getblockchaininfo

POST

/{apiKey}

Returns an object containing state details related to blockchain processing, network, and storage information.

Path Parameters

stringrequireddefaults to docs-demo

For higher throughput, create your own API key

Responses

200

Blockchain status information.

POST/v2/{apiKey}

curl --request POST \  --url https://bitcoin-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/docs-demo \  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \  --data '{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "method": "getblockchaininfo"}'

200Success

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "result": {    "chain": "main",    "blocks": 894713,    "headers": 894713,    "bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000eb0ae1714d3ec43cfaac74769f3bcde489daf116e4ca",    "bits": "170248b6",    "target": "0000000000000000000248b60000000000000000000000000000000000000000",    "difficulty": 123234387977050.9,    "time": 1746083867,    "mediantime": 1746081100,    "verificationprogress": 0.9999993374725104,    "initialblockdownload": false,    "chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000bfce6962cc3162143b67a1d4",    "size_on_disk": 745999541195,    "pruned": false,    "warnings": []  }}

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