getchaintips

POST

/{apiKey}

Returns information about all known tips in the block tree, including the active chain tip and orphaned branches.

Path Parameters

stringrequireddefaults to docs-demo

For higher throughput, create your own API key

Responses

200

An array of chain tip information objects.

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": "getchaintips"}'

200Success

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "result": [    {      "height": 894712,      "hash": "00000000000000000000e6518eac47199bcf0108b1c7d194b00ef5a9df794427",      "branchlen": 0,      "status": "active"    },    {      "height": 894657,      "hash": "00000000000000000002311b7c31f1ffef1261bb53740958ed98c600ae2abd41",      "branchlen": 1,      "status": "valid-fork"    }  ]}

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