# on receiving block 288698 here $ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2026-01-26T04:18:04Z # as written in the block header 2026-01-26T04:17:46Z $ uptime # since last reboot 04:18:04 up 165 days, 14:08, 0 users, load average: 0.77, 0.83, 1.53 $ battery.sh 42%, Power Supply Online $ uname -smnr Linux singer 6.12.40-0-lts x86_64 $ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo MemAvailable: 1772780 kB $ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet 264M .bitcoin/signet/indexes 19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets 551M .bitcoin/signet/blocks 3.3G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate 4.1G .bitcoin/signet $ df -h . Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 912G 835G 76G 92% / $ bitcoind -version Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.1.0 bitcoind Copyright (C) 2009-2025 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 288698 $ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 288698); echo $BH 0000000c0ab6bffa940c6fc6a8b0a34f73cd772070ef271daa43a65bdbf7e2a8 $ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000c0ab6bffa940c6fc6a8b0a34f73cd772070ef271daa43a65bdbf7e2a8 { "hash": "0000000c0ab6bffa940c6fc6a8b0a34f73cd772070ef271daa43a65bdbf7e2a8", "confirmations": 1, "height": 288698, "version": 536870912, "versionHex": "20000000", "merkleroot": "b60045e7f501f07bad670534d396537e3cac52ff91d41d908a8b2112296fe7f2", "time": 1769401066, "mediantime": 1769398641, "nonce": 142179921, "bits": "1d157c9b", "target": "000000157c9b0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "difficulty": 0.04653962099342757, "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a72da6a99b0", "nTx": 33, "previousblockhash": "000000139a6d7fc375ab091012729db4f4aab1fb680427a8263dde14d3f63783" } $ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - - .... ...c .ab6 bffa 94.c 6fc6 a8b. a34f 73cd 772. 7.ef 271d aa43 a65b dbf7 e2a8 $ : 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 288698 sf: ...c .ab6 94.c a8b. 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 . 288698 sk: e2a8 91 $ : 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 . 288698 ak: 232d 91 ### niceblack moved to the end $ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo { "loaded": true, "size": 0, "bytes": 0, "usage": 64, "total_fee": 0.00000000, "maxmempool": 100000000, "mempoolminfee": 0.00000100, "minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100, "incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100, "unbroadcastcount": 0, "fullrbf": true, "permitbaremultisig": true, "maxdatacarriersize": 100000 } $ gmm.sh 229 ## Current epoch estimation is +0.38% ## 410 of 2016, i.e. 20%, 1606 to go ## Current and previous two in numbers: $ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 334279.0972494975 $ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 288287 333005.7574254622 $ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 286271 335362.2796681721 $ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 288698 { "avgfee": 35809, "avgfeerate": 17, "avgtxsize": 3951, "blockhash": "0000000c0ab6bffa940c6fc6a8b0a34f73cd772070ef271daa43a65bdbf7e2a8", "feerate_percentiles": [ 1, 1, 26, 26, 26 ], "height": 288698, "ins": 33, "maxfee": 1048433, "maxfeerate": 200, "maxtxsize": 80624, "medianfee": 345, "mediantime": 1769398641, "mediantxsize": 188, "minfee": 140, "minfeerate": 0, "mintxsize": 188, "outs": 1256, "subsidy": 2500000000, "swtotal_size": 126435, "swtotal_weight": 255981, "swtxs": 32, "time": 1769401066, "total_out": 2616198208008, "total_size": 126435, "total_weight": 255981, "totalfee": 1145917, "txs": 33, "utxo_increase": 1223, "utxo_size_inc": 90450, "utxo_increase_actual": 1197, "utxo_size_inc_actual": 88584 } $ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals { "totalbytesrecv": 336233530, "totalbytessent": 20038762384, "timemillis": 1769401085376, "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 v30.1.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:30.1.0/ ipv4 npr total block manual in 2 1 3 out 12 0 12 3 1 total 14 1 15 Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre Local addresses: n/a $ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo { "addresses_known": { "ipv4": 1311, "ipv6": 0, "onion": 0, "i2p": 0, "cjdns": 0, "total": 1311 } } ### 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 82b27e77426c9cf3 5a4000e91050fd06458cc4fac9ef2cd01ba5d6cae2cb1a18e46a601080fe9496 c0f47823976b423a b8bc86e1e4895e4944416d2ace8d4d89aac44a3e0f856f82ed0e6fda8d469af4 758232c1705f1bcd a7b3844abc4ce0356ef03f760aac2fa505d75ab340702b3447488a01a2c56090 a9e407828463a7f3 f237a6847c409a5e9ef536c72cd1328ebb422a1f7894beb833bdb46ed074986e a4dda9c03849be5c aee7c21551ede989e596a0d632b4967a27470cfab0ad8ecf6322f4946e0d3353 df20edf7a92caa16 5f90aaab5d53f4f5a9998332a9483093f75e46c2943ed62bfc7aa0bcf625fcbf 2422645f1d448cf3 6029b029a5b4d9f3758dde2e0f9fdbc90d7d7910fb616f2eefc4cb8ee1b9a54b a101beaee0a2a9f8 de0d44f584c3e5e7971048beb7a661dbdc1a995ac11efddfbb0260a93294a666 e917d4178d0408a9 b678876f70a6b5f0b48781a366f6e0739a9c326598d59df2a560d8e9fc176f2c 2765579ac88b05dc ff8462b8a92d630fc38c51c0c39e5fb5df554907f0302fb0e5cf7039f98145a2 $ niceblack.sh $BH $BC | | | _ \ | _ \ _| | / _.__/_|\___/\__|_\_\ _ ) _ ) _ ) / _ \ _ ) / _ \ _ \ _ \\_ / _ \ ___|\___/\___/\___/ _/\___/ ,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----, | | | .. .... ...c .ab6 bffa .f | | 1. 94.c 6fc6 a8b. a34f 1f | | 2. 73cd 772. 7.ef 271d 2f | | 3. aa43 a65b dbf7 e2a8 3f | '=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===' ak: 232d 91