# on receiving block 329421 here
$ date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
2026-11-04T15:14:24Z
# as written in the block header
2026-11-04T15:13:57Z
$ uptime # since last reboot
15:14:24 up 77 days, 5:30, 0 users, load average: 1.04, 1.84, 1.67
$ battery.sh
75%, Power Supply Online
$ uname -smnr
Linux singer 6.18.44-0-lts x86_64
$ grep ^MemAvailable /proc/meminfo
MemAvailable: 1588856 kB
$ du -h -d1 .bitcoin/signet
381M .bitcoin/signet/indexes
21M .bitcoin/signet/wallets
496M .bitcoin/signet/blocks
4.3G .bitcoin/signet/chainstate
8.0K .bitcoin/signet/fees
5.2G .bitcoin/signet
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 912G 454G 457G 50% /
$ bitcoind -version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v32.1.0 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
329421
$ BH=$(bitcoin-cli -signet getblockhash 329421); echo $BH
00000011c8bafa4f9774f5b0ee683bef083cc906c4f5aa198c4e8919eae65ad3
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockheader 00000011c8bafa4f9774f5b0ee683bef083cc906c4f5aa198c4e8919eae65ad3
{
"hash": "00000011c8bafa4f9774f5b0ee683bef083cc906c4f5aa198c4e8919eae65ad3",
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 329421,
"version": 536870912,
"versionHex": "20000000",
"merkleroot": "a7777fa2ef3ae187ac737b8cd3f0875335e320122596b44e303abdd951edb567",
"time": 1793805237,
"mediantime": 1793803476,
"nonce": 203390317,
"bits": "1d14cd85",
"target": "00000014cd850000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": 0.04806969390457064,
"chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001218a9582dce",
"nTx": 196,
"previousblockhash": "00000010bded1a511162ecb3f0952e674d0d742a283272642154e2ae83c3582f"
}
$ echo $BH | tr 0 . | fold -w 4 | paste -d " " - - - -
.... ..11 c8ba fa4f
9774 f5b. ee68 3bef
.83c c9.6 c4f5 aa19
8c4e 8919 eae6 5ad3
$ : 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
329421 sf: c9.6 5ad3
$ : 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 .
329421 sk: 5ad3 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 .
329421 ak: 9f13 b1
$ : Following is the jointkode
329421 jk: 5ad3 9f13 b1
### niceblack moved to the end
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getmempoolinfo
{
"loaded": true,
"size": 23,
"bytes": 3862,
"usage": 33968,
"total_fee": 0.00014181,
"maxmempool": 30000000,
"mempoolminfee": 0.00000100,
"minrelaytxfee": 0.00000100,
"incrementalrelayfee": 0.00000100,
"unbroadcastcount": 1,
"permitbaremultisig": true,
"maxdatacarriersize": 100000,
"limitclustercount": 25,
"limitclustersize": 101000,
"optimal": true
}
$ gmm.sh
245
## Retarget estimation is +0.93%
## 813 of 2016, i.e. 40%, 1203 to go
## Current and previous two in numbers:
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016
347269.9810685183
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 328607
344048.4168882416
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnetworkhashps 2016 326591
335890.4807090063
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getblockstats 329421
{
"avgfee": 9377,
"avgfeerate": 26,
"avgtxsize": 737,
"blockhash": "00000011c8bafa4f9774f5b0ee683bef083cc906c4f5aa198c4e8919eae65ad3",
"feerate_percentiles": [
1,
1,
3,
9,
9
],
"height": 329421,
"ins": 585,
"maxfee": 709800,
"maxfeerate": 3918,
"maxtxsize": 7591,
"medianfee": 308,
"mediantime": 1793803476,
"mediantxsize": 382,
"minfee": 14,
"minfeerate": 0,
"mintxsize": 182,
"outs": 437,
"subsidy": 2500000000,
"swtotal_size": 143556,
"swtotal_weight": 277488,
"swtxs": 194,
"time": 1793805237,
"total_out": 9279052597059,
"total_size": 143739,
"total_weight": 278220,
"totalfee": 1828585,
"txs": 196,
"utxo_increase": -148,
"utxo_size_inc": -9822,
"utxo_increase_actual": -190,
"utxo_size_inc_actual": -15344
}
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getnettotals
{
"totalbytesrecv": 198531206,
"totalbytessent": 1116042209,
"timemillis": 1793805265089,
"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 v32.1.0 signet - server 70017/Satoshi:32.1.0/
ipv4 total block manual
in 0 0
out 11 11 2 1
total 11 11
Local services: witness, compact filters, network limited, p2p v2
Local addresses: n/a
$ bitcoin-cli -signet -addrinfo
{
"addresses_known": {
"ipv4": 26157,
"ipv6": 4,
"onion": 0,
"i2p": 0,
"cjdns": 0,
"total": 26161
}
}
### v2_peerinfo are in v2_peerinfo-signet.txt
$ bitcoin-cli -signet getpeerinfo | grep -w 'v2' | uniq -c
7 "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
82b27e77426c9cf3
96e919eb1f530d276e83ada3cca57dc83d7664c0a2aaa9e2c967a2d770f6d2ec
314a20fe97730197
39572a9f6a4a5a882c770391e4bdbea017e643ade0735fcc29f433c859774e78
a3c77279dc9f6b00
815256c42c8f8594596a75f3e6093771134aecf3b23eae29769c0f85e42c7a59
c6a822d537122ef7
8142c3dffe58c79f50398ecc769405f108da248ac1dee5752196acfb510fc36b
59fd5f783018cbf8
937f96d0703bb0afcf9127125e1d131923c4aca9de157412eb074657300bc700
e9a0d9a1deb24807
c2817bd4f389371b6037e2c407a6eb10a297f466f839ab85395caf016bd2e37a
35e2a230edacc2ab
5d5e03fd159a0631e943d10b4f9d11af1d0bfed7fe5c35642cbd1bd2bd92d83b
$ niceblack.sh $BH $BC
_ _ _
| | | | | |
| | | | __ __ | |
|/ \_|/ / \_/ |/_)
\_/ |__/\__/ \___/| \_/
___ __ __ __ ,
/ \/ )/ || |/ )/|
__/ / \_/||__|_ / |
\ / | | / |
\___//___ | |/___ |
,----- .123 4567 89ab cdef -----,
| |
| .. .... ..11 c8ba fa4f .f |
| 1. 9774 f5b. ee68 3bef 1f |
| 2. .83c c9.6 c4f5 aa19 2f |
| 3. 8c4e 8919 eae6 5ad3 3f |
'=== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==='
jk: 5ad3 9f13 b1