# on receiving block 316861 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-09T03:41:13Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-09T03:40:44Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
03:41:13 up 43 days, 20:12, 0 users, load average: 0.63, 0.89, 0.98
$ battery.sh
176%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2020660 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
327M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
527M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.0G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.9G .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
316861
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 316861); echo $BH
000000071042621c0cfb4809fc16f4d6a82d384dcea17006291549edfd2eacad
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000071042621c0cfb4809fc16f4d6a82d384dcea17006291549edfd2eacad
{
"hash": "000000071042621c0cfb4809fc16f4d6a82d384dcea17006291549edfd2eacad",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 316861,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "8a2584501a9356e9c33b8cefc9a35b96bbd20c47e3503772204944d0076ec65f",
"time": 1786246844,
"mediantime": 1786243225,
"nonce": 180140144,
"bits": "1d146a9f",
"target": "000000146a9f0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04897927153283035,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fb3d6f91baa",
"nTx": 898,
"previousblockhash": "000000047c82512525de0d09b822afdebd810a3b5eaa8769cba1a134ea816d7e"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...7 1.42 621c
.cfb 48.9 fc16 f4d6
a82d 384d cea1 7..6
2915 49ed fd2e acad
$ : 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
316861 sf: ...7 1.42 .cfb 48.9 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 .
316861 sk: acad a1
$ : 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 .
316861 ak: 21d7 a1
$ : Following is the jointkode
316861 jk: acad 21d7 a1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 468,
"bytes": 80786,
"usage": 598296,
"total_fee": 0.00136488,
"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
179
## Current epoch estimation is -0.1%
## 349 of 2016, i.e. 17%, 1667 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
350141.6392184458
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 316511
350509.8283946097
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 316861
{
"avgfee": 1510,
"avgfeerate": 5,
"avgtxsize": 360,
"blockhash": "000000071042621c0cfb4809fc16f4d6a82d384dcea17006291549edfd2eacad",
"feerate_percentiles": [
2,
2,
4,
7,
10
],
"height": 316861,
"ins": 1107,
"maxfee": 434347,
"maxfeerate": 150,
"maxtxsize": 54969,
"medianfee": 1000,
"mediantime": 1786243225,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 4356,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 323615,
"swtotal_weight": 991001,
"swtxs": 896,
"time": 1786246844,
"total_out": 3145077537555,
"total_size": 323757,
"total_weight": 991569,
"totalfee": 1354719,
"txs": 898,
"utxo_increase": 3249,
"utxo_size_inc": 258035,
"utxo_increase_actual": 3213,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 253143
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 54453699,
"totalbytessent": 916633702,
"timemillis": 1786246873628,
"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 3 3
out 11 11 2 1
total 14 14
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 24769,
"ipv6": 5,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 24774
}
}
### 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
563b8894485c6787
3cc4492c73e653b4d6a0e45357523a8eb16c299f94ad6fdace5e6b550bbffbf4
2210ce7d3be228b6
a1129d5ef8c5a7d14153d575d90aa322fa8be4eba2467547cbc21dc04d7dc39a
4e8c7b7107b6dbfc
5a066a2fb0201938ff5ef10728c36654ce637bbe84f0f1afd3f466203ff92148
82b27e77426c9cf3
8e45f16d82cc46fac3bfa37a7762d88f7d03015e86959751d7e941cfef15de7b
52f305e7d8b2c067
63f7b300d2648723fa1638f27351c1a85af2791b24c9dae9ad97c9a012618968
42d6b7498898cae5
51d3d3f81e19e737850e00397f421c49653ad08d5efa46fe591d10ad88b0a1d0
9550b66c9c9a91e5
62e6dff213fe0bdd7ea96594556de6865d0d46a64444b2a275f20d4368e97d60
df810a7bba563f09
757fa62a338042849f46543556fbbe32ec82296aadf016da54894caf4434a6a6
8063f4d9bd3f3283
0caf338eba35926a34dbb36f18c164e01e025c1f7df060619c27c2f9020cd120
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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