getblockcount

POST

/{apiKey}

Returns the number of blocks in the longest fully validated blockchain.

Path Parameters

apiKeystringrequireddefaults to docs-demo

For higher throughput, create your own API key

Responses

200

The number of blocks in the current best blockchain.

The block height (index) used to fetch the block hash.

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": "getblockcount"}'

200Success

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "result": 894623}

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