# on receiving block 317914 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-16T06:04:28Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-16T06:04:08Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
06:04:28 up 50 days, 22:35, 0 users, load average: 1.80, 2.06, 3.11
$ battery.sh
169%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1469236 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
333M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
547M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.1G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
5.0G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 436G 476G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b 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
317914
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 317914); echo $BH
00000014084a01f40d843c9fcbd1bf12f204839d153758f0b2fbd5d6ad266f0f
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000014084a01f40d843c9fcbd1bf12f204839d153758f0b2fbd5d6ad266f0f
{
"hash": "00000014084a01f40d843c9fcbd1bf12f204839d153758f0b2fbd5d6ad266f0f",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 317914,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "259d658f42d239105184adbbe51c36d6c746bd49b4349658272acb5ba4774389",
"time": 1786860248,
"mediantime": 1786858444,
"nonce": 120898407,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fe76a6b35f9",
"nTx": 854,
"previousblockhash": "000000042264edf635d541d0b5766e25e7dd2f9a0f32e1a56bc43568c63dd5fd"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..14 .84a .1f4
.d84 3c9f cbd1 bf12
f2.4 839d 1537 58f.
b2fb d5d6 ad26 6f.f
$ : 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
317914 sf: ..14 .84a .1f4 .d84 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 .
317914 sk: 6f.f 81
$ : 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 .
317914 ak: d528 81
$ : Following is the jointkode
317914 jk: 6f0f d528 81
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 45859,
"bytes": 35901118,
"usage": 223152584,
"total_fee": 0.94460921,
"maxmempool": 300000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
196
## Current epoch estimation is +2.7%
## 1402 of 2016, i.e. 69%, 614 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
360005.8985401036
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 317914
{
"avgfee": 1291,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 452,
"blockhash": "00000014084a01f40d843c9fcbd1bf12f204839d153758f0b2fbd5d6ad266f0f",
"feerate_percentiles": [
2,
4,
4,
5,
5
],
"height": 317914,
"ins": 1729,
"maxfee": 285233,
"maxfeerate": 149,
"maxtxsize": 53757,
"medianfee": 1000,
"mediantime": 1786858444,
"mediantxsize": 382,
"minfee": 0,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 3407,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 386140,
"swtotal_weight": 989302,
"swtxs": 852,
"time": 1786860248,
"total_out": 3313783892024,
"total_size": 386282,
"total_weight": 989870,
"totalfee": 1101940,
"txs": 854,
"utxo_increase": 1678,
"utxo_size_inc": 133721,
"utxo_increase_actual": 1640,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 128596
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 774481636,
"totalbytessent": 6936235317,
"timemillis": 1786860268837,
"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 v31.99.0-gff01e5af948d11f2c44aac032591fd621ee6997b signet - server 70017/Satoshi:31.99.0/
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": 24892,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24897
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
9 "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
c2df4db43254cb32
ad38ae1ae57443f58e46c945507dbb21df88b6b5a9761893a37e5f362390e17c
82b27e77426c9cf3
c9f8f9e20d3b87a71e744e3f296446d7dd62b6bad0bbc2fa470bedf73ffc8ea9
df5170d29dca6f76
1d38b06ad97f4df3e6ec5d5662145a85cce9e036af6553b22cfd29c91553e870
cde2eb7fe15f140e
be46d32c643ca0c93a5c2d00abec5661670dabfda674f292dad922722523ee4d
fa08293583b9d96a
1d1921d6a45f9f9362d8a412fd951d68ea7559c9d3378f4c62c669dfd79ceaef
b238f700f288e393
7ef69fba898561412a1a2e61fc0a917dad1b5e2b758597e3c219b1f8f7aefa2f
8063f4d9bd3f3283
ecc74edc320e01fca07be8990434fe88b1b1309c5ed912dc5b601b9e1565c318
b4d832fe47ef3830
13c1bb1926657bc2d20ed9a80d530223bd940832cf7ec74cf29c3c69b084c30c
58dda33f1e9595a9
7d886fbd9b48bf53a5a5db485c62547c12f43f2c42697ecfdbbce756ca270031
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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