# on receiving block 294994 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-03-10T17:24:50Z
# as written in the block header
2026-03-10T17:24:16Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
17:24:49 up 21 days, 22:55, 0 users, load average: 2.26, 2.17, 2.00
$ battery.sh
100%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2032524 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
277M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
567M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.4G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.3G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 434G 478G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v30.2.0 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
294994
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 294994); echo $BH
0000000511ec83276debc42c5dcec20d17a907fd3b9b23482255893e5b9158db
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000511ec83276debc42c5dcec20d17a907fd3b9b23482255893e5b9158db
{
"hash": "0000000511ec83276debc42c5dcec20d17a907fd3b9b23482255893e5b9158db",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 294994,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "b8f743b81da8898559056520c6eba1c8599e6c14d338915231dfb1e488f629b6",
"time": 1773163456,
"mediantime": 1773159184,
"nonce": 262105091,
"bits": "1d14dfe4",
"target": "00000014dfe40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04790444111119883,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b9ce640b651",
"nTx": 38,
"previousblockhash": "000000000fccad8afc10d8215972d710ec934f5e310ecd8bdd7b3b37a6ae4f74"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...5 11ec 8327
6deb c42c 5dce c2.d
17a9 .7fd 3b9b 2348
2255 893e 5b91 58db
$ : 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
294994 sf: ...5 c2.d .7fd 58db
$ : 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 .
294994 sk: 58db 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 .
294994 ak: .46c c1
### 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
168
## Current epoch estimation is -2.06%
## 658 of 2016, i.e. 32%, 1358 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
335641.6211722744
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 294335
342715.3572314463
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 292319
339762.2850817262
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 294994
{
"avgfee": 733,
"avgfeerate": 1,
"avgtxsize": 1101,
"blockhash": "0000000511ec83276debc42c5dcec20d17a907fd3b9b23482255893e5b9158db",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
1,
1,
1
],
"height": 294994,
"ins": 80,
"maxfee": 19547,
"maxfeerate": 3,
"maxtxsize": 16444,
"medianfee": 14,
"mediantime": 1773159184,
"mediantxsize": 188,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 180,
"outs": 559,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 40751,
"swtotal_weight": 108188,
"swtxs": 37,
"time": 1773163456,
"total_out": 2778431405793,
"total_size": 40751,
"total_weight": 108188,
"totalfee": 27156,
"txs": 38,
"utxo_increase": 479,
"utxo_size_inc": 35461,
"utxo_increase_actual": 449,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 33264
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 303544666,
"totalbytessent": 9470762691,
"timemillis": 1773163490867,
"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 v30.2.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 4 4
out 11 11 2 1
total 15 15
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1923,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1923
}
}
### 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
58cf5f4588d41478
1ec1061541cba339b6d6ff0bbba90eaa75347487a164060bc7f1fb6039bb58f5
82b27e77426c9cf3
9a1678d2e231c1ae6a15d1e148d1a3aa921f92a74fbdb92fa1230595312af704
d26dc11e642083e6
57149bde3f5683d329bd38e36e0a3c351bc45d98ab049665d3e0e1f9309bddf3
f17ef791f09a6e12
bbac244209642232f50aed12fadff433f1f5cc4868c5f434ecc20dfdea2da8ab
ef33457b76d2201b
ed448ac93ae2e9f7c1542cfd7884cdd250d1f46f143f5b9a140ef828ddb8d8e2
989773dc541b27e7
f1c4f931a56557c2d3304a6a06e608a7a71fd3ff3398be131d4a4e4108b3a51e
4d5a6f34b155c53d
63418246ac94b746c4d1e7e3bbd2a1bcc25de1cb989ddad87a6c42ede3b5140d
6a69e8fdd463cfa0
d5ef774b7eab268317d72eeb519634e61cffadd4cda70f027e19fcded6b44e75
5e1139162a0dc983
f21a749fe718a3b6e168003a800ebc726c2eca50f6621a9347cf861bbf93ced1
223b720634c689be
1edf2c18b2d8e9231c6e4a0c22b252936db9b76d1f928ef04b9ae4a80d51a8f2
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
___ ___ _ _
|__ \ / _ \| || |
) | (_) | || |_
/ / \__, |__ _|
/ /_ / / | |
|____| /_/ |_|
___ ___ _ _
/ _ \ / _ \| || |
| (_) | (_) | || |_
\__, |\__, |__ _|
/ / / / | |
/_/ /_/ |_|
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...5 11ec 8327 .f |
| 1. 6deb c42c 5dce c2.d 1f |
| 2. 17a9 .7fd 3b9b 2348 2f |
| 3. 2255 893e 5b91 58db 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
ak: .46c c1