Bitcoin RPC
Overview
The getmempoolentry RPC method allows you to retrieve information about a specific transaction in the memory pool. This method is useful for tracking the status of unconfirmed transactions and for gathering additional details about their current state.
Parameters
txid: The transaction ID of the transaction you want to retrieve information about.
Returns
The return object will be an object containing information about the specified transaction.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| size | The transaction size in bytes. |
| fee | The transaction fee in BTC. |
| modifiedfee | The transaction fee with fee deltas used for mining priority. |
| time | The local time the transaction entered the memory pool. |
| height | The block height when the transaction entered the memory pool. |
| descendantcount | The number of descendant transactions. |
| descendantsize | he virtual transaction size of all descendant transactions combined. |
| descendantfees | The total fees of all descendant transactions. |
| ancestorcount | The number of ancestor transactions. |
| ancestorsize | he virtual transaction size of all ancestor transactions combined. |
| ancestorfees | The total fees of all ancestor transactions. |
| wtxid | The witness transaction ID of the transaction. |
| depends | An array containing the witness transaction IDs of the transactions this transaction depends on. |
| spentby | An array containing the witness transaction IDs of the transactions that spend this transaction. |
| bip125-replaceable | Whether the transaction is BIP125 replaceable. Possible values are "yes", "no", or "unknown". |
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": "getmempoolentry",
"params": ["c7ad51e46a39d136adc2bb7536a236136cc206ab3c8dabcd4277d4cadcf674f2"],
"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.getMempoolEntry(
'c7ad51e46a39d136adc2bb7536a236136cc206ab3c8dabcd4277d4cadcf674f2',
)
await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs