# on receiving block 301765 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-04-26T10:30:20Z
# as written in the block header
2026-04-26T10:29:56Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
10:30:20 up 38 days, 1:23, 0 users, load average: 1.53, 1.94, 1.76
$ battery.sh
156%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1713320 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
291M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
520M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.6G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.5G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 435G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0rc4 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
301765
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 301765); echo $BH
0000000b8780f81fe721accae1650698d75bb69096683d5af2c0fa8b596e8865
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000b8780f81fe721accae1650698d75bb69096683d5af2c0fa8b596e8865
{
"hash": "0000000b8780f81fe721accae1650698d75bb69096683d5af2c0fa8b596e8865",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 301765,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "33dac10b2fc9fc3138115e8227417b0d39206971ab026013e6f3da7bbd51a251",
"time": 1777199396,
"mediantime": 1777195906,
"nonce": 194090707,
"bits": "1d14a616",
"target": "00000014a6160000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.0484282882981412,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cddbd94dd40",
"nTx": 116,
"previousblockhash": "0000000618a927861ddae800a2a79fb5140c6b11b575e15ef7b5ddd798ff187d"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...b 878. f81f
e721 acca e165 .698
d75b b69. 9668 3d5a
f2c. fa8b 596e 8865
$ : 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
301765 sf: ...b 878. .698 b69. 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 .
301765 sk: 8865 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 .
301765 ak: c.3b a1
$ : Following is the jointkode
301765 jk: 8865 c.3b a1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 4,
"bytes": 687,
"usage": 30064,
"total_fee": 0.00000480,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
221
## Current epoch estimation is -1.58%
## 1381 of 2016, i.e. 68%, 635 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
340957.3332086052
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 300383
346462.8663674932
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 298367
336459.3161092782
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 301765
{
"avgfee": 2533,
"avgfeerate": 5,
"avgtxsize": 735,
"blockhash": "0000000b8780f81fe721accae1650698d75bb69096683d5af2c0fa8b596e8865",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
1,
6,
9,
9
],
"height": 301765,
"ins": 400,
"maxfee": 111144,
"maxfeerate": 11,
"maxtxsize": 26970,
"medianfee": 269,
"mediantime": 1777195906,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 54,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 457,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 84457,
"swtotal_weight": 195307,
"swtxs": 114,
"time": 1777199396,
"total_out": 3419779754256,
"total_size": 84599,
"total_weight": 195875,
"totalfee": 291331,
"txs": 116,
"utxo_increase": 57,
"utxo_size_inc": 5126,
"utxo_increase_actual": 20,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 1095
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 288326426,
"totalbytessent": 7418506420,
"timemillis": 1777199420721,
"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 v31.0.0rc4 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/
ipv4 npr total block manual
in 1 1 2
out 11 0 11 2 1
total 12 1 13
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1281,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1281
}
}
### 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
02bcf475afe48ca6
78b4f983fc2a958798c1132a6fae14cf8a10b9481a3328c31b5fee7f470ae8ee
a9e407828463a7f3
8e5cb0029c644d149b281880f27099318d707c469d6d1d5f647c50d3901a0ac5
6f13f8eeb1cbbceb
3182ff86bc671f0cd6a1157a8152502e7de8b0032cfb5bb132e779e718ca958e
fff865c49b20595b
7ef08fb675930d37743fa33d21ed24b9199d8aef1009e24fdc33d6f398b461ae
a4dda9c03849be5c
da62f28ff996ff792affc4433379b63d11d1293b2a880b35db3e693f28b8b910
82b27e77426c9cf3
f84a1f62510237be5253cf44771e75c8b9d2ae233eaebef863d130e5d552c00b
f78ac7a6ec9d7800
0c694cb0486fbec019f1ad04afde43ada2acc5ef6c608fdf2112e92a9e197502
1be57ab10ba0682c
d32569133ace5b19e3b2fd23df124541cec56166df59e4b1e7d6590769eed0cb
527f54bf5318bcef
52eabe2cb33b6951990ae93e154847c2bdc91ea6732b4bc1b5d27d9ca42c1f87
cf9c68fec812bf69
ff73228d36187a5fac4909439d79317ee818677c98faa2ac75449317c45f4bb9
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_ _ _
| |__| |___ __| |__
| '_ \ / _ \/ _| / /
|_.__/_\___/\__|_\_\
____ __ _ ____ __ ___
|__ // \/ |__ / /| __|
|_ \ () | | / / _ \__ \
|___/\__/|_|/_/\___/___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...b 878. f81f .f |
| 1. e721 acca e165 .698 1f |
| 2. d75b b69. 9668 3d5a 2f |
| 3. f2c. fa8b 596e 8865 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 8865 c.3b a1