# on receiving block 314904 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-07-26T17:46:33Z
# as written in the block header
2026-07-26T17:46:21Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
17:46:33 up 30 days, 10:18, 0 users, load average: 1.19, 1.32, 1.46
$ battery.sh
146%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1670076 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
316M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
573M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.9G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.9G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 435G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.1.0 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
314904
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 314904); echo $BH
00000006abe080d0db31c4ca0fef727f717f2fb68f1e715ffea7211deb2e1ccb
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000006abe080d0db31c4ca0fef727f717f2fb68f1e715ffea7211deb2e1ccb
{
"hash": "00000006abe080d0db31c4ca0fef727f717f2fb68f1e715ffea7211deb2e1ccb",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 314904,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "e605a36347277b0be1f060cfe805be3e16e41b7254abd43f48021d882dc780e7",
"time": 1785087981,
"mediantime": 1785084955,
"nonce": 94934522,
"bits": "1d14d6ea",
"target": "00000014d6ea0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04798504544795561,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f559565feb9",
"nTx": 71,
"previousblockhash": "0000000e02b9f79d6bc81810058f66c7b6bfd82387b71a0cf21af6e660564dc6"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...6 abe. 8.d.
db31 c4ca .fef 727f
717f 2fb6 8f1e 715f
fea7 211d eb2e 1ccb
$ : 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
314904 sf: ...6 abe. 8.d. .fef 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 .
314904 sk: 1ccb b1
$ : 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 .
314904 ak: c18a b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
314904 jk: 1ccb c18a b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 1,
"bytes": 142,
"usage": 4872,
"total_fee": 0.00000480,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"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
198
## Current epoch estimation is +1.14%
## 408 of 2016, i.e. 20%, 1608 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
347414.9558933232
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 312479
346247.1658164694
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 314904
{
"avgfee": 479,
"avgfeerate": 0,
"avgtxsize": 690,
"blockhash": "00000006abe080d0db31c4ca0fef727f717f2fb68f1e715ffea7211deb2e1ccb",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
0,
1,
1
],
"height": 314904,
"ins": 123,
"maxfee": 14479,
"maxfeerate": 8,
"maxtxsize": 26022,
"medianfee": 154,
"mediantime": 1785084955,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 823,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 48178,
"swtotal_weight": 160168,
"swtxs": 69,
"time": 1785087981,
"total_out": 3395949079420,
"total_size": 48320,
"total_weight": 160736,
"totalfee": 33558,
"txs": 71,
"utxo_increase": 700,
"utxo_size_inc": 56149,
"utxo_increase_actual": 661,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 51264
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 70407334,
"totalbytessent": 1439856129,
"timemillis": 1785087994086,
"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 v31.1.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:31.1.0/
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": 983,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 983
}
}
### 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
9c92af8aca057984
309492354f9430efe587c47da8b4744f99b64fdf9128f9f31492a4effa7e5a02
ccac5f3d92a6d821
4f2f0d5756d18640e43f0f9add356d99169813eab33915f33e5b7d35a3763b02
452672d5c724a2d1
aca2dc955c5aea819fe8ab39b48dc7fbd0ac7a49287c1aff617373df52b5d6f7
8063f4d9bd3f3283
948b9a9a7dfeb0fa23965d38028074f0112c437ac45325c4764e908218bb63b1
a545afa7dcf490f4
6f995d400501197fe2ea92e20baec44d5f699947fc99d50028154825c0cab8d1
fa08293583b9d96a
04a16f90960a83308cfae0916e3df915e56f8953d9e433ab2d702f5556252f06
911ef86f97905f5f
dedf28818085e478a7506f2f0909c9d75e82683ef6c1e6fd6a81933c4b3602d1
1e317f594ee5ba7c
30db562735e46401c1a04c1bd583283cbdf5a0fec5710bbf42aa448211a5985a
b9b0a871269301e0
bdd5db17b87a3181a9f90e3216fe69ce4c9326c389993d9ed545db47d0b8069f
82b27e77426c9cf3
b09e971cb82eb7d5161e0eea3da32cb5eb85826a065fa11e6727ab4a39d77e9b
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_ _ _
| | | | | |
| | | | __ __ | |
|/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_)
\_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/
___ , __ __
/ \/|| | / | / \ | |
__/ ||__|_\_/|| ||__|_
\ | | || | |
\___/ | | | \__/ |
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...6 abe. 8.d. .f |
| 1. db31 c4ca .fef 727f 1f |
| 2. 717f 2fb6 8f1e 715f 2f |
| 3. fea7 211d eb2e 1ccb 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 1ccb c18a b1