# on receiving block 329686 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-11-06T16:00:46Z
# as written in the block header
2026-11-06T16:00:28Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
16:00:46 up 79 days, 6:16, 0 users, load average: 0.60, 0.63, 0.71
$ battery.sh
71%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1426724 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
381M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
532M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.4G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
8.0K .bitcoin/signet/fees
5.3G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 455G 457G 50% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.1.0 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
329686
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 329686); echo $BH
0000000038063bdfffdaba7a70c9af26155f206f5bedce045c4e26abf3e591d9
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000038063bdfffdaba7a70c9af26155f206f5bedce045c4e26abf3e591d9
{
"hash": "0000000038063bdfffdaba7a70c9af26155f206f5bedce045c4e26abf3e591d9",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 329686,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "655e51332921f3f3ebed7f90a03d8b806cc0f096ae3d5f3f2149e5549b9e3b32",
"time": 1793980828,
"mediantime": 1793978011,
"nonce": 134120988,
"bits": "1d14cd85",
"target": "00000014cd850000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04806969390457064,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000122566713647",
"nTx": 44,
"previousblockhash": "0000000152e2f2a5780a731d07861af42d7649a342275d728d18d989ddd0ef91"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... .... 38.6 3bdf
ffda ba7a 7.c9 af26
155f 2.6f 5bed ce.4
5c4e 26ab f3e5 91d9
$ : 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
329686 sf: ce.4 91d9
$ : 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 .
329686 sk: 91d9 a2
$ : 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 .
329686 ak: 2196 a2
$ : Following is the jointkode
329686 jk: 91d9 2196 a2
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 23,
"bytes": 4016,
"usage": 32464,
"total_fee": 0.00010982,
"maxmempool": 30000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
365
## Retarget estimation is +0.45%
## 1078 of 2016, i.e. 53%, 938 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
345610.4747483568
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 328607
344048.4168882416
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 326591
335890.4807090063
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 329686
{
"avgfee": 30749,
"avgfeerate": 71,
"avgtxsize": 525,
"blockhash": "0000000038063bdfffdaba7a70c9af26155f206f5bedce045c4e26abf3e591d9",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
3,
3,
3
],
"height": 329686,
"ins": 51,
"maxfee": 635819,
"maxfeerate": 3918,
"maxtxsize": 10913,
"medianfee": 14,
"mediantime": 1793978011,
"mediantxsize": 191,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 118,
"outs": 333,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 22473,
"swtotal_weight": 73836,
"swtxs": 42,
"time": 1793980828,
"total_out": 3297884243569,
"total_size": 22591,
"total_weight": 74308,
"totalfee": 1322234,
"txs": 44,
"utxo_increase": 282,
"utxo_size_inc": 24144,
"utxo_increase_actual": 244,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 19178
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 248481199,
"totalbytessent": 1344036752,
"timemillis": 1793980846776,
"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 v32.1.0 signet - server 70017/Satoshi:32.1.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 0 0
out 11 11 2 1
total 11 11
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 26220,
"ipv6": 4,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 26224
}
}
### 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
82b27e77426c9cf3
96e919eb1f530d276e83ada3cca57dc83d7664c0a2aaa9e2c967a2d770f6d2ec
314a20fe97730197
39572a9f6a4a5a882c770391e4bdbea017e643ade0735fcc29f433c859774e78
a3c77279dc9f6b00
815256c42c8f8594596a75f3e6093771134aecf3b23eae29769c0f85e42c7a59
c6a822d537122ef7
8142c3dffe58c79f50398ecc769405f108da248ac1dee5752196acfb510fc36b
59fd5f783018cbf8
937f96d0703bb0afcf9127125e1d131923c4aca9de157412eb074657300bc700
e9a0d9a1deb24807
c2817bd4f389371b6037e2c407a6eb10a297f466f839ab85395caf016bd2e37a
35e2a230edacc2ab
5d5e03fd159a0631e943d10b4f9d11af1d0bfed7fe5c35642cbd1bd2bd92d83b
20bae53c09de764a
9e50740030ffd31c22fa2aef3e42650ba14dcd0755130356e7994351bc6483f3
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
__ __ __
/ / / /__ ____/ /__
/ _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/
/_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\
____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ____
|_ /|_ / _ \/ __/( _ )/ __/
_/_ __/\_, / _ \/ _ / _ \
/____/____/___/\___/\___/\___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... .... 38.6 3bdf .f |
| 1. ffda ba7a 7.c9 af26 1f |
| 2. 155f 2.6f 5bed ce.4 2f |
| 3. 5c4e 26ab f3e5 91d9 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 91d9 2196 a2