# on receiving block 315780 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-08-01T21:32:22Z
# as written in the block header
2026-08-01T21:32:12Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
21:32:22 up 36 days, 14:03, 0 users, load average: 2.24, 2.22, 2.12
$ battery.sh
145%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1517048 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
321M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
494M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.0G .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
315780
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 315780); echo $BH
0000000b054267707cb0ce4f3065cf094de76136a21a1f609a8a39a0fb93873a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000b054267707cb0ce4f3065cf094de76136a21a1f609a8a39a0fb93873a
{
"hash": "0000000b054267707cb0ce4f3065cf094de76136a21a1f609a8a39a0fb93873a",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 315780,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "a517f7bd18ebb8e7842efc905a320135bc325a8e6f2fbd57d5cd62503c464060",
"time": 1785619932,
"mediantime": 1785618923,
"nonce": 75841270,
"bits": "1d14d6ea",
"target": "00000014d6ea0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04798504544795561,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f7f9e7f3725",
"nTx": 49,
"previousblockhash": "000000083bc30ee5f5d16f9694b2d779acb1f6632c0fdae093bd5aa91f9a9f53"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...b .542 677.
7cb. ce4f 3.65 cf.9
4de7 6136 a21a 1f6.
9a8a 39a. fb93 873a
$ : 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
315780 sf: ...b .542 677. 7cb. 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 .
315780 sk: 873a 71
$ : 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 .
315780 ak: 6182 71
$ : Following is the jointkode
315780 jk: 873a 6182 71
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 97,
"bytes": 16206,
"usage": 123264,
"total_fee": 0.00130766,
"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
311
## Current epoch estimation is +1.02%
## 1284 of 2016, i.e. 63%, 732 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
346993.3528910701
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 314495
343484.4943123722
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 312479
346247.1658164694
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 315780
{
"avgfee": 1941,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 495,
"blockhash": "0000000b054267707cb0ce4f3065cf094de76136a21a1f609a8a39a0fb93873a",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
0,
0,
2
],
"height": 315780,
"ins": 51,
"maxfee": 27150,
"maxfeerate": 149,
"maxtxsize": 11439,
"medianfee": 17,
"mediantime": 1785618923,
"mediantxsize": 191,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 407,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 23645,
"swtotal_weight": 76715,
"swtxs": 47,
"time": 1785619932,
"total_out": 1214152488329,
"total_size": 23787,
"total_weight": 77283,
"totalfee": 93184,
"txs": 49,
"utxo_increase": 356,
"utxo_size_inc": 28073,
"utxo_increase_actual": 311,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 22704
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 236376971,
"totalbytessent": 6128143477,
"timemillis": 1785619942474,
"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 7 7
out 11 11 2 1
total 18 18
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 972,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 972
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
16 "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
9550b66c9c9a91e5
6ef263cfb0efd20ea94ba65a1eee88fd7cbceca02fc82f9621602f67800c1c6c
c47f9308f875cb6f
3af78d335d69c04e765dd04d61ae8bf31a7a83a65796840a64d2f363f2136764
acbcec5aeca1972b
8f4f681a39287c8e0609e743b1148ba70d6756e767a2855acb55e57f4ea06158
7338c08342087a97
8381be066ea5bfff4ec6343b2cceafdaa0d3a4b583f6d8034780bcccaecd6554
82b27e77426c9cf3
8d9b96ae5404bfa3fda413f8c9e9beb3478813a3fa3efffe614c67140fec5e73
318db5aec0bb42f2
497be3fa635a9b8efddd021e5c47d57e7af2aa9c7f370d4b57dcbe5f853d2a07
2df6270d415f3c95
446cb0cb5591af67ff2b0892560d2662bd83086a3d809dbee957d50d27b5bdb0
15efa24ad7cf7ca6
fd7502f4a1e637842e5078469a2c5ba9fb0d0e34457fb8fa55881b6a0fd2693f
35e2a230edacc2ab
3135fdc56f3c5dab003aff6c87f9f2cd2ea66dea870f0f35d6dd808d0a3fe047
38d905a743a73543
74cc20f5697a5b858506e4a526d075fca57c9a196992fc5be497804d58522b62
c0528ddd9e8cb6fc
aa9152ad20b610bc03d0385da14d8870e63e986f4dcd4307262e821c1d89fe73
ed507550423d53d2
12bab1a0cbad2298cf7bdee6d8686494a3cf48bccbf0a3bca4e1a4a05ff3d9d1
c1a6a71b41d8531c
402ad7af3b8ea96606883990d7a8b91b6bcd53b29c9888c6a654a06bcd6b44b0
0d2dd137f9694120
fde334b55a65ab45642377768c57e98a29b413a3530522761e46031fbc516f9d
fa66d20d26c4bd9d
b738ce47b88b42d102d204416805422787e79f23e161a29b67b641461352979e
0cd906e9bb25f22b
a274c555d05a5f58a7eea7dfe4a1cb7b3176181dc6a7237f46a5292d34240cc6
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
______________ _________ ____
|__ < / ____/ /__ ( __ )/ __ \
/_ /___ \ / / __ / / / /
___/ / /___/ / / / /_/ / /_/ /
/____/_/_____/ /_/\____/\____/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...b .542 677. .f |
| 1. 7cb. ce4f 3.65 cf.9 1f |
| 2. 4de7 6136 a21a 1f6. 2f |
| 3. 9a8a 39a. fb93 873a 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 873a 6182 71