfee": 8236,
"avgfeerate": 8,
"avgtxsize": 2508,
"blockhash": "000000131e775fbb5ef9e9753c00dfc81f36678bddeaf9e812599604a0850709",
"feerate_percentiles": [
3,
3,
3,
3,
6
],
"height": 317471,
"ins": 2032,
"maxfee": 512040,
"maxfeerate": 718,
"maxtxsize": 125353,
"medianfee": 1000,
"mediantime": 1786592538,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 392,
"minfeerate": 2,
"mintxsize": 190,
"outs": 927,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 622227,
"swtotal_weight": 991992,
"swtxs": 248,
"time": 1786596703,
"total_out": 3169230912103,
"total_size": 622227,
"total_weight": 991992,
"totalfee": 2042722,
"txs": 249,
"utxo_increase": -1105,
"utxo_size_inc": -91634,
"utxo_increase_actual": -1144,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -96836
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 396897065,
"totalbytessent": 3658989618,
"timemillis": 1786596795317,
"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": 24765,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24770
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
8 "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
6a52681115a81013
6b055431973b4ccb46d610905447069786bf25029ff6aa75b31173c260fbe3bc
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
| | |
_ \ | _ \ _| | /
_.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\
__ /_ |__ /| |__ /_ |
_ \ | /__ _| / |
___/ _| _/ _| _/ _|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ..13 1e77 5fbb .f |
| 1. 5ef9 e975 3c.. dfc8 1f |
| 2. 1f36 678b ddea f9e8 2f |
| 3. 1259 96.4 a.85 .7.9 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: .7.9 6af5 a1