Bitcoin RPC
Overview
The getdifficulty is a Bitcoin RPC method that returns the current mining difficulty. The mining difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to find a new block compared to the easiest it can ever be. This method can be used to monitor the mining difficulty, which adjusts every 2016 blocks to maintain a consistent block creation rate of approximately 10 minutes per block.
Returns
A return object is a floating-point number that represents the current mining difficulty.
Request Example
curl --location 'https://api.tatum.io/v3/blockchain/node/bitcoin-mainnet/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
--data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "getdifficulty",
"id": 1
}'
// yarn add @tatumio/tatum
import { TatumSDK, Bitcoin, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'
const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Bitcoin>({ network: Network.BITCOIN })
const result = await tatum.rpc.getDifficulty()
await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs