# on receiving block 313693 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-07-18T10:59:43Z
# as written in the block header
2026-07-18T10:59:29Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
10:59:42 up 22 days, 3:31, 0 users, load average: 1.14, 1.07, 0.91
$ battery.sh
146%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1832944 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
315M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
539M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.9G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.8G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 436G 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
313693
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 313693); echo $BH
0000000cd7244279a788ced47fff98fdd5626ffaa4f22277c5049647cfa34409
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 0000000cd7244279a788ced47fff98fdd5626ffaa4f22277c5049647cfa34409
{
"hash": "0000000cd7244279a788ced47fff98fdd5626ffaa4f22277c5049647cfa34409",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 313693,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "edd0a1f9829b7888414ae5565a7a413e7e0c7d5f8b898c51e14f3f4a5d2d24c6",
"time": 1784372369,
"mediantime": 1784367225,
"nonce": 107987593,
"bits": "1d14ab71",
"target": "00000014ab710000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04837927401929265,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f1b2819384c",
"nTx": 96,
"previousblockhash": "000000137561f7932df98de4a1a478c1adfe4a0f9902386249b2c297fbfce9e9"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...c d724 4279
a788 ced4 7fff 98fd
d562 6ffa a4f2 2277
c5.4 9647 cfa3 44.9
$ : 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
313693 sf: ...c c5.4 44.9
$ : 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 .
313693 sk: 44.9 c1
$ : 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 .
313693 ak: fffb c1
$ : Following is the jointkode
313693 jk: 4409 fffb c1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 1,
"bytes": 142,
"usage": 14440,
"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
205
## Current epoch estimation is -1.71%
## 1213 of 2016, i.e. 60%, 803 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
340300.0809234889
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 312479
346247.1658164694
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 310463
337230.1211738132
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 313693
{
"avgfee": 58276,
"avgfeerate": 51,
"avgtxsize": 1703,
"blockhash": "0000000cd7244279a788ced47fff98fdd5626ffaa4f22277c5049647cfa34409",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
2,
2,
2,
2
],
"height": 313693,
"ins": 638,
"maxfee": 4988478,
"maxfeerate": 30141,
"maxtxsize": 42030,
"medianfee": 154,
"mediantime": 1784367225,
"mediantxsize": 205,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 1862,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 161736,
"swtotal_weight": 431238,
"swtxs": 94,
"time": 1784372369,
"total_out": 3035084663298,
"total_size": 161878,
"total_weight": 431806,
"totalfee": 5536285,
"txs": 96,
"utxo_increase": 1224,
"utxo_size_inc": 92387,
"utxo_increase_actual": 1187,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 87648
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 223543384,
"totalbytessent": 2713950624,
"timemillis": 1784372383349,
"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 4 4
out 11 11 2 1
total 15 15
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
13 "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
c0528ddd9e8cb6fc
ff977e0df8e12b611217407da1c8f6838173c1beaa9a7b787d37c114c2be5cd3
82b27e77426c9cf3
718a28b5f52206f46cb3e4c0c513994f61bad862baccc1b8d7d8915c2bde2ba1
9c42b131cbafed94
4c809343d15e78df596fd2d772d07930359dd045da5c4e605aab9658a3342ba2
c6963b343d29a419
f5eceaf8458dcb7d420014f857530d5a6896995a68da20218c62e1bf56f79b5b
cab8c858635df991
b9af9d900752558830537131ca8e5f7c556ac6780c49ae9272874bd49060bfc5
02bcf475afe48ca6
634d6bc3c0db121f08978afba237cb51917a6480cca9008eb2fcbc93425a9c1c
d1aaa84ff0573a7e
c583e981c94b03fd776dbb7eb6e4b4230ee634d8578bc2684c0947a4a8fc5e18
b3e24c6b888efdbb
84688ed6f87e026d4b48ead98ce767a32568a70d50d162043d09d923dbb35742
7b4566df59a7b36f
61e2ec02bb95a3cf4783c2b9f7c617b937b4b246b0eb885d46d99ecb1b741847
be5a7ef59682eb56
d166b7ce0fd5ef46a28bae4187f9a09b207562f198f6f34d2052702cd43b4211
d065e7ce9a3d72db
f902f61c5538ba375f321b54d68fa1b826cdd8909019437cac52a8d198dca186
e18222937e63b939
dcc33f1f3b2da3eb32639de8a2ed85a085d37002efa4ea7053ed4423d6b3e4df
2ed2af68762c1d1e
2502949ed305ca55e1c261fedb344e96af8da02a599fb38bbe39f5b4df850c7f
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
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