# on receiving block 298087 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-04-01T08:55:40Z
# as written in the block header
2026-04-01T08:54:03Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
08:55:40 up 12 days, 23:48, 0 users, load average: 2.11, 1.89, 2.14
$ battery.sh
100%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2155036 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
284M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
487M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.5G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
4.3G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 434G 478G 48% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0rc2 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
298087
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 298087); echo $BH
000000014af493f79d61a413a40591c813158c891858927583eb9fe3e60b7cd6
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 000000014af493f79d61a413a40591c813158c891858927583eb9fe3e60b7cd6
{
"hash": "000000014af493f79d61a413a40591c813158c891858927583eb9fe3e60b7cd6",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 298087,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "e3a3241ae9447d1786d28291a990c84f78cbabc819c106d906a8b20977756984",
"time": 1775033643,
"mediantime": 1775031834,
"nonce": 762021113,
"bits": "1d156c72",
"target": "000000156c720000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04667675200745289,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c2ef0569430",
"nTx": 50,
"previousblockhash": "000000028b9daae03219dbdcfee310745dd11a6c3c52013a70e3c9973c299709"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...1 4af4 93f7
9d61 a413 a4.5 91c8
1315 8c89 1858 9275
83eb 9fe3 e6.b 7cd6
$ : 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
298087 sf: ...1 a4.5 e6.b 7cd6
$ : 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 .
298087 sk: 7cd6 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 .
298087 ak: 46d9 c1
$ : Following is the jointkode
298087 jk: 7cd6 46d9 c1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 27,
"bytes": 4223,
"usage": 42872,
"total_fee": 0.00508738,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 64,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
405
## Current epoch estimation is -0.64%
## 1735 of 2016, i.e. 86%, 281 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
331852.400218595
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 296351
334019.4023418721
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 294335
342715.3572314463
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 298087
{
"avgfee": 1175,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 361,
"blockhash": "000000014af493f79d61a413a40591c813158c891858927583eb9fe3e60b7cd6",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
0,
0,
1,
10
],
"height": 298087,
"ins": 52,
"maxfee": 33950,
"maxfeerate": 200,
"maxtxsize": 5951,
"medianfee": 111,
"mediantime": 1775031834,
"mediantxsize": 191,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 142,
"outs": 282,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 17565,
"swtotal_weight": 54426,
"swtxs": 48,
"time": 1775033643,
"total_out": 2980605404192,
"total_size": 17707,
"total_weight": 54994,
"totalfee": 57616,
"txs": 50,
"utxo_increase": 230,
"utxo_size_inc": 17244,
"utxo_increase_actual": 192,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 14355
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 74156957,
"totalbytessent": 1681331378,
"timemillis": 1775033741652,
"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 v31.0rc2 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:31.0.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 5 5
out 11 11 2 1
total 16 16
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 2379,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 2379
}
}
### 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
acbcec5aeca1972b
6070966e1b8392898ee4ee9be508aadbbb9a0519946a77e00bd9b806f9f86ce1
82b27e77426c9cf3
d8e0ee31f0ac508bf48b004f7d07252ae3c6e079e4c311ba346243eecdffe41c
2422645f1d448cf3
7f35f49524b8c8111a368d47f9170ec6beb37aa37f0bebc4b6cb75f7e6f488be
97f39e2ca78e7cad
e45d999712aebf98d6680f493af80112d7bed19ce3ad1495995973d6c4f7d84f
a4dda9c03849be5c
261fe4dc16582c23f96b7dcbe033b4cbf4c48716a4c61aab0d242a2f397be7ba
4c5cd41e91d07bde
616887b754502e974a68c799cdeabf4cae1cdf7278b5ab1b952fd0c5a4b7995d
f6415eea566320dd
dca970ab95c3cb5d78b836a0f7ea635c1afb427263ce395acfae384c31db40fa
d2574d92be05d0a1
7e95ba917ab7714ec929df33563395b90f2aa8e883821b32f64fa946d97591d4
22cc70cc2ddf0fb6
9f4892713c4834362b2cc19d12470bbf09b78895378e6d8d708ce5764a0c2f8a
b3c535f277861b7e
73b39ea4c90e163366b77fd330bdf4ce754f8acfd4f7a4a50ec705bb44964483
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
__ __ __
/ / / /__ ____/ /__
/ _ \/ / _ \/ __/ '_/
/_.__/_/\___/\__/_/\_\
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____
|_ / _ \( _ )/ _ \( _ )_ /
/ __/\_, / _ / // / _ |/ /
/____/___/\___/\___/\___//_/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...1 4af4 93f7 .f |
| 1. 9d61 a413 a4.5 91c8 1f |
| 2. 1315 8c89 1858 9275 2f |
| 3. 83eb 9fe3 e6.b 7cd6 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 7cd6 46d9 c1