# on receiving block 314020 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-07-20T14:04:19Z
# as written in the block header
2026-07-20T14:04:10Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
14:04:19 up 24 days, 6:35, 0 users, load average: 0.66, 0.64, 0.71
$ battery.sh
142%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1803168 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
315M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
557M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.9G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.8G .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
314020
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 314020); echo $BH
000000147afa370159108ab753c455b78288c21e81f7f0d4483db5536ded282d
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000147afa370159108ab753c455b78288c21e81f7f0d4483db5536ded282d
{
"hash": "000000147afa370159108ab753c455b78288c21e81f7f0d4483db5536ded282d",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 314020,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "57d4642da71c0c45a40d4ffc8a7723eb55d913f33dac25754366c002480dc754",
"time": 1784556250,
"mediantime": 1784552614,
"nonce": 68942933,
"bits": "1d14ab71",
"target": "00000014ab710000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04837927401929265,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f2afa160a32",
"nTx": 120,
"previousblockhash": "00000000b83e91c030c3bef9d6a9364ef00bb693eb4d267456e67874e7ca50aa"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..14 7afa 37.1
591. 8ab7 53c4 55b7
8288 c21e 81f7 f.d4
483d b553 6ded 282d
$ : 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
314020 sf: ..14 37.1 591. f.d4 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 .
314020 sk: 282d 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 .
314020 ak: 112. b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
314020 jk: 282d 112. b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 1,
"bytes": 142,
"usage": 18568,
"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
355
## Current epoch estimation is -0.89%
## 1540 of 2016, i.e. 76%, 476 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
343136.4888113214
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 312479
346247.1658164694
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 310463
337230.1211738132
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 314020
{
"avgfee": 17643,
"avgfeerate": 54,
"avgtxsize": 461,
"blockhash": "000000147afa370159108ab753c455b78288c21e81f7f0d4483db5536ded282d",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
2,
2,
50
],
"height": 314020,
"ins": 198,
"maxfee": 1687630,
"maxfeerate": 10197,
"maxtxsize": 12955,
"medianfee": 300,
"mediantime": 1784552614,
"mediantxsize": 234,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 656,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 54819,
"swtotal_weight": 154539,
"swtxs": 118,
"time": 1784556250,
"total_out": 3180774386863,
"total_size": 54961,
"total_weight": 155107,
"totalfee": 2099605,
"txs": 120,
"utxo_increase": 458,
"utxo_size_inc": 35887,
"utxo_increase_actual": 421,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 31128
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 253802171,
"totalbytessent": 3228934642,
"timemillis": 1784556259376,
"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": 1034,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1034
}
}
### 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
445b52dc0347458c
2cbee44dcc6ba58cd51e4128cfc455ac96097ade67256bf6060108b5db620a88
a8e0ddb58abca302
2db7c788a028515e67718fc7ec771772eb69d36ce5c831c8e9e26cf45b61951c
d26dc11e642083e6
358568213053663fdc2975a66bd55911e8f66ddfb59a6d20a9e8a1e416327db0
682b09874b2d3b52
6c0fe6b120058c23906658c967f0eb4e7cde60cca088d19903471d4ffe9047eb
4c5cd41e91d07bde
895594e8e9e2b0b067b2a727a9aba043f916ddcf6cfc5a7ceb2ee63ff8924d69
131ffd1dacd3414b
a46315fe4823b856db91edadf1ab1f528dd7053bb1dca442ea0078b8f74f51a3
83eb80a17c14524b
4022fe7734a327304f133f126e5a7ca523fb3205f39c58b33d609d8036460c5b
013c52f195cea14a
84e461c8fc2194d1d6f80b6a5d40e45ecbd1c4c8d36d0fde0d52325fd918c2b9
82b27e77426c9cf3
1e909361d47eb40e0c0f2a06e6e6ea50cbfbc092ec46dfa2781ed6d526c15996
9c92af8aca057984
57dc309d1d6a5384d826e9bd96a735f7dc75aa8dbf882b44c3449a3378031792
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
____ __ _ _ ___ ___ ___
|___ \/_ | || | / _ \__ \ / _ \
__) || | || |_ | | | | ) | | | |
|__ < | |__ _| | | | |/ /| | | |
___) || | | | | |_| / /_| |_| |
|____/ |_| |_| \___/____|\___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ..14 7afa 37.1 .f |
| 1. 591. 8ab7 53c4 55b7 1f |
| 2. 8288 c21e 81f7 f.d4 2f |
| 3. 483d b553 6ded 282d 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 282d 112. b1