getblockcount

Returns the height of the most-work fully-validated chain. The genesis block has height 0

Parameters:

None

Returns:

numeric The current block count

Example:

// Request
curl https://bitcoin.blockpi.network/v1/rpc/your-rpc-key -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
--data '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "1", "method": "getblockcount", "params": []}'

// Result
{
    "result": 910819,
    "error": null,
    "id": "1"
}