# on receiving block 294976 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-03-10T13:23:55Z
# as written in the block header
2026-03-10T13:23:36Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
13:23:55 up 21 days, 18:54, 0 users, load average: 2.53, 3.21, 2.68
$ battery.sh
100%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.2-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 2031448 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
277M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
19M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
567M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
3.4G .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 v30.2.0 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
294976
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 294976); echo $BH
00000005a84291e4e25fe3c297c8bc99430a67c691e6e0184df66befffd6b660
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000005a84291e4e25fe3c297c8bc99430a67c691e6e0184df66befffd6b660
{
"hash": "00000005a84291e4e25fe3c297c8bc99430a67c691e6e0184df66befffd6b660",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 294976,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "0d7ffe9b29f2ae723ee6105632696dc880cf2d53bf9ab1f869bfcac848c38d0e",
"time": 1773149016,
"mediantime": 1773145226,
"nonce": 146637279,
"bits": "1d14dfe4",
"target": "00000014dfe40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04790444111119883,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b9c098178cb",
"nTx": 48,
"previousblockhash": "0000000f67de8e83aaef8586f8fb4588c9bb62c203df0db553178828c812ade8"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ...5 a842 91e4
e25f e3c2 97c8 bc99
43.a 67c6 91e6 e.18
4df6 6bef ffd6 b66.
$ : 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
294976 sf: ...5 43.a e.18 b66.
$ : 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 .
294976 sk: b66. 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 .
294976 ak: 29f2 b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 1,
"bytes": 141,
"usage": 1200,
"total_fee": 0.00000141,
"maxmempool": 100000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 0,
"fullrbf": true,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000
}
$ gmm.sh
239
## Current epoch estimation is -1.6%
## 640 of 2016, i.e. 31%, 1376 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
337219.1203115007
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 294335
342715.3572314463
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 292319
339762.2850817262
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 294976
{
"avgfee": 2823,
"avgfeerate": 4,
"avgtxsize": 806,
"blockhash": "00000005a84291e4e25fe3c297c8bc99430a67c691e6e0184df66befffd6b660",
"feerate_percentiles": [
0,
1,
1,
1,
1
],
"height": 294976,
"ins": 66,
"maxfee": 85500,
"maxfeerate": 500,
"maxtxsize": 22824,
"medianfee": 14,
"mediantime": 1773145226,
"mediantxsize": 188,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 180,
"outs": 783,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 37898,
"swtotal_weight": 124181,
"swtxs": 47,
"time": 1773149016,
"total_out": 2859699035607,
"total_size": 37898,
"total_weight": 124181,
"totalfee": 132724,
"txs": 48,
"utxo_increase": 717,
"utxo_size_inc": 52637,
"utxo_increase_actual": 687,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": 50463
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 302126886,
"totalbytessent": 9407520262,
"timemillis": 1773149036370,
"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 v30.2.0 signet - server 70016/Satoshi:30.2.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 4 4
out 11 11 2 1
total 15 15
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2, libre
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 1925,
"ipv6": 0,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 1925
}
}
### 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
58cf5f4588d41478
1ec1061541cba339b6d6ff0bbba90eaa75347487a164060bc7f1fb6039bb58f5
82b27e77426c9cf3
9a1678d2e231c1ae6a15d1e148d1a3aa921f92a74fbdb92fa1230595312af704
d26dc11e642083e6
57149bde3f5683d329bd38e36e0a3c351bc45d98ab049665d3e0e1f9309bddf3
f17ef791f09a6e12
bbac244209642232f50aed12fadff433f1f5cc4868c5f434ecc20dfdea2da8ab
a9e407828463a7f3
e23824e52d3833a2cf84a780a1f64b1775eaa0801652bb5ba0a1ebf1afa9ff8c
ef33457b76d2201b
ed448ac93ae2e9f7c1542cfd7884cdd250d1f46f143f5b9a140ef828ddb8d8e2
989773dc541b27e7
f1c4f931a56557c2d3304a6a06e608a7a71fd3ff3398be131d4a4e4108b3a51e
4d5a6f34b155c53d
63418246ac94b746c4d1e7e3bbd2a1bcc25de1cb989ddad87a6c42ede3b5140d
6a69e8fdd463cfa0
d5ef774b7eab268317d72eeb519634e61cffadd4cda70f027e19fcded6b44e75
5e1139162a0dc983
f21a749fe718a3b6e168003a800ebc726c2eca50f6621a9347cf861bbf93ced1
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
___ ___ _ _
|__ \ / _ \| || |
) | (_) | || |_
/ / \__, |__ _|
/ /_ / / | |
|____| /_/ |_|
___ ______ __
/ _ \____ / /
| (_) | / / /_
\__, | / / '_ \
/ / / /| (_) |
/_/ /_/ \___/
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ...5 a842 91e4 .f |
| 1. e25f e3c2 97c8 bc99 1f |
| 2. 43.a 67c6 91e6 e.18 2f |
| 3. 4df6 6bef ffd6 b66. 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
ak: 29f2 b1